Observation by Mazin Younis: The Simple Beauty - Albireo

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Mazin Younis

Observer

Mazin Younis

Observed

2024 Aug 19 - 00:14

Uploaded

2024 Aug 19 - 00:18

Objects

Albireo

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 19^h30^m
Dec: +27°57'
Position angle: +115°36'

Field size

0°31' × 0°18'

Equipment

Sky-watcher Quattro 8 f/4
ASI 2600MC Duo

Exposure

2 x 5s

Location

Personal Remote Telescope - Morocco

Title

The Simple Beauty - Albireo

About this image

β Cygni is one of the most beautiful and easy-to-observe double stars in the sky. The diffraction spikes of my Newtonian provided this space depth feel as if the blue star lies behind the yellow giant. I kept the exposure quite low @10s only to avoid over-exposure.

Files associated with this observation

Alberio_double.jpg (261.9 kB)

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Grant Privett, Gerard Cauchi, Anton Matthews, Callum Potter, Jeremy Shears, Callum Wingrove, James Weightman, Nicholas Freeman, Dominic Ford, Gary Eason

Comments

Gerard Cauchi, 2024 Aug 19 - 08:30 UTC

Beautiful

Gary Eason, 2024 Aug 21 - 10:45 UTC

What's not to like, eh? Sweet photo. It's one of those things I find myself coming back to if only as a focus check at the start of a deep sky session.

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