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Dr Ski
Valencia Observatory, central Philippines
01/02/2020
12:25 am

Equipment Details:

Canon G9X, 90mm/f5.6 refractor
Eyepiece projection at 12X
4s@ISO3200

Post-processing Details:

Image cropped and enlarged.

Image Details:

The image sensor does a great job of detecting stellar spectral classes!
V460 and V374 are variable stars in C96.
V460 has a Color Index of +1.8 and is a red giant sun (M-type) with a surface temp 15,000°.
There is a good mix of white, blue, orange and red stars in this image, down to Mag +10!