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Beta Cyg (Albireo) (Multiple Star, in Vulpecula)
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: good Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Jul 2 06:15:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 176
After reading so much about Albireo being the most beautiful double in the sky, I was perhaps expecting too much. In any event, I found the initial view at 49x somewhat disappointing. A wide double, the color contrast between the orange primary and whitish secondary readily apparent, but not what I'd call spectacular. At 122x, though, the color contrast was more prominent, and at 244x it was very obvious, the brilliant gold of the primary contrasting dramatically with the ashy blue secondary. (Uh, what's up with the database? How can Beta Cyg be in Vulpecula? Put another bug on the list for fixing...)
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