Barnard's Star
Date taken
1.. 13 Jul 1985
2.. 18 May 1990
3.. 25 Jul 1995
4.. 02 Jun 2000
5.. 31 May 2005
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Scope
25cm F/5.8
25cm F/5.8
31.5cm F/4.5
31.5cm F/5
31.5cm F/4.5
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Exp.
5 mins
1 min
1 min
5 mins
5 mins
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Film
Kodak VR400
Hypered Ektar 1000
Kodak Royal 1000
Kodak Zoom 800
Kodak GC 400*
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This images below were taken with GSTAR-EX video camera on 21 May 2006 and 30 Sep 2007(poorer seeing conditions). Through the 31.5cm
F/4.5 it reveals much fainter stars in the background with only 2 minutes of integration. The movement is quite noticeable over the 16
month period.
A small galaxy is also revealed above centre right, possibly PGC 61178 mag 14.6
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Copyright PD-self
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Image Info
Very close to our solar system at 5.99 Light Years and has the highest proper motion of any Star visible from Earth.
It moves at 10.29 arc sec/yr (PA 356), so in 20 years it has moved 205.8 arc sec (3 min 26 sec) across the sky.
The animation is
also used on... www.solstation.com
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