07/19/2025
🔭✨ Just captured the star, Arcturus, last night with my telescope from my driveway here in St. Thomas, On!
🌌 Here’s why this stellar giant is so fascinating: “Arcturus is a red giant star in the northern constellation of Boötes, and the brightest star in the constellation. It is the fourth-brightest star in the night sky and the brightest in the northern celestial hemisphere.
It is about the same mass as the Sun, but has expanded to 25 times its size (around 35 million kilometers) and is around 170 times as luminous.” (Source: Wikipedia – Arcturus)
It's wild to think this giant used to be a star like our Sun ☀️—now it's a glowing example of what awaits our own star in the distant future! 🔥
📸 Stargazing never gets old when you’re chasing cosmic legends like this one.
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Equipment used:
🔭 William Optics RedCat 51
🔍 Zwo AsiAir Plus
🔍 Zwo Asi 533MC Pro Camera
🔍 Zwo Asi120mm Guide camera
🔍 Zwo 30F4 Mini Guide Scope
🔭 Skywatcher HEQ5 Mount
💡Bortle 7
🚧 Stacked 180 Lights and 45 per Flats, Darks, Dark Flats at 10 Second Exposures in ASI Deep Stack
🎨 Post Editing in Lightroom & Canva
