rodelaet
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A surprising mix of objects is offered by Vega and its surrounding field. Vega is a magnificent ice-blue star of magnitude 0. Next to Vega, at a distance of 1.7° east-north-east, you’ll find the famous Double-Double : Epsilon Lyrae. If you care to try, Epsilon Lyrae can be split with the naked eye. The primaries are 208 arc seconds apart. A telescope is needed to separate Epsilon Lyrae into four members. Another double is Zeta Lyrae, one of the corners of the lyre, at 1.9° southeast of Vega. Zeta’s members are 44” apart and they can be separated with a pair of binoculars. (Zeta's members showed a better separation than displayed in the low-resolution sketch.) From Zeta, it’s a little star hop to the other corner of the lyre : Delta Lyrae. Delta Lyrae is a colorful double star too, and can be clearly split with binoculars. (I have not noticed the colors of this pair, but I rarely do notice colors.) This nice double is also the brightest member of the scattered open cluster Stephenson 1. About 8 stars can be seen with binoculars in this loose gathering.
All these objects can be observed in the same field of view, and they offer a beautiful sight.
Site : Bekkevoort, Belgium
Date : June 9, 2008
Time : around 23.30UT
Binoculars : Bresser 8x56
FOV: 5.9°
Filter : none
Mount : Trico Machine Sky Window
Seeing : 2,5/5
Transp. : 3.5/5
Nelm : 5.3
Sketch Orientation : N up, W right.
Digital sketch made with Photo Paint, based on a raw pencil sketch.
(Note: if the sketch does look too dark on your monitor, try to darken the room.)
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Edited by rodelaet (06/13/08 06:13 PM)
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frank5817
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Rony,
You really are on fire with these great binocular drawings. This one like all the others is fabulous. Nice tour of the upper part of the lyre.   
Frank 
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CarlosEH
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Rony,
Thank you for sharing with us all the most beautiful rendering of the famous double-double, Epsilon Lyrae, in Vega. You have captured their appearance perfectly.
Carlos
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rodelaet
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Frank and Carlos,
Thank you for the kind words!
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Special Ed
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Beautiful work, Rony. I had some fun the other night splitting zeta Lyrae with my new binculars.
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Michael Rosolina
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rodelaet
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Thank you, Michael. 
I read about your new bino's. 
Are you planning to do some sketching with the Canon's?
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Special Ed
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Are you planning to do some sketching with the Canon's?
I don't know. They don't have the standard 1/4"/20 hole to attach to a mount so I would have to put them down to sketch and then reacquire the target. Some objects are easy to find than others so I might try it.
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jmcdonald
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Breathtaking.
I was looking at this last night in binoculars. You've rendered it with stunning accuracy.
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Jerel
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rodelaet
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Thank you, Jerel!
I'm glad that you had fun with your observation.
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kraterkid
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A stunning vista Rony, truly magnificent work!
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Rich
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rodelaet
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Hey Rich,
Thank you for your kind reply!
I'm very please that these wide fields of stars enchant you.
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Rony
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