[AZ-Observing] Re: chi Cygni bright
- From: Janis Schoenfeld <ganymedes@xxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:47:12 -0700
......adding my thanks, too for your posting on above. Having hauled
the scope in for the summer, I was looking at observing arrivals and
departures from Sky Harbor as possible candidates of astronomical
interest and observation.
Janis
Brian Skiff wrote:
> In case you haven't heard/seen, the large-amplitude variable
>chi Cygni is near a bright maximum just now. If you're familiar
>with the main constellation outline of Cygnus, you notice that
>there are now two medium-bright stars in the neck of the Swan.
>The more southerly one is the variable, which tonight is brighter
>than eta Cygni, normally the only bright star there. chi Cygni is
>a late-type star and will appear distinctly reddish in a telescope.
>
>\Brian
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