Observation by Andrew Paterson: Scorpius above the Southern Horizon

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Andrew Paterson

Observer

Andrew Paterson

Observed

2018 Jun 29 - 22:12

Uploaded

2018 Jul 08 - 13:35

Objects

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Constellation

Scorpius

Field centre

RA: 16^h41^m
Dec: -29°10'
Position angle: +10°42'

Field size

29° × 21°

Equipment

Canon Powershot G7X

Exposure

4s F1.8 ISO 400

Location

Hill Head Beach

Target name

The constellation Scorpius

Title

Scorpius above the Southern Horizon

About this image

An enlarged part of the next image showing the part of the constellation Scorpius visible from the south of the UK. It is possible to follow down the scorpion's body from Antares but the southernmost part of the constellation is not visible from the UK. Lambda Scorpii (Shaula) forming the sting in the scorpion's tail is visible just above the horizon towards the left side of the image. It is one of the southernmost bright stars visible from the UK with a declination of -37deg 06m so from my observation site at +50deg 49m it rises to just over 2 deg at culmination. It is not visible in any part of the UK north of 53 deg. Also just visible to the right and below Shaula (this is easier if you expand the image ) is Mu1 Scorpii at declination -38deg 04 min which rises to 1 deg only.

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