Tried searching for the celebrated red dwarf star and exoplanet system Trappist-1 using SkySafari Pro but came up with nothing. Tried using the 2MASS designation for the star also with no luck. Would the GAIA extension database have it? I was a little disappointed that such an important star wasn't in SkySafari Pro.
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Chris I'm guessing it's not included since this star is magnitude 18.8 and SS6 Pro goes down to 16.5. I agree it would be neat if we could find it and check out the system though!
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Blaine Snow Hmm, 18.8 - good guess. No scope of mine would even being to resolve that. I think the best I've done is 14 or 15 with my 12" dob under Bortle 2 skies.
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Chris Yeah, I've only really gotten ~16 with my 18.5" so it's way out of reach. Even a 1 meter scope under perfect skies would struggle.
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