💾 Archived View for shizy.srht.site › daily › 2022-12-17.gmi captured on 2024-09-29 at 00:42:49. Gemini links have been rewritten to link to archived content
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- Condition: VG6
- Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87
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.
- Target: 1 Camelopardalis
- Const: Camelopardalis
- RaDec: 4h32m 53°55
- Type: Star (Double)
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 36x
- Double: AB: 320°
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Popped right into view. Took a few attempts to find. Used λ Persei as an anchor point.
- Target: Θ Aurigae
- Const: Auriga
- RaDec: 5h59m 37°13
- Type: Star (Double)
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 150x, 1/2 stop-down
- Double: AB: 300°
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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.
- Target: ε Monocerotis
- Const: Monoceros
- RaDec: 6h23m 4°36
- Type: Star (Double)
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 59x
- Double: AB: 20°
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The sibling is small, but easily seen even at lower magnification.
- Target: β Monocerotis
- Const: Monoceros
- RaDec: 6h28m -7°02
- Type: Star (Multiple)
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 130x
- Double: AB: 130°, AC: 130°
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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.
- Target: α Ursae Minoris
- Const: Ursa Minor
- RaDec: 2h31m 89°16
- Type: Star (Double)
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 44x
- Double: AB: 250°
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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!
