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Old 10-08-2018, 05:55 PM
Tropo-Bob (Bob)
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DELPHINUS - The Grand Tour

Below are the subjects in Delphinus that I wish to view:-

Objects of interest

Rho Aquilae. Because of its relatively high proper motion, Rho crossed the border from Aquila into Delphinus in 1992.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rho_Aquilae

NGC 6981. The Blue Flash Nebula (Planetary Nebula)
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6891

NGC 6905. Planetary Nebula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6905

Struve 2725. Called the "Ghost Double", is a pair that appears similar to Gamma, but dimmer. Its components of magnitudes 7.6 and 8.4 are separated by 6 arcseconds and are 15 arcminutes from Gamma Delphini itself
https://bestdoubles.wordpress.com/20...d-struve-2725/

Struve 2690. Double in the same field as Epsilon Del. Mags 7.1 & 7.4 with a separation of 17.3 arc seconds.


The Main Stars
The four stars Alpha to Delta are an asterism nambed Job's Coffin.

Alpha Delphini (Del). Sualocin. 250Lys away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Delphini

Beta Del. Rotanev. A close binary (separation 0.6")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Delphini

Gamma Del. Fine binary with a period of 3,000 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_Delphini

Delta Del. A spectroscopic binary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_Delphini

Epsilon Del. 330 Lys away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_Delphini


Note. I do not report on the already well-known Messier and Caldwell objects, but these are those in Delphinus:
Messiers: Nil
Caldwell: 42 & 47.
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