Brett's Carbon Star Hunt - March 2021
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 6:05 pm
Hello all and welcome to another month of "Brett's Carbon Star Hunt".
I don't know about you, but I have been unable to observe at all this winter - some combination of clouds, extreme cold, large amounts of snow have made it impossible to take out the telescope - capped by the fact that I cannot get my shed door open all of the way right now, which means I cannot get my telescope out, even if I wanted to!
That's a long winded way of saying, "I have yet to observe ANY of the stars that I've been highlighting". Such is life, I guess - but it does make me think I need a better "Grab-and-Go" that I can store in the house and take out when the shed door is un-cooperative.
Anyway, enough chit-chat, on to this month's targets:
Y Cvn - Aka. La Superba - If I see a star that has more than a stellar designation to it, I have to have it on the list, so here is this one. Seems to range in mag from 4.86 - 7.32. AAVSO Data can be found here and observations in their database can be found here.
V Crb - This one could be a little more difficult - ranges from 6.9 - 12.6. Data is found here and observations here.
RU Pup - The last target this month, it may be a little more difficult for the northern latitudes - it ranges from 10.3 - 12.2, so it is also a little dimmer than most of my targets. Data and the lone observation from the last year in their database here
I don't know about you, but I have been unable to observe at all this winter - some combination of clouds, extreme cold, large amounts of snow have made it impossible to take out the telescope - capped by the fact that I cannot get my shed door open all of the way right now, which means I cannot get my telescope out, even if I wanted to!
That's a long winded way of saying, "I have yet to observe ANY of the stars that I've been highlighting". Such is life, I guess - but it does make me think I need a better "Grab-and-Go" that I can store in the house and take out when the shed door is un-cooperative.
Anyway, enough chit-chat, on to this month's targets:
Y Cvn - Aka. La Superba - If I see a star that has more than a stellar designation to it, I have to have it on the list, so here is this one. Seems to range in mag from 4.86 - 7.32. AAVSO Data can be found here and observations in their database can be found here.
V Crb - This one could be a little more difficult - ranges from 6.9 - 12.6. Data is found here and observations here.
RU Pup - The last target this month, it may be a little more difficult for the northern latitudes - it ranges from 10.3 - 12.2, so it is also a little dimmer than most of my targets. Data and the lone observation from the last year in their database here