The star Chi Cygni again visible to the naked eye.
Taken by Paolo Palma on July 27, 2024 @
Near Rieti, Italy
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Camera Used: HUAWEI VOG-L29
Exposure Time: 200000/10000
Aperture: f/1.6
ISO: 1250
Date Taken: 2024:07:27 23:00:22
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On these evenings, one more star shines in the celestial vault. It is not so bright that it stands out from all the others and it is not T Coronae Borealis that we expect to see at any moment. Yet it will be present in the shots of the Milky Way that many people enjoy taking these days.
I'm talking about Chi Cygni, one of the most famous variable stars in the sky because - like few others - it is literally capable of appearing and disappearing from the celestial vault at a distance of about a year. After having almost reached magnitude +14, so as to become invisible even to small telescopes, in about six months it can reach magnitude +5, becoming visible to the naked eye under dark skies, joining the numerous ranks of stars that make up the summer Milky Way.
We will have to wait about 400 days to see it again, so we should not miss it, observing it even if only with binoculars for those who want to try it from the city.
Here it was taken yesterday with its orange shades at the eyepiece of the 12" Meade dobson and at 76x through a Huawei p30 pro ISO51200 1/4s. And here is it with me watching it among the other thousands stars of the Milk Way ( Huawei p30 pro ISO1250 20s ).
I showed the star to a group of people and they were really surprised to see and to know about amazing variable stars like it.
Photographer's website:
https://www.unsaltonelcielo.it
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