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10: 61 Cygni - Sigma
Cassiopeiae
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OBJECT: 61 Cygni
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TELESCOPE: Meade 10"
f/10 SCT |
| DATE: 07.04.1996 |
TIME: 12:25 am EDT |
| TRANSPARENCY: Good |
SEEING: Good |
| MAGNIFICATION: 96x |
LOCATION: Kalamazoo Twp. |
COMMENTS: Both stars
are golden-yellow or perhaps orange in color. One star barely
outshines the other. This was the first star(s) to have its
distance measured (11.2 light-years).
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| OBJECT: Beta Cephei |
TELESCOPE:
Meade 10"
f/10 SCT |
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| DATE: 07.03.1996 |
TIME: 10:51 pm EDT |
| TRANSPARENCY: Good |
SEEING: Good |
| MAGNIFICATION: 192x |
LOCATION: Kalamazoo
Twp. |
| COMMENTS: The primary
star in this system is a brilliant shade of blue. The companion,
dimmer by several magnitudes, is a gray looking star. |
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OBJECT: Struve 2816 |
TELESCOPE:
Meade 10" f/10 SCT |
| DATE: 07.03.1996 |
TIME: 11:01 pm EDT |
| TRANSPARENCY: Good |
SEEING: Good |
| MAGNIFICATION: 192x |
LOCATION: Kalamazoo
Twp. |
COMMENTS: This trio
doesn't have stars of striking colors or brightness',
but is still interesting. The brightest star appears to be
blue. The other two stars are equal magnitude and gray in
color. Several other stars are visible in the field of view (not
pictured). It leads me to believe that this may be a sparse open
cluster.
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| OBJECT: Epsilon Pegasi |
TELESCOPE:
Meade 10" f/10 SCT |
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| DATE: 07.17.1996 |
TIME: 12:07 am EDT |
| TRANSPARENCY: Very
Good |
SEEING: Very Good |
| MAGNIFICATION: 96x |
LOCATION:
Vicksburg, MI |
| COMMENTS: The bright
star is golden-yellow. The other star is much fainter and
grayish. Pretty average looking double star. |
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OBJECT: Xi Cephei |
TELESCOPE:
Meade 10" f/10 SCT |
| DATE:
06.03.1996 |
TIME: 11:13 pm EDT |
| TRANSPARENCY: Good |
SEEING: Good |
| MAGNIFICATION: 192x |
LOCATION:
Kalamazoo Twp. |
| COMMENTS: The primary
is a
brilliant white, while the companion, fainter by several magnitudes, is
also white, but not as "shinny". |
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| OBJECT: Zeta Aquarii |
TELESCOPE:
Meade 10" f/10 SCT |
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| DATE: 09.30.1996 |
TIME: 11:25 pm EDT |
| TRANSPARENCY:
Good |
SEEING:
Good |
| MAGNIFICATION: 417x |
LOCATION: Kalamazoo
Twp. |
| COMMENTS: To date, this
is the tightest pair I have observed. Both stars are bright white
and equal in magnitude. |
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OBJECT: Delta Cephei |
TELESCOPE:
Meade 10" f/10 SCT |
| DATE: 07.03.1996 |
TIME: 11:22 pm EDT |
| TRANSPARENCY: Good |
SEEING:
Good |
| MAGNIFICATION: 192x |
LOCATION:
Kalamazoo Twp. |
| COMMENTS: This double
star is also similar in appearance to Albireo. The brightest star
is yellow. The fainter star is a deep ocean blue. |
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| OBJECT: 8 Lacertae |
TELESCOPE:
Meade 10" f/10 SCT |
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DATE: 07.04.1996
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TIME: 12:20 am EDT |
| TRANSPARENCY:
Good |
SEEING:
Good |
| MAGNIFICATION: 96x |
LOCATION:
Kalamazoo Twp. |
| COMMENTS: The brightest
star is blue. The other, while also blue, is slightly fainter
that its counterpart. |
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OBJECT: 94 Aquarii |
TELESCOPE:
Meade 10" f/10 SCT |
| DATE: 09.30.1996 |
TIME: 11:30 pm EDT |
| TRANSPARENCY:
Good |
SEEING:
Good |
| MAGNIFICATION: 96x |
LOCATION:
Kalamazoo Twp. |
| COMMENTS: Interesting
pair. The brightest star is light yellow. The secondary
star is dark red or orange. |
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| OBJECT: Sigma
Cassiopeiae |
TELESCOPE:
Meade 10" f/10 SCT |
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| DATE: 07.04.1996 |
TIME: 12:14 am EDT |
| TRANSPARENCY:
Good |
SEEING:
Good |
| MAGNIFICATION: 357x |
LOCATION:
Kalamazoo Twp. |
| COMMENTS: I think this
is perhaps the most difficult double star on the Astronomical
League list. After
close examination I believe managed to resolve it into separate
stars. Both stars are light blue, but one far outshines the
other. Whew! |
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