Antares (on the day before occultation)... means the ordinary Antares

In order to practice the occultation, I took some pictures of Antares on the day before.
Most of the image came out like below.
Something blue like companion star is on the left of Antares-A.

Pentax 105 SDHF + TMB 8mmEP + thin extention ring +Nikon D70 1/1.6s exp North is down under. East is right.
The companion data (2005.24year)
Sco.α Antares ADS-10074  magnitute: 01.2v/05.40  SP=M1Ib-.B3-- gr5  distance=2.53 PA=273.7°

2005:03:30 03:49:55 2005:03:30 03:55:26
Both are enlarged double size.
Comparison with Jupiter
Both are downsized in half.


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