The Cassiopeia Starfield
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Cassiopeia is a very busy piece of sky. The constellation is easy to find with its distinctive 'W' shape. I just missed one of the main stars but captured the colorful variety of background stars and even some nebulosity in several areas.
Image details
| Telescope: | Sony ILCE-6300 | |
| Length: | 59mm | |
| Aperture: | 13mm | |
| F-stop: | f/4.7 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2022-01-13 to 2022-01-13 | |
| Lights: | 57 | |
| Exposure: | 60 | |
| Total exposure: | 57 m | |
| Ra: | 0h 49m 24.6s | |
| Dec: | +57° 42' 27.698 | |
| Size: | 820.252 x 699.497 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 8.983 deg | |
| Scale: | 12.015 arcsec/pixel |
Tags
The star λCas The star ζCas The star Schedar (αCas) The star ηCas The star Caph (βCas) The star Ruchbah (δCas) NGC281 The star κCas The star θCas Part of the constellation Cassiopeia (Cas) The star υ2Cas The star Navi (γCas)
Constellation Cassiopeia at 135mm in 2023
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