Observations - 19th April 2020

Until_then-Goodnight! wrote: Good morning Aubrey and Finbarr, 

Very many thanks for your replies. 

When I viewed Porrima through the eyepiece there were two other stars in the same FOV. These two stars were dimmer than Porrima, and had a similar magnitude to each other. For these reasons I thought I had split Porrima. However, when I went to confirm whether I had split the star by looking online at sketches and photos of what the split looks like, it seemed that the companion star was of a much brighter magnitude to either of those faint stars. I tried several eyepieces on it too, so maybe I was on the wrong star. Sure, I can give it another go! 

In terms of the double close to epsilon Herculis, you are both very kind for the efforts you are going to by supplying Stellarium screen shots of it, and info from www.stelladoppie.it , and Simbad. That is greatly appreciated gents!

And by the sounds of your most recent posts, it seems like we've stumbled across quite the enigma in this double star. One thing is sure - I'm looking forward to seeing where this conversation goes! 

Kindest regards, 

Darren. 

What magnification did you use on Porrima, Darren?

I do have a new report for the last 2 nights coming up. 

Clear skies, Aubrey.  

Hi Aubrey, 

Magnification at 37.5X, 48X, and 133X. Maybe I was on a different star. 

I'm looking forward to reading your reports.

All the best, 

Darren. 

Hi Darren.
You will not be splitting Porrima at 37.5X or 48X at all.
But you will split it at 133X for sure.
In fact you ought to split at about 100X.
Please do check out the colour of both stars while you are observing Gamma Virginis. They are very good.  

We are having to go out for a walk right now.
So my astronomical report is still coming.

We've been onto Eir all morning.
They have been making a complete hames regarding our telephone bills.
That took up over 1.5 hours of our time!
I kid you not!

Skies are likely to be enduring high cloud on Wednesday night.

Best regards from Aubrey.

flt158 wrote: It is HLM 8 which is on www.stelledoppie.it . 
Somehow I don't think ELM is the same as HLM.  

Ah good spot Aubrey, I should have said HLM stands for E Holmes. Which makes more sense actually. I will attempt to observe this 11th mag double tonight, but cloudy here at the moment.

Finbarr.

Hi Finbarr.
I wish you every success in splitting 58 Herculis.
It's also interesting to note that component A is slightly fainter than B.
Perhaps the reason for that is A is might be nearer to us than B.

Who knows?

Clear skies,

Aubrey.

First the printer, now the phones; one more for the hat-trick Aubrey! Seriously though it can be excruciating trying to deal with telecom companies... Hope its all sorted. 

Many thanks for providing those magnification details Aubrey. 

Best of luck with that double star Finbarr, do let us know how you get on. 

Clear skies to you, 

Darren.