I do like Sissy Haas's as she does include other peoples descriptions of double stars. I do find it hard to see some of the colors she describes, although she is much more practiced at observing them than most amateurs and certainly me. I do find my self describing them like the male brain does. I understand colors that can be seen vary among individuals. Her book "Double Stars for Small Telescopes" is excellent and I do recommend it. Anyone ever see pink and blue in the trifid nebulae? I have a few times. Erik. --- chuck.hards@gmail.com wrote: From: "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] A snack in Gemini before bedtime Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:51:03 -0700 The difference between the male and female brain when at the eyepiece: Haas (who is a woman, if anyone was wondering): "brilliant, lemon-white, tangerine, amber, sun yellow, delicate, topaz, citrus orange, dusky...) Kurt: "resolved, easy, bright, yellow, faint, blue", (and a surprising) "yellow-ivory." *;o) * _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com