27 Dec
2005
27 Dec
'05
10:17 a.m.
I also found Hind's Crimson star. This star is a carbon variable star and it is one of the reddest "bright" stars in the sky. Also got a peek at the "Christmas Tree Cluster". It was too hazy to see the "Cone >Nebula".
Yeah, that one's a beauty. It's also known as R Leporis, has a carbon shell and varies over several orders of magnitude. At its brightest it might just get to naked eye visibility in a decent sky. Looks like a ruby, doesn't it?