Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)
Barnard's Star proper motion, erdmanpe
Barnard's Star proper motion
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Barnard's Star proper motion

Barnard's Star proper motion, erdmanpe
Barnard's Star proper motion
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Barnard's Star proper motion

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A multiyear project tracking Barnard's Star (HIP87937) as its proper motion carries it across the sky (~10 arc sec/yr) .    Barnard's Star is the closest star visible from the Northern  Hemisphere, but is itself a bit puny (about 10th mag). It does  however, just truck across the sky (proximity does have its results)! A simple sum of 10 second  exposures,  each taken ~1 year apart. It's still moving!

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Barnard's Star proper motion, erdmanpe