| Eddy O'connor | ||||
| Star:
Bos
1 (Beta 2; Dunlop 226?)
Date & Time: Tuesday, July 16th 2001 7.30 -9p.m local; UT +9 Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: 7/10 Location of site: Terara, New South Wales, Australia Long.150º.38 ; Dec. S 34º.52. Temperature. 7ºC Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: -- (No Moon) <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: 8" Newt. F9 Eyepieces: 25mm K, 12.5 mm ortho Magnification: 73x, 146x Harshaw Scale: 2 <1-5; 1 best> |
My map confuses me with the variety
of names for this star. Regardless of this is it a stunner!
It is the most Westerly of Sagittarius's dazzling doubles and is part of the team of the naked eye pair Beta 1 and Beta 2 Sag. just SW of Corona Australis. Comments: This is a delightful double to end the night. The Primary is a brilliant White and the companion is wide and a dazzling Blue colour. Perfect for small telescopes. Ambience: Time has slipped away on me,
carried along by a night of great doubles. The joints click and the back
aches but all is forgotten after such a glorious display of the wonders
of the night sky. Capricorn is up and I quickly note the position of Uranus
in the finderscope. Neptune is not immediately apparent - but another night.
Many secrets still remain in Sagittarius, so rich is DSOs. I had
never thought of looking for doubles there. It is so pleasant to be proved
wrong sometimes!
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