Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi Epsilon 180 Astrograph
Imaging cameras: Apogee Alta F9000
Mounts: Paramount MyT software bisque myt
Dates:Feb. 12, 2020
Frames: 34x480"
Integration: 4.5 hours
Avg. Moon age: 18.40 days
Avg. Moon phase: 85.75%
Astrometry.net job: 3808090
RA center: 5h 55' 25"
DEC center: +7° 21' 32"
Pixel scale: 5.477 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 176.161 degrees
Field radius: 2.883 degrees
Resolution: 2662x2698
Locations: Mount Lemmon SkyCenter, Tucson, AZ, United States
Betelgeuse , although one brightest luminaries of the sky, garnered additional attention in 2020 with its fainting episode. So what happens when you take a widefield deep image of one of the most famous stars in the sky? You get this result. Not often appreciated is that environs of bright stars may have interesting backgrounds. Few people would spend 4.5 hours of observing time staring at Betelgeuse.... and existing survey images of the sky do not hint at the result because typically the bright star overwhelms the field of view. So, take a risk, be bold!
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