Observation by Peter Mulligan: Canopus

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Peter Mulligan

Observer

Peter Mulligan

Observed

2019 Dec 24 - 01:40

Uploaded

2019 Dec 27 - 18:24

Objects

Canopus
Sirius
Widefield

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Constellation

Lepus

Field centre

RA: 06^h02^m
Dec: -25°10'
Position angle: +14°51'

Field size

43° × 62°

Equipment

Canon 1100D on fixed tripod
EF-S 18-55 lens

Exposure

50sec, 800ISO, FL 18mm

Location

Costa Teguise Lanzarote

Target name

Canopus Sirius and Orion

Title

Canopus

About this image

This is the first time I have seen the second brightest star in the night sky Canopus. Off course I have known about it since becoming interested in Astronomy in the nineteen sixties. I remember reading Patrick Moore's little book the observers book of Astronomy where Canopus is quoted as being 80,000 sun power. when the distance then was very uncertain. But the latest parallax results put the star at about 310 light years, Still its pretty impressive at around 13,000 sol

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