Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  6 bet01 Cyg  ·  6 bet02 Cyg  ·  Albireo  ·  The star Albireo (β1Cyg)  ·  The star β2Cyg
Albireo, Phil Brewer
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Albireo

Albireo, Phil Brewer
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Albireo

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I'm not a big visual guy, I jumped right into astrophotography. But.. I have a special spot in my heart for Albireo as a visual target. A lot of targets visually just look like faint grey smudges in a telescope. Albireo is an exception as the stark contrast between the red Albireo A and the blue Albireo B was immediately awe inspiring in the eyepiece and started me down the rabbit hole. As easy as it is to see visually, it's surprisingly tough to capture with a camera. I created an HDR composition here of three different exposure lengths (lum) to try and not completely blow out the core.

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Albireo, Phil Brewer