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[John Miele]

Here is my second try at some long term star motion GIFs. This is 61 Cygni which is a binary star of mag 5.2 and 6.0 in Cygnus. This system moves at 5 arc-sec/year. I captured a 3.2 year span here so they have moved about 16 arc-sec. Different scopes and cameras were used 3 years apart so had to resize/rescale etc. I did a little better job of that his time. I plan to redo my Barnard's star GIF as I found a better way to rescale and align up images.

 

cs...John

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[Brian Carter]

That is super cool!

[Andrea Salati]

I love it! Very inspiring (I have been wanting to do something like that for decades now, maybe it is time to get the plan in motion before I kick the bucket).

[Refractor6]

  Great work  ....one of my favorite binocular doubles.......

[John Miele]

I love it! Very inspiring (I have been wanting to do something like that for decades now, maybe it is time to get the plan in motion before I kick the bucket).

[Tapio]

I love it! Very inspiring (I have been wanting to do something like that for decades now, maybe it is time to get the plan in motion before I kick the bucket).

Speaking of which - would love to hear what's on your (astronomical) bucket list.

[Greg M]

Great stuff, John. Congrats.

[Steve OK]

I'm betting this and your Barnard's star GIF will inspire lots of copycats!  You roped me in for sure!

 

Steve

[R Botero]

Lovely stuff John.    The late Jim Kaler wrote beautifully about it:  http://stars.astro.i.../sow/61cyg.html

 

Roberto