RLTYS
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Reged: 12/18/04
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Loc: New York (Long Island)
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Had an oppertunity to observe the Carbon star TX Pisces in a 20" refl. A most impressive red star. I would describe its color as "Pumpkin Orange". TX is a variable star with a range between mags 4.8 and 5.2. Has anyone else observed this colorful star? If you hadn't you should take a look.
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Rich (RLTYS)
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antyqjon
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Reged: 12/24/04
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Loc: Tarnów, Poland
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I have observed it recently with my 12x60 binoculars. I saw some reddish color and estimated brightness at 5.5 mag.
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binoculars: 8x30, 10x50, 12x60
scope: Skylux 70/700 refractor
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EdZ
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TX Pisces is in a region of the sky that I use for determination of NELM, Naked Eye Limiting Magnitude.
On many occasions, I can observe stars of magnitude 5.2, 5.4 and 5.5, but not see TX Pisces. I would say that TX Pisces gets at least as faint as mag 5.7 or 5.8 and not just 5.2, otherwise it would almost always be visible when I use the Circlet of Pisces to test NELM. On the contrary it is sometimes not visible, even when I see two other stars of mag 5.4 in Delphinus.
It is possible that fact that it is a red star may have something to do with its visiblity. red stars will always appear visually fainter than their real magnitude.
edz
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Dave Mitsky
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It's a carbon star all right but not a particularly good, i.e. red, one.
Dave Mitsky
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