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Re: Celestial navigation by digital photography: a curious anomaly
From: Robert Neff
Date: 2024 Nov 11, 06:36 -0800
From: Robert Neff
Date: 2024 Nov 11, 06:36 -0800
Frank,
The most obvious thing is "Schedar" a 2nd magnitude star is missing from the image. This is suprising since the iPhone captured other weaker stars. I may wander down this rabbit hole over in some of the astronomy forums. I will report back if I find anything.
Bob N.