By Petr Horálek | 2023-02-14
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![Community photo entitled by David Chapman on 03/11/2023 at Burke-Gaffney Observatory, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada](https://earthsky.org/upl/gravity_forms/6-d184048789a60d766a02a8e43117298b/2023/03/7FA1365B-35F0-40F8-85E4-15DE3FD36584.jpeg)
On 03/11/2023 05:50 am by David Chapman| Burke-Gaffney Observatory, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
This is a 180 s robotic exposure of the dwarf planet (1) Ceres, with spiral galaxy M91 accidentally in the frame. The nearby star is 12th magnitude while Ceres shines at 7th magnitude.
Robotic 0.61 m f/6.5 CDK24 Planewave reflector telescope with Apogee CG-16M CCD monochrome camera. Field of View is 24x24 arcseconds.
Minimal iPhone cropping and adjustment of original JPEG image from robotic telescope.