Observation by James Weightman: Seestar Easy Double : Alya

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James Weightman

Observer

James Weightman

Observed

2025 May 18 - 00:45

Uploaded

2025 May 18 - 08:16

Objects

Alya

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Constellation

Serpens Cauda

Field centre

RA: 18^h56^m
Dec: +04°10'
Position angle: -29°28'

Field size

0°42' × 1°04'

Equipment

Seestar S50

Exposure

Stack of 10 seconds exposures over 8 minutes

Location

Cirencester, Glos, UK

Target name

Alya = Theta Serpentis

Title

Seestar Easy Double : Alya

About this image

A quick middle of night photo to investigate Seestar's double star resolution capabilities. Alya has separation of 22 arc seconds. To obtain the magnified inset I used a single 10 second "unstretched" image.

Files associated with this observation

alya20250518jw.jpg (1.2 MB)

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