Observation by Ivan Walton: SS Herculis (SS Her) : long-period Mira-...

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Ivan Walton

Observer

Ivan Walton

Observed

2026 Jun 22 - 04:00

Uploaded

2026 Jul 05 - 16:06

Objects

Variable star

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Constellation

Hercules

Field centre

RA: 16^h32^m
Dec: +06°53'
Position angle: +0°50'

Field size

0°35' × 0°34'

Equipment

Canary One CDK20 & FLI PL09000 CCD

Exposure

60 secs

Location

SLOOH, Canaries

Target name

SS Her

Title

SS Herculis (SS Her) : long-period Mira-type variable star

About this image

Measured at 10.9 CV with AAVSO X28732WI

Files associated with this observation

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Comments

Mike Harlow, 2026 Jul 06 - 05:34 UTC

Mirror imaged....again...

Ivan Walton, 2026 Jul 08 - 11:26 UTC

No I don't think so, I flipped the image so North is at the top & East to the right ?

Also the Astrometry tool has identified the region correctly ?

Mike Harlow, 2026 Jul 10 - 06:40 UTC

The plate solving overlay suggests otherwise...The Tycho stars identified at the top are on the wrong side. ["Enable Overlay"].

I guess it's worth taking an image of something where the orientation is obvious to check all this.

Mike.

Ivan Walton, 2026 Jul 10 - 09:44 UTC

Thank you.

The AAVSO Chart I used clearly indicates North at the top & East to the right of my image.

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