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Re: (IAAC) Obj: Albireo (Beta Cygni) - Inst: 102 mm f/9.8 Achromatic refractor
Luis,
Greatly enjoying your double star reports. I also see Albireo as orange and
blue, although I have never heard the color red referred to... but I have
heard topaz or golden yellow.
Penny
-----Original Message-----
From: Luis Arguelles <whuyss@tripod.net>
To: Internet Amateur Astronomers Catalog <netastrocatalog@latrade.com>
Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 12:13 PM
Subject: (IAAC) Obj: Albireo (Beta Cygni) - Inst: 102 mm f/9.8 Achromatic
refractor
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:
:Observer: Luis Arguelles
:Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
:Date/time of observation: July,22,1998 - 23:15 UT
:Location of site: Santander - Spain (Lat , Elev )
:Site classification: Suburban
:Sky darkness: 4.5 <Limiting magnitude>
:Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
:Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
:Instrument: 102 mm f/9.8 Achromatic refractor
:Magnification: 25x, 50x, 100x, 200x
:Filter(s):
:Object(s): Albireo (Beta Cygni)
:Category: Multiple star.
:Class:
:Constellation: Cyg
:Data: mag 3.08 size
:Position: RA : DEC :
:Description:
:It's not strange that everyboy speaks wonderful things about this double
star.
:The main component appears yellow-orangeish at 25x, while the secondary
shows
:blue or blue-greenish coloration. This contrast of colors is amazing. Of
:course, it's one of my favourite double stars.
:
:Using 200x I can perfectly observe it as orangeish and blueish. My wife
sees
:the second component as red, not orange. Maybe women had a "shift" towards
red
:or men have a "shift" towards blue. I'm not sure of this. Probably the
:perception of color is something that *always* varies from person to
person.
:
:Without doubt the best view is obtained at just 50x. Albireo appears as a
King
:and a Queen in the middle of the wonderful star clouds of Cygnus.
:
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