Mathew Wedel seems to have taken over for Gary Seronik, writing the “Binocular
Highlights” column in Sky & Telescope. His July recommendation is the “False
Albireo,” Alpha and 8 Velpeculae, a binocular double not far from the real
Albireo.
My favorite is another binocular blue/orange double at the opposite end of
Cygnus. Omicron 1 and 2 are located between the tail (Deneb) and a mid-wing
star, Delta Cygni. Compare Albireo through a telescope to the Omicron pair in
binoculars.
Alex
On Jul 17, 2016, at 9:55 PM, Mark <markj57@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Bino list, add in summer:
Delta Lyra - red/ blue double
Epsilon Lyra ( the wider components of the double double)
31 Cygni - beautiful colorful wide triple
Coll399 in Vulpecula "coat hanger cluster"
Sent from my iPad
On Jul 17, 2016, at 9:17 PM, (Redacted sender "insanas" for DMARC)
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
PAS binocular enthusiasts,
It would be great if PAS put together a list of binocular objects for people
to enjoy. I have attached a short list of 12 objects, but I know that you
probably have several more to add to the list.
Sky and Telescope has a book of 99 bino objects, but many of them look like
tiny out of focus stars. I hope we can list objects which we have seen and
enjoyed looking at with binos.
When you get a chance, please add to the list and send it to me. I will then
send the final document to everyone.
I have attached the telescope list which we put together a few months ago
and we are handling out at telescope workshops.
I hope that soon we can put the bino list, the telescope list, and a
document describing Bortle readings at some of our observing areas, on our
PAS website.
Howard will be leading a binocular star gazing session Oct 22nd in Carefree.
Although the fall doesn't have a lot of bino objects it has some great ones,
and if we start viewing just after dark, we can see some of the late summer
objects and if we stay up close to midnight we can see some of the winter
bino objects. It should be a fun night sky training session.
I hope to get a few more bino objects from some of you. Take care, Sam
<OBJECTS TO VIEW WITH BINOCULARS.doc>
<Objects To View With Different Telescopes.doc>
