It's on Steve Coe's List of Red Stars: http://www.saguaroastro.org/content/db/SAC_BigRed20.zip Line 247 Clear Skies Rick Tejera President, Editor SACnews Saguaro Astronomy Club Phoenix, Arizona www.saguaroastro.org saguaroastro@xxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of L Knauth Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 20:55 To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: P/Holmes tonight (Oct 26.1 UT) Thanks, Brian I knew you would give us the scoop! This one ought to be on the red star lists. It is near the golden comet and makes a colorful contrast if you just swing the scope over to it. Paul -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Brian Skiff Sent: Thu 10/25/2007 8:46 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: P/Holmes tonight (Oct 26.1 UT) >> Red star is at 3h 41m, +51.6 Close enough: it's the carbon star HD 232820 = V466 Per = CGCS 541. It was first reported as a carbon star by Espin in 1896 from visual spectroscope observations. Coords are: 3 41 29.6 +51 30 12 (J2000). Typically about mag 8.5 but somewhat variable. \Brian -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- -- Type: application/ms-tnef -- File: winmail.dat -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.