ah, but I’m getting ahead of myself once again. To be truthful, there was one member in particular I was searching for. But as I said, I was overcome with an irrational desire to meet the other members of this stellar troupe.
In fact, it should be split-able with a six inch and probably a five inch refractor, the limiting factor being the 1.28 difference in magnitudes of the two stars. With a separation of 1.167”, I should have been able to get it with the 9.25 inch SCT I was using that night. Let’s begin with the AB pair, which I should have tried to split, but overlooked completely because I was eager to get on to the three more distant members of this family of five. (You can see an early attempt at determining an orbit by clicking on the thumbnail at the right).ĪB is also LDS 798 AB,C is also HJL 225 and SHY 77ĪB,D - not yet! We’ll get there, though. Spectral Classifications: “A” is K4, “B” is K5, “C” is K0ĪB is a gravitationally attached pair, orbital data is available here. (Stellarium screen image with labels added, click for a larger view). From there, reverse your direction ninety degrees to the southwest and drop less than half a degree to our goal, seventh magnitude OΣ 298 (STT 298). Īctually, we’ve been in this area before, but with a discretely zealous measure of zeal I left our intriguing targets unlabeled:įrom Nu-1 and Nu-2 (ν1 and ν2), slide southeast one degree to 5.25 magnitude Phi (φ) Bootis, a pleasing yellowish G8 sun.
So if I’ve awakened your curiosity, and (or) if you’re harboring a stellar craving for adventure, follow me into the dark photonic wilderness. Because in order to lure you further into the labyrinthine depths lurking beyond the bottom edge of this paragraph, I have to put a halt to the hints – except to say you’re in for a pair of uniquely unique surprises. with odd quirks you would never in your wildest imagination imagine to be possible of multiple stars.īut that’s really all I can reveal in the first few paragraphs of this cryptic discussion. with characteristics that are very uncharacteristic of multiple stars. with attributes you would never think of attributing to multiple stars. There are double stars, and there are triple stars, and there are multiple stars.
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