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David Chapman
Burke-Gaffney Observatory, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

03/11/2023
05:50 am

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Equipment Details:

Robotic 0.61 m f/6.5 CDK24 Planewave reflector telescope with Apogee CG-16M CCD monochrome camera. Field of View is 24x24 arcseconds.

Post-processing Details:

Minimal iPhone cropping and adjustment of original JPEG image from robotic telescope.

Image Details:

This is a 180 s robotic exposure of the dwarf planet (1) Ceres, with spiral galaxy M91 accidentally in the frame. The nearby star is 12th magnitude while Ceres shines at 7th magnitude.

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David Callejas, Marketing Director, helps bring EarthSky's content to the world via online ads and other products. He creates strategies that help people around the world find us and appreciate the work we do. He helps manage the EarthSky Store and bring to you the new products that you love. He's the chief liaison between EarthSky.org and the world of commerce. All that, plus he helps post content and populate our pages on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Go David!