- Constellation: Scorpius
- Right Ascension: 16h 11m 59.740s (Sco A)
- Declination: −19° 27′ 38.33″ (Sco A)
- Distance: 470 ly
- Apparent Magnitude: 4.35 (Sco A)
- B-V Color Index: 0.05 (Sco AB)
Nu Scorpii is a multiple star system, the two resolved stars in this image each has multiple closer in stars in orbit. As many as 7 stars make up the whole system.
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- Category: Stars
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
- Constellation: Auriga
- Right Ascension: 05h 27m 07s
- Declination: +34° 08′ 59″
- Apparent Magnitude: 8.2 - 13.3
S Aur is a semi-regular variable carbon star located in the constellation of Auriga. It's magnitude varies from 8.2 to 13.3 over an approximate 590 day cycle.
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- Category: Stars
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
- Constellation: Ophiuchus
- Right Ascension: 17h 57m 48.49847s
- Declination: +04° 41′ 36.1139″
- Distance: 5.96 ly
- Apparent Magnitude: 9.5
- B-V Color Index: 1.713
Barnard's Star is the 4th closest star, and shows the highest proper motion (apparent motion) across the sky. With over 10 arc-seconds of motion per year, the change of its position is visible over a year's time. A small red dwarf, and at magnitude 9.5, it requires optical aid to see it. Also is know as V2500 Oph in the variable star catalogue, as is displayed here.
An image of the star taken from 2014 till 2024 at every two years illustrates it's motion over time.
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- Category: Stars
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
- Constellation: Leo
- Right Ascension: 10h 56m 28.92087s
- Declination: +07° 00′ 53.0033″
- Distance: 7.8 ly
- Apparent Magnitude: 13.5
- B-V Color Index: +2.034
Wolf 359 is a small dim red dwarf star located in the constellation of Leo. One of the stars studied by Max Wolf that exhibited high proper motion across the sky. Images taken in 2015, and 2024 showing its movement against the background stars.
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- Category: Stars
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
- Constellation: Corona Borealis
- Right Ascension: 15h 59m 30.1622s
- Declination: 25° 55′ 12.613″
- Distance: 2,630 ly
- Apparent Magnitude: 2 to10
T CrB has been in the news lately, because roughly every 80 years the star goes nova, and its one of the brighter nova stars. But it won't exactly night up the night sky, as it normally goes from magnitude 10, which is way too dim to see without a telescope up to around magnitude 2, which is about the same as Polaris, the north star. The cause of the nova is T CrB is actually a binary star consisting of a red giant, and and a white dwarf star. The white dwarf star is close enough to the red giant to accumulate hydrogen from the red giant star. Once sufficient mass builds up, pressure and temperature is enough to ignite the hydrogen shell, like a giant bomb. The accumulated hydrogen is destroyed, and the process starts all over again.
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- Category: Stars
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
- Constellation: Auriga
- Right Ascension: 06 24 02.34
- Declination: +47 42 23.9
- Apparent Magnitude: 8.5 - 13.0 (V)
V Aur is a Mira type variable carbon star located in the Constellation of Auriga. It varies in magnitude between 8.5 - 13 (V) in a period of 349 days.
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- Category: Stars
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM