Thanks guys,will keep you updated.
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Originally Posted by Robh
Orestis,
R Arae itself is an algol-type eclipsing binary (mag 6.17 to 7.32).
It is also a component of the close visual binary star (HJ 4866AB), its companion being mag 7.8 about 3.3 arcseconds away.
See here ...
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1991Ap%26SS.180..233N
I'm guessing that observations of light variability will be complicated by the close visual star i.e. a composite of both stars.
Regards, Rob |
Hi Rob,
I posted a while back asking if i could do an experiment like this and you gave me very helpfull advice ,you said to confirm historic evidence of a star being variable,so that is what i am going to try to do.
I though that the companian mighty be a problem but then thought that if the companian is of fixed brightness it wouldn't hinder the results.
Right or wrong?
I haven't found any observations of this star by amatuers,and don't know how hard it will be,though i confirmed yesterday through a gap in the clouds that i can see it through my 50mm finderscope.I don't have any good binoculars.
Thanks in advance
Cheers Orestis
