Tuesday, October 08, 2019

doubles for Oct 2019

Sent out my double star "bulletin" for October 2019. It is a short list of suggested targets. I shared this on the RASC Toronto Centre forums. And I post here for all.

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Hello!

Here is your friendly reminder to observe double and multi-star systems. They are resistant to light pollution and Moon light. Below are listed some best viewed in October.

staralso known asalternate catalogue(s)
41 AqrH N 56SAO 190986, HIP 109786
κ (kappa) CepStruve 2675SAO 9665, HIP 99255
HD 213224 CepH 4 31HIP 110925
Σ2902 (STF) LacHD 212468HIP 110539
ε (epsilon) PegEnifSAO 127029, HIP 107315

Note: HD 213224 Cep is not to be confused with delta…

Double stars are fun, easy, sometimes challenging, interesting, colourful, and dynamic!

Be seeing you.

Blake Nancarrow
astronomy at computer-ease dot com

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