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Omicron Cygni and 30695 Cygni

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Here is the blog post announcing this observation

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Name

Todd D. Vance

Bowie, MD

Seeing (1-10)

4


Site

Bowie, MD: nearby park

N3854'43'' W7644'3''

Date / Time

6/12/06

22:33—22:45EDT

Transparency(1-5)

4


Object Name

Omicron Cygni


Instrument

9x63 5.8 FOV binoculars

Power

9X

Constellation

Cygnus

Location: ____h ____m ____s ____º ____' ____'' J2000 (Starry Night)


 

Naked eye optical double (mag. 3.78 and 3.93, but 250 light years apart, so not a true double), Omicron 1 Cygni (center) to the south, Omicron 2 Cygni to the north, both yellow-orange. To the northwest is 30695 Cygni which appears to be a blue-green (mainly from contrast) companion of Omicron 1 Cygni in binoculars, but again, it is a chance alignment. The three stars are just west of Deneb and northwest of Sadr in Cygnus.


 

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