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Alpha Cen (Rigil Kentaurus) (Visual Binary, in Centaurus)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Apr 17 08:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1256
It appeared as an extended star at 41x as the 2 component stars had smeared together due to almost equal brightness and proximity. They appeared as double at 60x.
Alpha Cen (Rigil Kentaurus) (Visual Binary, in Centaurus)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Feb 29 05:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1201
though i saw this star above the southern horizon for a few days of january and february,i came to know that it was our nearest and the third brightest star only after i saw it pointing towards crux,the southern cross.
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