Observation by Alex Pratt: Appulse of (1) Ceres with sigma1 and sig...

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Alex Pratt

Observer

Alex Pratt

Observed

2021 Sep 17 - 22:30

Uploaded

2021 Sep 18 - 09:35

Objects

1 Ceres
σ¹-Tau
σ²-Tau

Equipment

C11 f/10 and f/3.3 focal reducer
Watec 910HX video camera
IOTA video time and date inserter

Exposure

0.16 s

Location

Z92

Target name

(1) Ceres, sigma1 and sigma2 Tauri

Title

Appulse of (1) Ceres with sigma1 and sigma 2 Tauri

About this image

The dwarf planet (1) Ceres has been traversing the lower Hyades. Last night it was at appulse with sigma1 Tau (centre of field), with a separation of about 5 arcmin. The bright star above sigma1 is sigma2 Tau.

This image was taken in poor seeing when mag. 8.7 Ceres was at an altitude of 9 degrees.

Files associated with this observation

Ceres_20210917_2230_ARP.jpg (76.5 kB)

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