Bruce MacDonald
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Just passing on a message I had from the baavss-alert group, John Toone has posted a message that R Lep is a bright binocular object. His estimate is mag +6.8, so if you happen to be up well before dawn you should be able to catch this star. If I'd known on Sunday morning I would have taken a look myself.
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Bruce MacDonald
Devizes, Wiltshire, UK
Per Mare Per Terras
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ph2
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Loc: Aalborg, Denmark
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I was out observing the sky Sunday morning Sep 23 before dawn. The main purpose was to see Mira and U Ori at minimum light in their cycles, and getting some brightness estimates in both visual and infrared light. I succeeded in doing that.
I also found Hind's Crimson Star under the constellation of Orion in the southern part of the sky. In a 4” refractors at 25x, it had an unusual strong and highly saturated red color; my first ever sighting of that star. Perhaps later I’ll try a brightness estimate.
The most obvious and striking feature of the morning sky is the Planets though. Mars is high in the sky. Saturn is located in Leo close to Regulus in the eastern part of the sky, and Venus is simply stunningly bright.
It was worthwhile to get up early.
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spaceydee
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Uh oh, I might have to try this one. I tried during the winter without much luck. Sounds nice!
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Dee
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wky46
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Loc: west Ky.
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Keep trying Dee, it's well worth it.
I first found it last year in my 10". Every night while it was in position I would search for it... it was that striking (at least for me).
Some nights it seemed it took forever to spot it, some nights I'd find it right away, so I suspect seeing conditions has alot to do with it (that and a .6 FOV).
I'll try this year with my binoculars.
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Phil
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walt r
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Have you tried making magnitude estimates of R Lep? A chart with comparision stars is available from the AAVSO and this star is in need of more measurements.
I do find the reddish color of these stars very nice to see but by doing mag estimates you get to see the dynamics of the star. It varies from Mag 5.5 to 11 with a ~440 day period, which is noticable over a few weeks. I also get a kick over seeing a star change its appearance.
Just trying to add some fun fun to our observing.
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Walt
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mathteacher
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I checked our Hind's Crimson Star and Y CVn (La Superba) last night in my 100mm. Hind's was awesome, blood red; more so than La Superba. I guess these stars are variable so maybe La Superba will make a better showing some time. Both stars were visible in my 50mm finder. I'm not good at estimating mags, yet. Sorry.
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RLTYS
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mathteacher
Y CVn is a variable star (I've been observing it for a couple of years.) its easily observable with binoculars and ranges from mag 5.2 to 6.6 with a period of 158 days.
Clear skies.
Rich (RLTYS)
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Bruce MacDonald
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Reged: 01/12/06
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Loc: Devizes, Wiltshire, UK
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I'll have to look out for Y CVn; I usually observe V CVn as it is on the BAAVSS list binocular priority list.
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Bruce MacDonald
Devizes, Wiltshire, UK
Per Mare Per Terras
Schneider (dkl) 10x80 Flakfernrohr, Canon 10x30 IS binoculars, Synta 80mm f/5 refractor, Televue 24mm Panoptic
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jimandlaura26
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Loc: Northern VA
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Dee,
This one took a little time for me to star hop to the first time... Here's my method of star hopping to it though a 1X red dot finder. I use a mid-to-wide field EP... and extend two imaginary lines; one extending down from Mintaka and through Rigel in Orion and another extending west from Alpha and through Mu Leporis. Where these two imaginary lines intersect gets you in the rough ball park of R-Leporis.
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Jim M.
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Bruce MacDonald
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Reged: 01/12/06
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Loc: Devizes, Wiltshire, UK
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I found R Lep easily - the "drop of blood" description really is correct. Nice to see.
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Bruce MacDonald
Devizes, Wiltshire, UK
Per Mare Per Terras
Schneider (dkl) 10x80 Flakfernrohr, Canon 10x30 IS binoculars, Synta 80mm f/5 refractor, Televue 24mm Panoptic
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