Continue my journey through Lyra, it would be a shame if I forgot to include this wonderful star. Located just 2 degree from the brilliant star, Vega. Once you center T Lyrae in the eyepiece it gonna be an unforgettable sight. That was exactly what had happened to me when I first ever successfully bagged this one with my 6 inch. Acted as my first ever impression about a carbon star, T Lyrae had done an excellent job in introducing me into this amazing world of carbon star.
Recently, I "re-observed" this star on many occasions. But only 3 nights that had the strongest imprint in my mind.
The first night was the night that I returned to T Lyrae after 2 full years. I filled with nostalgic; it still looked crimson red like 2 years ago but was considerably better with a wide field instrument.
The second night was the night that I made the sketch below. It was also the worst night because of thin haze. NELM barely reached 3 on that night. But T Lyrae still shined through. I compared its magnitude with other stars' and estimated T Lyrae was mag 8 near 9. The color I recorded on paper was vibrant red. I even gave it a nickname "Hidden Ruby of the Harp".
The final night was last night. The sky seem to improved a little bit but distant clouds threatened any prolonged observation. So I was just mostly toying with the binocular and take a last look at this star and M57 with the 80mm scope before went to bed. It still looked gorgeous at 19x with all of the surrounding field stars.
I include 2 sketches the original and the digitized one. I use an 80mm f/5 refractor at 25x for the sketch. Any stars that showed color have a small letter near them in the pencil sketch. Sketch then got digitized using Photoshop.
Hope you enjoy the sketch, thank you for reading and Clear Sky 
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