PTerzian@No-Spam wrote:
> In a message dated 2/7/03 1:41:32 AM !!!First Boot!!!, RNAPO@No-Spam writes:
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>>I had my AP 130EDT APO out last night. The seeing wasn't too bad,
>>but not great. One of the more interesting objects I looked at was
>>Hind's Crimson Star in Lepus. It was small, not very bright but
>>very red. I was looking at it with 14mm and 10.5mm Pentax SMC-XL.
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> Rich,
> Could you estimate the magnitude of the star. According to the night sky
> observer's guide if varies from 6 to 11.5 over a period o 430 days. If it is
> near its peak brightness I would like to try to view its spectrum tonight.
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> Phil Terzian
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Hi,
Few days ago I also looked at it. To me it seemed very faint,
so I guess it's somewhere at the bottom of the brightnes curve.
- Alex