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Re: (IAAC) Obj: STF 1095 - Inst: Celestar 8" SCT, fork mount



Thanks, I will look for this next time I'm out.

William

On Sunday, January 13, 2002, at 11:49 AM, Albireo54@aol.com wrote:

> Hi William,
>
> I've been enjoying your double star observations, as I also do most of 
> my
> observing with a C8. (I check the tough ones with our club's 16" LX200.)
>
> You've probably seen this marvelous double (it's only an optical pair), 
> but I
> like to remind everyone of it each winter: HJ 3945 (John Herschel) at 
> RA 07
> 16 43 and Dec -23 19 10. It has one of the finest color contrasts in the
> heavens, especially beautiful in larger apertures. The primary is a deep
> orange red, magnitude 4.8 and the companion, 26" away, is deep blue and
> magnitude 6.8. It's similar to Albireo - dimmer, but with even stronger
> colors. It's less than 2 degrees NNW of the also wonderful open cluster 
> NGC
> 2362.
>
> Enjoy!
> Doug S.
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