[CoombellKid]

Having gotten myself a copy of the lastest S&S I eagerly turned to
Richard Jaworski's section called "Seeing Double". With the moon
past first quarter there wasn't any chance of chasing faint Hartung
objects. Richards article for Jul/Aug features doubles in Sorpius,
Which included splitting Antares. I have tried to no avail to split
Antares through my 8" f/6 Newt. So seeing how the seeing was the
best I've seen in months, I mean I had diffraction spikes as well as
diffaction rings or airy disc's, something I haven't seen in awhile.
So I looked into Richards selection and found C & D component
of Nu Scorpii had a similar separation of 2.4 arcsec to Antares and
it's companion which is 2.5 arcsec. I was able to split all four components
(A,B,C,D) of Nu Scorpii. I also found Sigma Scorpii's companion was
at a similar position angle of 273 to Antares and it's companion of 274.
So after I got an idea of separation and position off to Antares I went.
And there low and behold for the first time I was able to split Antares.
It's companion was quite obvious and right where I calculate it would be.

The observation was made under dark rural skies,
S: 8/10 T:8/10 @ 20:00 5/7/06

Give it a go, and tell me if you see it there!!

regards,CS
Rob