Stars

Most stars reveal nothing special, even when viewed with the largest telescopes. But as always there are some that do look nice. These are usually double or multiple stars.

Double stars

One of the nicest doubles is Albireo in Cygnus. It consists of a 3rd. magnitude orange star and a 5th. magnitude blue companion. The stars are 34 arc seconds apart, and a very nice sight in even the smallest telescope or in binoculars

Beta Cygni, Albireo SkyWatcher F/5 10 March 2002 separation 34 arcsec.	Albireo LX200 F/6.2 16 April 2002 and LX200 F/10 on 16 August 2002 (right picture)	Alpha Leonis, Regulus LX200 3 April 2002 separation 177 arcsec.
The bright star is the double star beta Lyrae LX200 F/6.2 2x7s. 18 June 2002	Here a wide field view of Wega, epsilon Lyrae (top left) and zeta Lyrae (bottom left). All these stars are doubles (or multiples) themselves. 50mm F/1.7 lens 4x1s. 18 June 2002	Gamma Andromedae 15 August 2002

Multiple stars

Epsilon Lyrae LX200 F/10 6 April 2002 separation 208 and 2.5 arcsec.

Epsilon Lyrae LX200 F/10 16 August 2002

Alpha Gemini, Castor LX200 5 April 2002 Visible are Castor A, B and the faint (mag. 9) C star. separation 4 and 70 arcsec.