2023-08-25

• Condition: E6
• Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

9:10PM

• Target: AC Herculis[1]
• Const: Hercules
• RaDec: 18h30m +21°52
• Type: Star (Carbon)
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 30x
• Image: ../images/2023-8-25_ACHer.jpg[2]

Needed some help with this one, I had to create a crude drawing to help me find the star. The color is very subdued, maybe a pale yellow with a touch of orange.

[1] AC Herculis (ID)

[2] ../images/2023-8-25_ACHer.jpg

9:22PM

• Target: HK Lyrae[1]
• Const: Lyra
• RaDec: 18h42m +36°57
• Type: Star (Carbon)
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 30x
• Image: ../images/2023-8-25_HKLyr.jpg[2]

The color popped out at me immediately! Orange-red. It was at the end of a line of similar magnitude stars which together looks like a snake.

[1] HK Lyrae (ID)

[2] ../images/2023-8-25_HKLyr.jpg

9:37PM

• Target: U Lyrae[1]
• Const: Lyra
• RaDec: 19h20m +37°52
• Type: Star (Carbon)
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 30x
• Image: ../images/2023-8-25_ULyr.jpg[2]

Much dimmer than the other two, but the most evident color. Extremely red.

[1] U Lyrae (ID)

[2] ../images/2023-8-25_ULyr.jpg

9:41PM

• Target: M 13, Hercules Globular Cluster[1]
• Const: Hercules
• RaDec: 16h41m +36°27
• Type: Globular Cluster
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 200x

[1] M 13, Hercules Globular Cluster (ID)