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Carbon Star - RR Herculis

Star Details…

 

Magnitude Range: +7.8 to +12.5

Semi-regular pulsating Star

Period of Variability: ~240 days

R.A. & DEC: 16 04 13 +50 29 56

Spectral Type: C5 – C8 (N0e)

Temperature: ~3000k

 

Image Details...

 

R-Bessell Photometric Filter: 20 seconds x5 exposures, flat fielded, aligned and median combined

G-Bessell Photometric Filter: 39 seconds x5 exposures, flat fielded, aligned and median combined

B-Bessell Photometric Filter: 86 seconds x5 exposures, flat fielded, aligned and median combined

B-V-R folder images were then aligned and stacked to give Master B, V and R images; these were then colour combined in CCDSoft v5

 

CCD Operating Temperature: -33 Degrees Centigrade

Field of View: 46 x 37 arcmins

Pixel Array: 1280 x 1024

Pixel Size: 16um x 16 um

Plate Scale: 2.17 arcsec/pixel

0.2-m SCT+SBIG STL 1301E CCD

f/ratio: 7.6

Date: 17th March 2016

 

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Uploaded on March 20, 2016