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Alpha Sco (Antares) (Multiple Star, in Scorpius)
Observer: Pino Nobile (e-mail: chrano@tin.it)
Instrument: 4-inch refractor Location: Monza, Milan, Italy
Light pollution: severe Transparency: poor Seeing: good
Time: Thu Jun 15 21:00:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1545
Antares was near local meridian. At 170x with Baader Maxbright binoviewer in my Sky-Watcher 100ED refractor the double is easy with companion clearly seen separate from red giant star with blak sky between the two. A very beautiful vision, colors were red and green.
Alpha Sco (Antares) (Multiple Star, in Scorpius)
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: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: poor
Time: Sun Jul 3 22:15:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1257
Antares appeared just as how Mars appears when it is far from earth. I'll try to split the double with the help of #80A Blue filter when I get it(If its possible to split with my scope).
Alpha Sco (Antares) (Multiple Star, in Scorpius)
Observer: John A. Grant, Jr. (e-mail: jgrant@prcc.edu)
Instrument: 150-mm other Location: Poplarville, Mississippi, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Aug 11 22:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 673
The companion to Antares has been observed several times by me and others in my 150 mm f/12 Maksutov/Cassegrain telescope using a blue filter. We have repeatedly failed to see it in a 14 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain. (Actually we first saw it three years ago with the 150 mm scope through an overcast with Antares invisible to the naked eye.) On this recent evening the companion was readily visible to both my wife and me through the blue filter (150 mm scope) so I tried it with no filter at all. It was easy to see at higher powers (above 200) but not seen at about 144 X. It does look somewhat greenish as described in Burnham, but I think something closer to blue is more accurately descriptive.
Alpha Sco (Antares) (Multiple Star, in Scorpius, Est. RaDec 16:30h/-26d)
Observer: Mike Pierce (e-mail: xtozaj@webtv.net)
Instrument: 3-inch refractor Location: Marianna, Florida, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Aug 2 03:30:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 375
Spotted star with naked eye. Use 10x50 binos. Atmospheric disturbances caused Antares to blink, however, on occasion it's red hue was magnificent!! Hard to believe it's apparent magnitude given it's distance. Gibbous moon soon obscured the view. Too bad, Scorpius is quickly setting in the west within 3 and 1/2 hours of sunset. Fall asterisms to come!!!
Alpha Sco (Antares) (Multiple Star, in Scorpius)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jul 5 06:15:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 186
Antares was a beautiful orange blaze. At first I thought I could detect the surrounding nebulosity, in that I was seeing an orangeish glow that extended for about 5' from the star, especially to the south and west, but then I checked Arcturus, and saw the same thing, so I suspect it was just glare from the bright star on the telescope's optics.
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