Observation by David Strange: Barnard's Star

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David Strange

Observer

David Strange

Observed

2021 Jun 01 - 22:50

Uploaded

2021 Jun 02 - 13:57

Objects

Barnard's-Star

Equipment

Celestron 9 @f/10

Exposure

10 x 120s

Location

Salcombe Regis, East Devon

Target name

Barnard's Star

Title

Barnard's Star

About this image

Barnard’s Star imaged last night. A nearby red dwarf star in Ophiuchus 6 light years distant. In 1916 E E Barnard measured its proper motion as 10.3 arcsec/yr. The fastest star relative to the Sun. Easy to locate as there is a pretty arrowhead asterism of stars in the field to the south.

Files associated with this observation

Barnard_20210601_dgs3.jpg (1.7 MB)

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Dr Paul Leyland, Grant Privett, Ron Johnson

Comments

Dr Paul Leyland, 2021 Jun 03 - 15:24 UTC

You may wish to merge your observation with https://britastro.org/observations/observation.php?id=10471 to give three positions of Barnard's star taken roughly 11 months apart.

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