Whilst observing the eclipse last week, I noticed a bright star very close to the moon especially during the first half of the event. Having seen the APOD today, I notice a bright star in a similar location (with respect to the moon) in the picture.
Does anyone know which star this is?
My first thought was that it was in Leo. Saturn was close by that night and I know that was just to the left of the main body of the constelllation.
Regards
Alan Batty
Bright Star in Lunar Eclipse Photo (APOD 8 Mar 2007)
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Re: APOD March 8: Bright Star in Lunar Eclipse Photo
I'm not sure what the star is, but did you see the LPOD showing Saturn grazing the moon the day before the eclipse?alanbatty wrote:Whilst observing the eclipse last week, I noticed a bright star very close to the moon especially during the first half of the event. Having seen the APOD today, I notice a bright star in a similar location (with respect to the moon) in the picture.
Does anyone know which star this is?
My first thought was that it was in Leo. Saturn was close by that night and I know that was just to the left of the main body of the constelllation.
Regards
Alan Batty
http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070305
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Re: APOD March 8: Bright Star in Lunar Eclipse Photo
The freeware sky chart software I use (Cartes du Ciel) labels the brightest/closest red star as "56 Leo". Here's an image showing the stats of that star, and the chart designations of two other relatively bright ones.alanbatty wrote: Does anyone know which star this is?
Click on the chart above to see a more easily-readable larger version.
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