Andromeda Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 dad focusing in on a random part of the sky look what we found. the pic is a stack of 20 10s shots thru a cannon 350d as prime foclus on a 8" skywatcher we think it's capella. is it?????star.tif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkis Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Yes, that is Capella in Auriga. The star is a spectroscopic binary, which means the companion can only be detected by its spectrum, and cannot be seen visually. The Capella system is actually made up of four stars. There is more Info here, where I retrieved this from. It makes interesting reading. Ron. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capella_(star) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 i am thinking that the main stars in the right of the image may be the two main stars and the star on the left are the two red dwarths because when you zoom in even more that star looks like two stars ery close toghether. what do you think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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