- Condition: VG6
- Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87
Clearer night tonight. A few small stray clouds would stumble into my observations, and would force me to wait 5-10 minutes for them to move further south.
- Target: W Canis Majoris
- Const: Canis Major
- RaDec: 07h09m -11.57
- Type: Star (Carbon)
- Scope: AT102ED
- Setting: 55x
Light orange. East of θ Canis Majoris.
- Target: V614 Monocerotis
- Const: Monoceros
- RaDec: 07h02m -3.17
- Type: Star (Carbon)
- Scope: AT102ED
- Setting: 55x
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Yellow. Almost straight north of W Canis Majoris.
- Target: RY Monocerotis
- Const: Monoceros
- RaDec: 07h08m -7.35
- Type: Star (Carbon)
- Scope: AT102ED
- Setting: 55x
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Orange red in color. I'm seeing a possible close sibling at about 280°, though I'm not able to find any information stating that RY Monocerotis is a double or multiple star.
- Target: RV Monocerotis
- Const: Monoceros
- RaDec: 06h59m +6.08
- Type: Star (Carbon)
- Scope: AT102ED
- Setting: 55x
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Yellow orange. Easy find west of Procyon.
- Target: R Canis Minoris
- Const: Canis Major
- RaDec: 07h09m +9.59
- Type: Star (Carbon)
- Scope: AT102ED
- Setting: 55x
Deep orange and red.
- Target: GY Monocerotis
- Const: Monoceros
- RaDec: 06h54m -4.36
- Type: Star (Carbon)
- Scope: AT102ED
- Setting: 55x
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Had trouble with finding this one earlier in the night and decided to move on and come back to it. I found it on my second attempt, I think I was too far south with my first attempt.
Orange in color.
