Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  61 Tau)  ·  64 Tau  ·  68 Tau  ·  73 Tau  ·  77 Tau)  ·  78 Tau)  ·  86 Tau  ·  87 Tau)  ·  92 Tau  ·  Cor Tauri  ·  Hyadum II (δ1 Tau  ·  Hyadum IV (θ2 Tau  ·  Parilicium (α Tau  ·  Part of the constellation Taurus (Tau)  ·  The star 71 Tau  ·  The star Aldebaran  ·  The star Chamukuy  ·  The star Hyadum III (θ1 Tau  ·  The star Secunda Hyadum  ·  The star δ2 Tau  ·  The star δ3 Tau  ·  The star π Tau  ·  The star ρ Tau  ·  The star σ2 Tau
Aldebaran - "Alpha Tauri", Morian
Aldebaran - "Alpha Tauri"
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Aldebaran - "Alpha Tauri"

Aldebaran - "Alpha Tauri", Morian
Aldebaran - "Alpha Tauri"
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Aldebaran - "Alpha Tauri"

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Description

Aldebaran is a red giant, it is cooler than the Sun with a surface temperature of 3,900 K, but its radius is about 44 times the Sun and
is over 400 times as luminous.
(From Wikipedia)



Setup:

Camera: Canon EOS 500da

Lens:Samyang 135mm f/2.ED UMC (3 stop down from 2.0)

Mount:Skywatcher SW-EQ5 (on home made Lacerta mount concrete)

Guidingscope: Orion 70mm Multi-Use Finder Scope

Guidercam:ASI 290MM Mini

Subs:

120x300 sec - ISO 100


Dark:50
Flats:50
Bias:50


Bortle Class:4

Software:

SIRIL

Affinity Photo

PHD2

Backyard EOS

Photoshop Element 2021

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Aldebaran - "Alpha Tauri", Morian