Observation by Steve Brown: T Coronae Borealis (pre-eruption)

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Steve Brown

Observer

Steve Brown

Observed

2024 Apr 13 - 22:53

Uploaded

2024 Apr 16 - 17:34

Objects

T-CrB
ε-CrB

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Constellation

Corona Borealis

Field centre

RA: 16^h00^m
Dec: +26°28'
Position angle: -36°04'

Field size

2°48' × 1°34'

Equipment

Canon 250D
Evostar 72ED
Star Adventurer

Exposure

63 x 4s exp at f/5.8, ISO-3200, 420mm fl

Location

North Yorkshire, UK

Target name

T Coronae Borealis

Title

T Coronae Borealis (pre-eruption)

About this image

In anticipation of the eruption of the recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) at some point this year (hopefully), I decided to get a reference shot while the star is still at magnitude 10. I went up to the dark skies of the North York Moors on 13 April 2024 to get the shot. It was quite windy but I managed to get enough shots to create this stacked image. I've marked T CrB for ease of identification. The bright star above left of it near the top of frame is Epsilon Coronae Borealis. T CrB should be quite a sight when the star erupts so it will be nice to have a comparison image to refer to.

Files associated with this observation

T CrB.jpg (1.7 MB)

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