(IAAC) Obj: 16 Cyg - Inst: Vixen 9x63 binoculars

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Observation Poster: Stéphane Meloche <stephanemeloche at videotron.ca>

Observer: Stéphane Meloche
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 2005/07/29 3h44 UT
Location of site: L'Avenir (Qc), Canada (Lat , Elev )
Site classification: Exurban
Sky darkness: 5,9 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing:  <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: Vixen 9x63 binoculars
Magnification: 
Filter(s): 
Object(s): 16 Cyg
Category: Multiple star.
Class: 
Constellation: Cyg
Data: mag   size 
Position: RA 19:42  DEC 50:32
Description:
In Cygnus, at ~ 5½° NW of Delta Cyg. Very beautiful double star, whose components seem very close one of the other, but which is observed individually. The components are of the same brightness and of the same color, white. In the same field is the "Blinking planetary", NGC 6826 and the variable star R Cygnii, a variable of long period (426 days). R Cyg was of low brightness and visible with averted vision only.
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