Canopus: Believe it or Not
Taken by Frankie Lucena on December 11, 2013 @ Cabo Rojo,Puerto Rico
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  Camera Used: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY KODAK Z740 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
Exposure Time: 8/1
Aperture: f/3.3
ISO: 400
Date Taken: 2013:12:11 22:44:24
  
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Canopus was just over the mountain and was changing colors so I decided to try and capture those colors by gently moving the camera down during the exposure. As you can see there were quite a few colors being emitted by this Star.
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Scintillation makes it so colourful, you should try it with different stars too!
Posted by LandyGyebnar 2013-12-12 10:43:29
Canopus has a B-V color index of 0.16 where 0 is a blue-white, indicating it is essentially white, although has been described as yellow-white. Its spectral type has been recorded as either F0 or sometimes A9. It has less yellow than Altair or Procyon, whose color indexes have been measured at 0.22 and 0.42 respectively. It may be that some observers have perceived it as yellow-tinged owing to its being located low in the sky and hence subject to atmospheric effects
Posted by comingsoooon 2013-12-12 11:07:15
Thank you both for the info.
Posted by supernova 2013-12-12 19:06:50
Welcome Frankie
Posted by comingsoooon 2013-12-13 10:19:56
 
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