Post by edison on Jul 14, 2014 9:34:40 GMT -6
Hello, everyone!
Antares (α Scorpii, α Sco, Alpha Scorpii) is a red supergiant star in the constellation de Scorpius. It is approximately 550 light-years from the Earth. It is the 16th brightest star (excluding to the Sun). Antares has a secondary, or companion star, Antares B (it is blue), that changed from an angular separation (from its primary, Antares A) of 3.3 arcseconds in 1854 to 2.86 arcseconds in 1990…Antares B had been described of color emerald green (Source: Wikipedia).
Taken with afocal method, ISO 400 and optical zoom 5X. Image processed with RegiStax6 (12 pictures). Technique to observer double stars (Herschel´s hexagonal mask). Pictures enlarged and cutting.
Location:
Cagua, State Aragua Venezuela (N 10° 11' 24.00" W 67° 27' 36.00").
Date: 06-03-2014
Hour: 20:28 (00:58 UTC) ── 21:14 (01:44 UTC).
Equipment:
Telescope reflector aperture 114mm (4.5"), focal length 900mm, eyepiece (1.25") 13mm. Digital camera 10 megapixels.
This image had been showed in several links:
www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/astronomy_newslocker/antares-and-your-fellow/
www.portaltotheuniverse.org/blogs/posts/view/327605/
Thanks for looking
Edison
Antares (α Scorpii, α Sco, Alpha Scorpii) is a red supergiant star in the constellation de Scorpius. It is approximately 550 light-years from the Earth. It is the 16th brightest star (excluding to the Sun). Antares has a secondary, or companion star, Antares B (it is blue), that changed from an angular separation (from its primary, Antares A) of 3.3 arcseconds in 1854 to 2.86 arcseconds in 1990…Antares B had been described of color emerald green (Source: Wikipedia).
Taken with afocal method, ISO 400 and optical zoom 5X. Image processed with RegiStax6 (12 pictures). Technique to observer double stars (Herschel´s hexagonal mask). Pictures enlarged and cutting.
Location:
Cagua, State Aragua Venezuela (N 10° 11' 24.00" W 67° 27' 36.00").
Date: 06-03-2014
Hour: 20:28 (00:58 UTC) ── 21:14 (01:44 UTC).
Equipment:
Telescope reflector aperture 114mm (4.5"), focal length 900mm, eyepiece (1.25") 13mm. Digital camera 10 megapixels.
This image had been showed in several links:
www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/astronomy_newslocker/antares-and-your-fellow/
www.portaltotheuniverse.org/blogs/posts/view/327605/
Thanks for looking
Edison
