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  • RA: 19:30
  • Dec: +27:57
  • Magnitude: 3.1 and 5.1
  • Distance: 380 ly
  • Constellation:  Cygnus

 
  • Scope: 8" SCT at f/10
  • Autoguider:  ST-4 in faint mode
  • Sky conditions:  Clear, good seeing, good transparency
  • Film: Kodak Royal Gold 400
  • Exposure:  10 minutes
  • Date:  September 27, 2001

 

 

    
 
Comments:   Albireo (Beta Cygni) is considered to be one of the most beautiful double stars in the sky.  I always enjoy viewing this pair.  About one half hour after finishing this exposure a local fog patch rolled through and was gone in about 30 minutes.