| Paolo Morini | ||||
| Star:
Epsilon Pegasi
Date & Time:15 Sept 2001 23.30 to 00.45 (local time, UT+2) Seeing: 8-9 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Transparency: 10 Location of site: Sena de Luna, Leon, Spain Site classification: Rural Sky darkness: 6 <Limiting magnitude> Temperature: about 12ºC Telescope: Vixen 20x100 bincoulars Magnification: 20x |
After having a 1st contact
with Epsilon Peg, I went to observe and report 3 Peg. Going from 3 to Epsilon
it's easier to find the companion of Epsilon, knowing it's about 30 deg
clockwise and 3 times the sep of 3 Peg.
This double is difficult because of the big nagnitude difference and the wide separation, it's easy to get lost without a reference. The conopanion should be 0.1 mag dimmer respect to the companion of 3 Peg, but it seems much fainter - probably because the main star is so brighter Despite the good limiting magnitude of the site, it's not so easy to pick the 2nd component. Ambience: dogs stop barking, "The Sound of Silence" |
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