Observation by Paul Leyland: And now for something completely differe...

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Dr Paul Leyland

Observer

Paul Leyland

Observed

2018 Nov 30 - 04:04

Uploaded

2019 Jan 09 - 11:38

Equipment

0.4m Dilworth-Relay
SBIG-8 with AO-7 autoguider

Exposure

0.11s

Location

Tacande Observatory

Target name

α CMa B

Title

And now for something completely different --- not an image of HL CMa

About this image

I was observing HL CMa, which is uncomfortably close to Sirius both for visual and CCD observers but at least there is a nice bright guide star nearby. Grotesquely over-bright, even with the minimum exposure time of 0.11s possible with a SBIG-8 / AO-7 combination . While waiting for the photons to arrive from the VS, I noticed to my surprise that Sirius B was occasionally visible in the guiding window.

After completing the real observation I took 100 minimum exposures of Sirius and selected the best one. Luckily the secondary is well away from the CCD blooming from Sirius which ran from top to bottom of the full frame, only a portion of which is displayed here.

An observation which was both serendipitous and Lucky.

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