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Photographer:

Mario Hébert

Location of Photo:

Near Trois-Rivières,Province of Quebec, Canada

Date/Time of photo:

2013-10-30 from 19:37 to 23:09 EST

Equipment:

Telescope: Newton Skywatcher 10" F4,7 (1200 mm focal) Mount: Celestron CGEM Camera: QHY9 monochrome, bin 2X2 at -30C

Description:

This image is not for beauty, but for science! Following the Sky&telescope reading about "The Black widows" of the October 2013 issue, who lead us with the autumn challenge of imaging the companion star of the pulsar PSR J2339-0533, shining at magnitudes 18 to 21 in a 4.5 hour cycle, i finally convinced myself to try to capture it with my old 10" Newton, which have the minimal diameter recommended by Sky&Telescope. 21 X 10 minutes exposures were necessary to finally see him appearing dimly on half of my frames, when he is nearing magnitude 18~19. And, what a surprise when, after the animation was made, i saw an asteroid flying right toward the pulsar! You can see the animation on my webpage.

Website:

http://sites.rapidus.net/marihebe/pulsar_PSRJ2339-0533/

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