2024-03-27

• Condition: VG5
• Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

08:22PM

• Target: TU Tauri[1]
• Const: Taurus
• RaDec: 05h46m +24.25
• Type: Star (Carbon)
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x
• Image: ../images/2024-03-27_TUTau.jpg[2]

Orange, with a touch of red.

[1] TU Tauri (ID)

[2] ../images/2024-03-27_TUTau.jpg

08:34PM

• Target: FU Aurigae[1]
• Const: Auriga
• RaDec: 05h49m +30.38
• Type: Star (Carbon)
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x
• Image: ../images/2024-03-27_FUAur.jpg[2]

Similar to TU Tau, orange with a hint of red again.

[1] FU Aurigae (ID)

[2] ../images/2024-03-27_FUAur.jpg

09:25PM

• Target: UV Aurigae[1]
• Const: Auriga
• RaDec: 05h23m +32.32
• Type: Star (Carbon)
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x
• Image: ../images/2024-03-27_UVAur.jpg[2]

Very difficult to find. Took me a long time to locate this star and required a lookup to AAVSO and Stellarium. Even then, it took three or four tries. Orange.

[1] UV Aurigae (ID)

[2] ../images/2024-03-27_UVAur.jpg

09:50PM

• Target: S Aurigae[1]
• Const: Auriga
• RaDec: 05h28m +34.11
• Type: Star (Carbon)
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x
• Image: ../images/2024-03-27_SAur.jpg[2]

Beautiful area of the sky that I recall seeing when observing NGC 1931. It was a little bit of a challenge to determine which star this was, since there were quite a few high-profile stars in the FoV, but I finally got it. A bit fainter and the color seems to have traces from yellow to red.

[1] S Aurigae (ID)

[2] ../images/2024-03-27_SAur.jpg