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Alpha Vir (Spica) (Variable Star, in Virgo)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Apr 14 03:00:00 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2145
This evening I compared the colors of Arcturus & Spica with my 10X50 binoculars. The brighter Arcturus has a orange tone to it which means it's a cool star temperature wise. The blue color of Spica means its temperature is very hot. In fact, to me, Spica is a very blue star, much like the belt stars of Orion. The one thing in common with both stars is they both have only a short time to live.
Beta Per (Algol) (Variable Star, in Perseus)
Observer: Mike Pierce (e-mail: xtozaj@webtv.net)
Instrument: 90-mm refractor Location: Malone, Florida, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat Oct 31 05:30:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 413
Tonight, observed the Demon Star and looked for variabilty. Observed the star for 2 hours and did not see any recognizible difference in magnitude. I did not notice the eclipse, however, I will continue to search for same! Clear Skies, everyone!
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.
Omicron Cet (Mira) (Variable Star, est. mag 3.9, in Cetus)
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: Wed Dec 31 05:35:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 285
Estimated to lie midway in brightness between Delta Ceti (4.0) and Alpha Piscium (3.8).
Chi Cyg (Variable Star, in Cygnus)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Jul 2 07:15:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 179
Was interested in seeing where this long-period variable was in its cycle. It clearly wasn't at maximum, at least, since I couldn't pick it out from the field stars in a quick glance with the 7x50 binoculars.
Omicron Cet (Mira) (Variable Star , est. mag 2.3, in Cetus)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 7x50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Feb 9 02:30:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 64
Mira was much brighter than the last time I observed it. It appeared about a third of the way in brightness between Alpha Ceti (mag. 2.5) and Alpha Arietis (mag. 2.0), so I estimated the mag. at 2.3.
Omicron Cet (Mira) (Variable Star, est. mag 4.0, in Cetus)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Jan 4 05:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 1
Mira was easily visible to the naked eye. I estimated that it was just barely dimmer than Delta Ceti.
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