- Constellation: Lyra
- Right Ascension: 18h 44m 20.34589s
- Declination: +39° 40′ 12.4533″
- Distance: 162 ly
Epsilon Lyrae is a a true binary star system with an orbit that is measured in hundred of thousands of years to complete an orbit. In addition, each star is also a binary star that can only be split using higher powers. For this reason, it is often called the Double Double star. In addition an even closer in star has been detected around one of the stars.
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- Category: Stars
- Telescope: GSO RC10
- Camera: ZWO A071 Color
- Constellation: Cygnus
- Right Ascension: 19h 30m 43.286s
- Declination: +27° 57′ 34.84″
- Distance: 430
Albireo or Beta Cygni, is one of the finest double stars in the northern hemisphere. Located at the "beak" of Cygnus the Swan, the two stars show a vivid contrast in color. Although the two stars don't seem to be a true binary due to their distance between them and their motion across the sky. Just two stars passing in the night. However both stars do have companion stars that are too close in to be resolved by optical means.
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- Category: Stars
- Telescope: GSO RC10
- Camera: ZWO A071 Color
- Constellation: Ophiuchus
- Right Ascension: 17h 57m 48.49803s
- Declination: +04° 41′ 36.2072"
- Distance: 6 ly
Barnard's Star is a red dwarf star located 6 light years away in the constellation of Ophiuchus. Despite being relatively close, it is unable to be seen with out a telescope due to its dim nature. Being close by, and due to its motion, it displays the highest proper motion across the sky of any discovered star. That is, it appears to move across the sky faster than any other star.
I attempt to image it every year to show its motion across the sky.
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- Category: Stars
Read more: Barnard's Star 2019
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Camelopardalis
Kembles's Cascade is an asterism of unrelated stars that form some type of pattern. Kemble's cascade forms a line of brighter stars starting near the open cluster of NGC 1502 (upper right) that flows down towards the lower left of the image. It was named after a Franciscan friar named Father Lucian Kemble.
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- Category: Stars
- Telescope: EDT 80mm Reftactor
- Camera: ZWO A071 Color
- Constellation: Cepheus
- Right Ascension: 21h 43m 30.4609s
- Declination: +58° 46′ 48.166″
- Distance: 2,800 lly
Also known as Herschel's Garnet Star is a supersized red giant star. It is among one of the larger stars known. If it was located where our Sun is, the outer layer would reach beyond the orbit of Jupiter. The lifetime of massive stars like this are measured in millions of years. Mu Cephei will most likely end as a supernova; with either a neutron star or a black hole remaining. As a (super) red giant, it varies in magnitude between 3.4 and 5.1. It is an estimated distance of 2,800 light years away. Located near the Elephant Trunk Nebula the area has many areas of dust and gas clouds nearby.
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- Category: Stars
- Telescope: EDT 80mm Reftactor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Aquarius
- Right Ascension: 23h 06m 29.283s
- Declination: −05° 02′ 28.59″
- Distance: 39 ly
Trappist 1 is an dim ultra cool red dwarf star located 39 light years away in the constellation of Aquarius. In size, it is only slightly larger than Jupiter but more massive. Despite only being 39 light years away, due to its size and type, it is a dim 18.8 magnitude in the "V" (Green) band and 16.5 magnitude in "R" (Red) band. It is suspected of having seven terrestrial planets orbiting it, detected by transits of the planets across the star's disk. Several could be in a zone where liquid water could exist.
Imaged with the ES127 refractor and Atik 314L+ mono ccd camera.
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- Category: Stars
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: Atik 314l+