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- Condition: G6
- Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87
Got home from our trip to Erik's Ranch. Unpacked the car quickly then setup the telescope.
- Target: ε Lyrae
- Const: Lyra
- RaDec: 18h44m +39°4
- Type: Star (Multiple)
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 150x, 1/2 stop-down
- Double: AB: 350°, AB-CD: 170°, CD: 80°
../images/2022-8-21_EpsilonLyra.jpg
I could not see the primary companion without tapping the lens (B). The secondary companion (D) showed up but without a clean split, looked more like an extension of (C). Took a bit to find all 4. Pretty cool double-double.
- Target: ζ Lyrae
- Const: Lyra
- RaDec: 18h44m +37°36
- Type: Star (Double)
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 57x
- Double: AB: 160°
../images/2022-8-21_ZetaLyra.jpg
Very easy split. Similar in color, but the sibling looks like it has a little more purple?
- Target: β Lyrae
- Const: Lyra
- RaDec: 18h50m +33°22
- Type: Star (Double)
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 57x, 1/2 stop-down
- Double: AB: 145°
../images/2022-8-21_BetaLyra.jpg
Another easy split. The sibling is more noticeably faint.
- Target: M 57, Ring Nebula
- Const: Lyra
- RaDec: 18h53m +33°2
- Type: Planetary Nebula
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 40x, AV
Very small. Just a subtle fat dot on a dark background. Looking directly at it will make it disappear! AV pops it back into view with a little definition. Getting some "irregularity" in the glow around the center.
- Target: Otto Struve 525
- Const: Lyra
- RaDec: 18h54m +33°58
- Type: Star (Double)
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 57x
- Double: AB: 345°
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Took a little to determine which nearby star was the sibling. Both are nestled between β and ν Lyrae.
- Target: M 56
- Const: Lyra
- RaDec: 19h16m +30°11
- Type: Globular Cluster
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 40x, AV
Very faint. AV isn't required for detection, but is necessary to get an observation of the size and shape.
- Target: β Cygni
- Const: Cygnus
- RaDec: 19h30m +27°58
- Type: Star (Double)
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 44x
- Double: AB: 70°
../images/2022-8-21_BetaCygnus.jpg
Cool pair! The primary is very orange / yellow. The secondary is a colder white, a little less bright.
- Target: M 71
- Cosnt: Sagitta
- RaDec: 19h53m +18°47
- Type: Globular Cluster
- Scope: ST80
- Setting: 44x, AV
I would have missed it if my star chart didn't tell me it was there. No "concentration" of light or glow, more evenly distributed and spread out.
