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Brett's Carbon Star Hunt - July 2021

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:25 pm
by KingNothing13
Hello and welcome to the July 2021 Edition of "Brett's Carbon Star Hunt". I hope everyone is having an enjoyable summer (or winter for
those in the southern hemisphere) thus far. I was hoping to get out to do some observing before travelling, but that does no look like
it is in the cards - clouds and rain for at least the next two weeks. Hopefully we get a magical clearing in there at some point.

For those interested in Carbon Stars, more info can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_star as well as here:
https://skyandtelescope.org/observing/o ... bon-stars/

I have been pulling my targets from the Astro Leagues 100 Carbon Star list for their Carbon Star Observing Badge, if anyone is curious.

On with the show for this month, as always I just provide the name of the star, the magnitude range, and some info on where to find
data for it, as well as observations. I have not observed these myself yet. Get out there and observe! :)

4 Targets this month, as promised.

July 2021

RT Cap (6.80 - 8.00)
Data: https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?vie ... p&oid=5650

Observations: https://app.aavso.org/webobs/results/?s ... _types=vis

V1469 AQL (8.47 - 8.66)
Data: https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?vie ... p&oid=2608

Observations: {This must not be an exciting star - AAVSO has 4 observations recorded, the most recent in 2019}
https://app.aavso.org/webobs/results/?s ... _types=vis

VY Uma (5.87 - 7.00)
Data: https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?vie ... &oid=37147

Observations: https://app.aavso.org/webobs/results/?s ... _types=vis

HD 182040 (6.96 - 7.09)
Data: https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?vie ... &oid=50584

Observations: {No observations after 2019}
https://app.aavso.org/webobs/results/?s ... _types=vis

Re: Brett's Carbon Star Hunt - July 2021

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 8:26 pm
by kt4hx
Thanks for the list Brett and I hope folks will get out and hunt these down.

Re: Brett's Carbon Star Hunt - July 2021

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 8:42 pm
by Lady Fraktor
Thank you for the list Brett, hopefully things will stop conspiring to keep me away from the telescopes and I can view more than one or two a month. :)

Re: Brett's Carbon Star Hunt - July 2021

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2021 5:22 pm
by John Baars
Thanks Brett!
I think I'll try the two Aquila stars.

Re: Brett's Carbon Star Hunt - July 2021

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2021 5:43 pm
by KingNothing13
John Baars wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2021 5:22 pm Thanks Brett!
I think I'll try the two Aquila stars.
Good luck, John.