R Aquarii
R Aquarii is a symbiotic star believed to contain a white dwarf and a Mira-type variable in a binary system. The orbital period is approximately 44 years. The main Mira-type star is a red giant and varies in brightness by a factor of several hundred and with a period of slightly more than a year.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
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Telescope
CHI-1-CMOS Planewave CDK24
Camera
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Location
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Location
El Sauce Observatory, Rio Hurtado, Chile
Date of observation
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Date of observation
22 Oct 2024
Filters
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Filters
SHO 300sec exposures
Processing
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Processing
PixInsight and Photoshop
Credits
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Credits
Data set from Telescope live processed by Mike Paling
