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Observation by Peter Anderson: Pointers and Southern Cross manually tra...

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Peter Anderson

Observer

Peter Anderson

Observed

2018 Oct 15 - 14:00

Uploaded

2018 Oct 16 - 10:47

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Constellation

Centaurus

Field centre

RA: 13h13m
Dec: -56°57'
Position angle: -3°54'

Field size

24° × 17°

Equipment
  • Manually tracked. 200ISO Tri-X, standard lens, around 10 min exposure
Exposure

around 10 minutes

Location

Brisbane, Australia

Target name

Pointers and the Southern Cross

Title

Pointers and Southern Cross manually tracked 1961

About this image

Date unknown, but in 1961, probably around the middle of the year.

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