Have you found yourself in the full moon blues? Stuck in the city where light pollution is really bad? Not a problem when you explore the vast array of double and multiple star systems! Can you say Tatooine???
My Top 10 Doubles to get you started:
Albireo(Beta Cygni) - Mag: 3.07 / 4.67 Sep: 34.3"(featured in this video)
Double Double(Epsilon Lyrae) - Mag: 5.01 / 6.10 Sep: 2.2" Mag: 5.21 / 5.38 Sep: 2.4"
Castor(Alpha Geminorum) - Mag: 1.58 / 2.97 Sep: 5.97"
Algieba(Gamma Leonis) - Mag: 2.23 / 3.64 Sep: 4.7"
Izar(Epsilon Bootis) - Mag: 2.5 / 4.81 Sep: 2.9"
Almach(Gamma Andromedae) - Mag: 2.17 / 5.02 Sep: 9.8"
Mizar(Zeta Ursae Majoris) - Mag: 2.22 / 4 Sep: ~30"(Mizar itself is a double at only .8"!!!)
Trapezium(Theta Orionis) - Mag: ~5 There are 4 easy stars to this one and two more that are harder but possible in good seeing even in a small scope!
Rigel(Beta Orionis) - Mag: .28 / 6.8 Sep: 9.5"
Polaris(Alpha Ursae Minoris) - Mag: 2 / 9.1 Sep: 18.1" Did you know that Polaris is a double???
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18 авг 2024