Thread: How to measure the magnitude of stars in an astrophoto?
View Single Post
  #2  
Old 06-04-2015, 11:13 PM
Robh's Avatar
Robh (Rob)
Registered User

Robh is offline 		 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Blue Mountains, Australia
Posts: 1,338
Hi Dylan,

Wikisky gives the magnitudes of the faintest stars in the circled area cropped from your image. You can just see the companion of the double at magnitude 17.8.

Regards, Rob
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (Area Circled Around Rosette.jpg)
97.9 KB49 views
Click for full-size image (Circled Stars.jpg)
164.3 KB48 views
Reply With Quote