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Originally Posted by Lee
I did that last weekend  .... didn't think I'd gone deep enough, as the nova.astrometry.net site wouldn't ID what I thought was proxima as so - it has obviously shifted from J2000 coords.... I ended up confused, as I thought I must have it, given its magnitude....
My next little project is to try and get yearly pics of Barnard's Star.... |
So did you actually identify it Lee? Prox is about Mag 11, so you don't need to go very deep to find it. If you are not sure, post your image and I'll see if I can spot it. It was the star's movement over time that allowed me to confirm that I had indeed found it.
I would also like to find Barnards star, but am thinking that even at Mag 9.5 it could be difficult to find initially in Ophiuchus, although I guess that a couple of images taken a few months apart should show about 2 arc seconds of movement.
Chris