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From Yesterday's Parade Magazine
by Ann House 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Sunday's Parade has an article titled "Reboot for the New Year! Ten fun ideas, smart strategies, and useful nuggets to help you make 2011 your best year yet." Some of the ten are, "Purge and do some good,", "Track down your forefathers," "Double date." Number 6 is "Look to the stars." There's been a worldwide spike of interest in astronomy, thanks in part to the spectacular photos of distant galaxies coming in from the Hubble Space Telescope. People are flocking to observatories in Hawaii, New Mexico, Arizona, and California -- or taking advantage of free stargazing nights at local colleges and planetariums. But really, "you don't have to drive anywhere to stargaze," says Rick Fienberg of the American Astronomical Society. "There is plenty you can see from your front yard with a pair of binoculars: Jupiter's moons, craters on our moon, and star clusters." (To get started, go to space.com/nightsky <http://www.space.com/nightsky>.) For the full article go to: http://www.parade.com/news/2011/01/02-reboot-for-the-new-year.html?index=1 Pretty cool! But too bad they didn't mention visiting your local astronomy clubs. -A

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] RASC Colorful Doubles (N=79) to SAO Cross-reference list
by Canopus56 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

> Ok, Haas lists that as 41 Ari, also Haas quotes Smyth on > epsilon Ari as yellow/white. Thanks, Eric. I'll haveto check it out if the skies clear. - Kurt

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] RASC Colorful Doubles (N=79) to SAO Cross-reference list
by Canopus56 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

Erik, That's lambda Ari. The Belmont Society list describes lambda Ari as "yellow/purple/yellow/blue". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=lam+Ari The list is intended to be stars that have an easily perceived color contrast. gam Ari is not a color contrast star. The Astro League double star list describes it as "white-white"; the Belmont Society Double Star list as "bluish-white/white". eps Ari was not on the source RASC Observer's Guide List, but it is on the Belmont Colorful Doubles List as non-contrasting "white-white". The perceptual differences can all be discounted as observer variations. Clear Skies and Warmer Nights - Kurt

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] RASC Colorful Doubles (N=79) to SAO Cross-reference list
by Canopus56 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

A corrected version of the above list posted 12-26-2010 has been uploaded. It includes changes from reviews by other amateurs. If you downloaded the original list, please download and update your copy from: http://fisherka.csolutionshosting.net/astronote/plan/coldoubles/ColorfulDou… The corrections are one id number error and two name errors. Clear Skies - Kurt

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