Fletcher, Thank you so much! I checked my email at 6:03p.m. and nothing has come through yet. I look forward to getting your list. Thanks for the recommendations, especially correcting the list from Florida . I look forward to receiving your list. I think that Carbon Stars are something that I might enjoy observing. Again, thank you! Could you split the file in two parts and send and then I cut and paste them if it is Excel? Let me know. Thanks, Jay On 2009-07-07 23:03, Fletcher Gross wrote:

Jay, I sent you my personal list of Carbon Stars but it may be too big to go through. We'll see. I did look at the article from the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society and have a few comments about their best of the best.

First it should be R Leporis not R Lepus (in the subsequent longer list, they have the correct R Lep). Next, I have never been impressed by Y Canes Ven or Mu Cephei. Both have been gold without any red at all every time I have looked at them despite the fact that they have impressive names: La Superba and Herschel´s Garnet Star, respectively. Instead of these, I would add V Aquilae and T Lyrae.

Carbon stars are a hobby of mine. Unfortunately, the variability of these stars affect the color as well. As a general rule, the dimmer the star is in its cycle, the redder. My personal favorites and the ones I have found most likely to be red or at least reddish orange are

R Leporis, V Hydrae, S Cephei, T Lyrae, and V Aquilae.

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While searching around early this a.m. I found this article (PDF) from the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society on Observing Carbon Stars http://nefas.org/index.php?option=com_remository