New Double Star Journal

[syzygy]

G'Day All,

For those who may be interested in double stars this could be worth following. The initial issue has quite technical stuff in it but they will publish visual observations as well it seems.

You can grab it at: http://www.southalabama.edu/physics/jdso/

Regards,
Chris

[iceman]

Who are the big double-star freaks around here?

To be honest they've never had that much interest for me, except for maybe showing someone alpha centauris.. but after that, it's never really been a passion of mine to hunt them out and try to split them. I'm sure it's just me though.

What about the rest of you?

[ving]

thnx chris, I'll check it out :)

[CosMos]

you aint seen nothin' until you have seen beta Monocerotis. :astron: :eyepop:

[atalas]

Yes cosMos beta Mon is a nice triple!

Louie:)

[astro_south]

I like Beta Mon, and Sigma Orionis (quad) is worth a look. You also get Struve 761 in the same field (a nice "tall" triangle).

[ving]

sigma orionis is quite good :)
I dont have a fav double/multi yet.

[syzygy]

Double stars manage to punch through the suburban murk of light pollution and put on a show. They only need steady air, not dark skies, and their colours can be beautiful.

I got quite interested in them about a decade ago and went through all the references I had (mostly Sky Cataloge 2000) looking for the most likely candidates for my C8.

I was fairly restrictive, they had to be bright enough for city viewing, not too close for resolution, but not too wide to be interesting. Even so, the result was a list of 346 pairs which I observed over the following year or so.

But the end of it I'd learned a lot about my scope, my eyes, and the limits imposed by the atmosphere.

Regards,
Chris

[xrekcor]

I like Alberio, a nice gold and blue paring.

I find double stars are fun to chase when the moon is about and the faint fuzzies are being washed out.