Pointed camera at polaris last week

[michael23]

A bit of an experiment, as I hadn't really looked much at polaris, and to see what sort of image I would get. The 2stars tto the left that are quite prominent are they a double star or is just position?

polaris by scilly puffin, on Flickr

[Dave In Vermont]

Polaris is indeed a double-star. The primary being magnitude 1.97, and the companion at 8.18 - which is also a double-star with a companion of 9.10 magnitude.

Clear Skies,

Dave

[wxsatuser]

Polaris is indeed a multiple star, 5 stars altogether.

Ab is not visible as it's so close but AB is easily split photo wise.

C and D are further away and a lot dimmer.

Here are two images of Polaris.

First one is AB with eyepiece projection.

Second is with prime focus ED80, C and D are just about visible B nearly swamped by the glare from A.

[michael23]

Thank you, didn't realise polaris was a double