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Re: (IAAC) Burnham's Stars
Hi Lew, Sky Atlas 2000 Vol 1 also has Almach as K2 111 but The Sky Astro
program as the Star B8V.What are the comes? very interesting subject. I have
noticed this star changes in a lot of Astronomy software programs but just
thought it was a computer error. Ron Knight
----- Original Message -----
From: Lew Gramer <lew@upstream.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 12:05 PM
Subject: RE: (IAAC) Burnham's Stars
> Apologies, Kim - I haven't had a spare second to respond properly to
> this query of yours at all. But I can say two things in brief now:
>
> 1) This sort of question is perfectly appropriate for our list! And,
>
> 2) I am pretty certain that Almach is a lot closer to a Class K star
> than a Class B, as I recall it appearing distinctly orange to me! I
> hope others can clarify where the B8V came from - but since Almach
> does have that faint bluish companion (mag. 6, I think), there may
> just be some confusion here between the primary and the comes?
>
> Clear skies!
> Lew Gramer
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:owner-netastrocatalog-announce@atmob.org]On Behalf Of Kim Gowney
> > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 11:49 AM
> > To: netastrocatalog-announce@atmob.org
> > Subject: (IAAC) Burnham's Stars
> >
> >
> > I hope this is the right place to discuss this, I have been using the
> > Program Celestia (http://ennui.shatters.net/celestia/) along with Skymap
> > Pro9 and Burnham's handbook to explore the Local Galaxie area in 3D,
mainly
> > with a view to seeing double stars in their "environment" so to speak, I
> > happened to start with Book 1 Andromeda and had got to Almach, Gamma
And,
> > which Burnham has listed as a K2 or K3 Star, but which both Celestia and
> > Skymap list as a B8V, this seems quite a difference, what could have led
> > earlier Astronomers to list it as a K type?
> >
> > Kim Gowney.
> >
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