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V Hya (Variable Star, in Hydra)
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: good
Time: Sat Apr 18 05:48:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 318
I've wanted to see a carbon star for some time, but never had before. The May S&T listed a number of them, so I took advantage of the high pressure and resulting clear skies to look at V Hydrae, the reddest in the article's list of spring carbon stars (B-V 5.5). As with my efforts to observe star color before (with color-contrasting multiples) I was at first disappointed when I saw it: my habitual averted vision reduced it to a dull gray. When I stared right at it, though, and as I observed it over time, I came to appreciate how red it really was, and ended up being very impressed. I wouldn't call it a deep ruby red, but it was certainly a brick red-orange.
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