Archive for Sirius

Looking for Sirius B

Posted in Astrophotography with tags , , , , on 2009/03/31 by computerphysicslab

Sirius is a difficult binary system, hard to resolve. I am trying it, and I have got one image that shows a dim star very near to Sirius A, but I think it isn’t Sirius B. I have been trying to find out which is the name of the star. I still don’t know it. Searching in Internet (and star atlas) other images of the area I see the star exists, but with no name so far. Here are the sources found:

Where is Sirius B?

Posted in Astrophotography with tags , , , , , , on 2009/03/23 by computerphysicslab

After resolving the binary system of Castor I tried unsuccessfully to spot Sirius B. Theoretically it is possible using the Meade Lightbridge 16″, but maybe another luckier night … Integrating 200 half second exposure frames I got this result:

Sirius through Lightbridge 16