Friday, May 11, 2007
Double Star
This pair of dots is Alpha Centauri, as taken through "Don", the 8" scope. Alpha Centauri is an iconic star for me, its warm organe colour, the fact that is part of the pointers that lead to the southern cross, the fact that it is the closest star system (its actually a triple sustem, with the dwarf proxima Centauri marignally closer to us). Just 4.4 light years away, a G class star (and a K and an M) almost close enough to touch, astronomically speaking. It's easily resolved into the two broghtest components, and is the double star I take everyone to first, when I'm showing them off.Labels: alpha Centauri, Astronomy, double star
# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 8:41 pm 
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