Hi everyone
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Got a couple of clear nights this week and this was one were i had a great time.
Antares-Splitting this star is often regarded as being difficult to separate and after numerous attempts i was determined to splitthe star at 276 X i could still not see it so i popped in another barlow and at 553x
i saw it a tiny dot of green amidst the bubbling light of it brighhter companion.I did a sketch (attatched).The theoretical limit of my scope is 250x and i did double that
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Variable star observations
Lately i have taken up variable star obseving and i have decided to start off small.i started observing Beta lyrae an eclipsing binary.
On the 1-8-10 i estimated it to be 3.6 on the 3-8-10 i estimated it to be 3.4 and on the 4-8-10 i estimated it to be 3.3 and i will make an observation tonight if it will continue to rise or go back down.
Thanks for reading
Regards Orestis
