Clik here to view.
Sleuthing in Sight of Sadalmelik: OΣ 460, Σ 2862, and Σ 2855
If it seems like we’ve been here before, it’s because we have – just a month shy of a year ago, when we looked at “The Alpha-Beta-Gamma of Aquarius,” and discussed Homer-era Greek grammarians, urns of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Problems of a Different Magnitude in Lacerta: 8 Lacertae (STF 2922/A1459) and...
It had been a long while since I last took a stroll through Lacerta, so I had to grab my well-worn copy of Sky and Telescope’s Pocket Sky Atlas and relocate the constellation’s dim outline between...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Difficult Double Stars of the STT Variety
Back in the golden era of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when astronomy began to grow rapidly in the United States and Europe, communication with other astronomers was a slow...
View ArticleClik here to view.
STT Objects in Lacerta, Part 1: OΣ 475, OΣ 477, and OΣ 479
It’s rather ironic that I find myself back in Lacerta once again, which is the scene of the last post I wrote here several months ago. But this is an intriguing little constellation, dim though it is,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
STT Objects in Lacerta, Part 2: OΣ 459, OΣ 465, and OΣ 472
On to the second part of a look at some STT objects in Lacerta. In case you missed the first part, you can get to it by clicking on this link. We’ll get started with OΣ 459 (STT 459), which is located...
View ArticleClik here to view.
STT Pairs in Cepheus: OΣ 32, OΣ 436, OΣ 458, and OΣ 461
Now that we have the STT pairs in Lacerta wrapped up (here and here), we’ll finish this series by looking at four rather challenging STT objects in Cepheus. For the most part, these are going to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Weird and Wonderful World of 8 Andromedae: BU 717, ES 2725, and ARY 3
On one of those crisp September nights when I was lingering in Lacerta over delicately separated double stars and diminutively defined open clusters, I happened to look away from the eyepiece just long...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beyond the Weird and Wonderful World of 8 Andromedae: Σ 2987, OΣΣ 244, and OΣ...
Our last trip concentrated on 8 Andromedae/BU 717 and the area immediately southeast of it, so this time we’ll wander a bit farther afield. But we’ll have to take care that our first leap into the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Information on Sirius A and B
I just came across an interesting blog post on Sirius. Among other things, the age of Sirius A is now estimated at 237 to 247 million years and Sirius B (the white dwarf companion) at 228 million...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Anatomy of a Multiple Star: Krueger 60 (KR 60)
More than once I’ve stumbled across a multiple star with so many components I’ve wondered if all of them will fit in the field of view of a wide angle eyepiece. Two questions always bounce from one...
View Article
