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Originally Posted by CoombellKid
I have always found this site quite good for double stars, basicly
it lists the easier of 33 doubles found in each constellation. Mostly
for northern hemisphere observers, but there are tons to be nab
from the southern hemisphere. Star charts are supplied.
http://www.carbonar.es/s33/33.html or http://www.s33.org/
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Thanks, that site looks excellent. Looks like enough to keep me amused for the rest of my life!
Tertiary questions then:
1) are there any naked eye stars which split into more than double with a 10" scope, (I seem to remember that Rigel Kent is now know to be 4 but we can't see two of the companions in amateur scopes), to make it more difficult, that excludes any naked eye doubles (takes the fun out of it!),
2) are there any doubles that can be split with a 10" scope that have orbits fast enough to see movement over a few days/weeks?
Thanks to the other replies also, I looked at alpha-crux once and couldn't split it - last night would have been good, but I forgot about it till after I put the scope away. Will check out gamma-aries when I can.