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(IAAC) Obj: Beta Ori - Inst: 10" f4.8 Equatorial GP/DX
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Observation Poster: Barry Sharpe <barry.sharpe@btinternet.com>
Observer: Barry Sharpe
Your skills: Beginner (< one year)
Date/time of observation: 29th December 2001 21:32UT
Location of site: Welwyn Garden City UK (Lat 53:27:00, Elev 02:31:00)
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 5 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: Great - full or very near object
Instrument: 10" f4.8 Equatorial GP/DX
Magnification: 25mm / 10mm
Filter(s): None
Object(s): Beta Ori
Category: Other.
Class: Star
Constellation: Orion
Data: mag 0.12 size
Position: RA : DEC :
Description:
Beta Ori is a very blue and very bright star, I am unable to split with 25mm or 10mm eyepiece. However Beta Ori has a very distinctive hue to it. With rigel centered in my FOV @ 25mm eyepiece i note 2 stars to the west very dim one the most northern of the two seems yellow in colour poss G type star 3 smaller stars appear in the north of Beta ori very faint unable to make out colour. Beta Ori spetral type: B8Iae HR Number 1713.
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