WadeVC
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This is an interesting triple star in the constellation Lynx, and required a good bit of magnification to resolve into 3 seperate stars. In the 27mm, it just looked like an elongated star, and in the 15mm, I could just discern that there was more than one star. When I barlowed the 15mm, I could easily see that this was a multiple star system, but I could not split the two eastern stars.
I plopped in my 6mm and barlowed that and there it was...a nice split of all 3 stars in the same FOV. Wonderful!
I don't really know what the primary star would be with this trio as all 3 appear to be of the same (or close to the same) magnitude. It does appear as if the two stars on the eastern end are brighter and appear as white with just a hint of a blueish tint. The third star that is well seperated and to the west appeared as having an orange or burnt-brown coloration.
A nice triple star system that can be a challenge, but once found makes for an interesting and neat sight in the ol' EP.
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novbabies
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Wade, nice sketch  !
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frank5817
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Wade,
Great sketch and nice clean split of the close pair.   These multistar systems are always fun to observe.
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CarlosEH
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Wade,
A very interesting triple star system in Lynx. I will have to evaluate it myself. Thank you for sharing this with us all.
Links to Lynx;
dibonsmith.com link
http://www.umich.edu/~lowbrows/guide/lynx.html
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/lynx.html
http://server1.sky-map.org/imageView?image_id=147
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Rogerio
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Wade, this sketch is very accurate! I liked the way you rendered the stars in the hi magnification field: the colors and the sensation of light diffraction. Really impressive
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JimPie
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Very Very nice, I've never seen this one. Im adding it to my list of new targets. Thanks!
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WadeVC
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Thank you everyone for the kind words!! 
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