Observation by Mike Harlow: SS Cygni in outburst

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Observer

Mike Harlow

Observed

2019 Aug 19 - 20:15

Uploaded

2019 Aug 20 - 08:43

Objects

Variable star

Equipment

12 inch F/3.6 astrograph
Starlight Xpress H16 CCD
Astrodon Luminance filter

Location

Ipswich, UK

Target name

SS Cygni

Title

SS Cygni in outburst

About this image

SS Cygni in outburst. AAVSO data put it at magnitude 8.9V at the time of this image. I used a luminance filter to help bring out the nice grouping of galaxies near the variable.

Reference star magnitudes are shown with the decimal point removed, e.g. 109 is magnitude 10.9.

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ss_cyg_20190819_l_mjh.jpg (168.0 kB)

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