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Old 26-01-2008, 02:02 AM
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The big issue is that Sirius B is almost 10,000 fainter than A.
Mag 8.44 vs mag -1.47, and no imaging media has anything like the dynamic range capability of the human eye. I wonder if its possible to catch by imaging twice, with one exposure having the brighter of the pair physically masked.
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