Observation by Mazin Younis: RY Sgr. Fading

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Mazin Younis

Observer

Mazin Younis

Observed

2022 Aug 31 - 23:00

Uploaded

2022 Aug 31 - 23:57

Objects

RY-Sgr

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Constellation

Sagittarius

Field centre

RA: 19^h16^m
Dec: -33°32'
Position angle: +122°02'

Field size

1°35' × 1°04'

Equipment

Skywatcher Esprite 100ED
ASI 294-MC Pro

Exposure

10 subs@ 240s

Location

My remote telescope, Morocco

Title

RY Sgr. Fading

About this image

At Lat +30°, my Morocco-based telescope had lots of time last night to photograph RY Sgr. variable star (Lat -33.5°). My estimate of its current magnitude is 7.5

Will continue to monitor changes in brightness over the next few weeks. Thanks Jeremy for sharing the news :)

To see the yellow colour of this supergiant clearly, click HERE.

Files associated with this observation

RY_Sag.jpg (1.3 MB)

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Mike Harlow, Jeremy Shears, Dr Paul Leyland, Peter Mulligan, Dominic Ford

Comments

Jeremy Shears, 2022 Sep 01 - 07:47 UTC

Great image, Mazin! It’s a lovely field, too.

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