posted late-Dec 2020 doubles

Prepared my double star "bulletin" for Dec '20-Jan '21. It is a short list of suggested targets. I shared this on the RASC Toronto Centre forum. I post here for all.

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Keep an eye on your weather tools and if we get a rare clear night, bundle up and get outside. Any astronomical observing is better than TV. Here are some fun and interesting double stars which are not terribly tight or faint.

star	also known as	alternate catalogue(s)
χ (chi) Tau	Σ528 (Struve), 59 Tauri	SAO 76573, HIP 20430
HR 9094	Σ3053 Cas (STF)	SAO 10937, HIP 207
Meissa	Σ738, λ (lambda) or 39 Orionis	SAO 112921, HIP 26207
HR 3174	Σ1183 in Monoceros	SAO 135505, HIP 39675
θ (theta) Per	Σ296, 13 Per	SAO 38288, HIP 12777

Bonus: since it is so beautiful. And we need a bit of joy.
HR 2764 CMa aka h3945, 145 Canes Majoris, SAO 173349, HIP 35210

Doubles can punch through some light pollution and you can enjoy while the Moon’s out. And while you’re checking out planets like Jupiter and Saturn before they fade away or Mars as it gets smaller and smaller.

Be seeing you.
Blake