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Heavy snowfall for the prior four days. We have a good 4 1/2 feet of snow in the backyard. I had to shovel a path out to my viewing spot and shovel around the spot just to view.
Popped right into view. Took a few attempts to find. Used λ Persei as an anchor point.
I think I saw this sibling finally. I had to zoom in and de-focus. After a while I could see a "lump" of light jutting out of the main source of light making it look lopsided. I wasn't sure if that was it, but after seeing no other noticeable evidence of a sibling, I took a chance on it and guessed it's PA.
Came in to warm up for a few hours and wait for Monoceros to rise higher.
The sibling is small, but easily seen even at lower magnification.
Cool multiple! I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me at first. All three stars almost form a straight line! I can detect a little variation in the angle of both siblings, but I'm going to guess 130° for both.
Took me a bit to guess the location of NCP in order to get the PA. I estimated the position of NCP by using Kochab as a reference point for it's direction from Polaris. Funny that I almost waited until the very end to scratch this one off my list!
