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Alpha Centauri

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:11 am
by dcrowson
Alpha Centauri is a triple star system located approximately 4.3 light-years away in Centaurus.

Luminance – 14x60s – 14 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 14x60s – 14 minutes each – binned 1x1

56 minutes total exposure

Imaged over six nights in June, July and August, 2021 at the Heaven’s Mirror Observatory (Australia) with a FLI PL16083 on a Takahashi FSQ-106ED at f/3.6 382 mm.

This data is from Telescope Live (https://telescope.live/) “One-click Observations.”

See the annotated version for various open clusters, dark and planetary nebulae.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/ ... 4/sizes/l/
LRGB annotated - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/ ... 9/sizes/l/

Image

Dan

Re: Alpha Centauri

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:57 am
by Ylem
Very nice Dan!

The stars in that image are also amazing.

Re: Alpha Centauri

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:02 am
by Bigzmey
Nice capture Dan!