Multiple Stars


My double star life has just started and I have nothing else yet here to show. But I am happy to get involved in this interesting world.
I have to note here that the skies I can see from my balcony are really small and full of light pollutions of Osaka. So the conditions are always poor. Besides polar axis scope cannot be used because of the direction of the balcony.

North is under, east is right.

 
Epsilon2 Lyra

RA:18h44.4m
Dec:+39.37
The famous Double Double Stars
Perhaps one of the most famous multiple stars.

Binary stars
Magnitude. C: 5.23  D: 5.47
PA (of CD): 79.60°Elongation : 2.34″
Epsilon1 Lyra

RA:18h44.3m
Dec:+39.40
This is ε1.

Binary Stars
Magnitude  A : 5.00 B : 6.01
AB PA: 348.81°Elongation: 2.54″
 
GammaγDel

RA : 20h46m
Dec : +15.9°
Beautiful Twins

binary
A : mag4.5   B: mag5.5
PA : 266° Elongation : 9.1"
Pentax 105 SDHF
TMB SM 8mm ep
Nikon D70
Date & Time
2005/04/22 03:32
ANTARES (Alpha Scorpii)

RA 16h29m
Dec -26.5゚

Companion captured at occultation

Companion alone movie
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Perhaps image processing would make the shot better.
Binary star
A:mag 0.8-1.8 variable star  B: mag 5.4 
Elongation : 2.53"  PA: 273°(2005.24year)
Equipment:
Pentax 105 SDHF
TMB SM8mm eyepiece
Nikon D70
Date and Time:
2005/03/30 03:49:55
ξ(Xi)Scopii
RA : 16h04m
Dec : -11.4°
Xi Scopii is a multiple sysytem. Xi itself is double.
binary
AB: 4.8-5.1  PA: 0.6"?
AC: 4.2?-7.3  PA: 7.6"
Struve 1999 Scopii
or Sigma1999
RA : 16h04m
Dec : -11.5
Xi Sco above ↑ can be seen in the same field.
It is hard to believe that Struve 1999 is gravitationally attached to the Xi Scorpii system more
binary
C:7.4 D:8.1 PA: 11.8"
14 Nu Scorpii
(Jabbah)

RA : 16h12m
Dec : -19.47
More about this!

As a matter of fact, this star turned out to be 5 multiple (quintet? quintuple?) star!!

AB : 41.1"  PA 336°
A1/A2 : 0.9" PA 2°
B1/B2 : 2.3" PA 54
Equipment:
Pentax 105 SDHF
TMB SM8mm eyepiece
Nikon D70
Date and Time:
2005/04/15  03:37
βBeta Scorpii

RA: 16h05m
Dec: -19.8゚
This is a double star located northern east of Antares.
It looks Blue and light green in this image. The spectrum shows them light blue and blue?

Double star
A: 2.6 mag.  B: 5.1mag.
Distance : 13.7"
Equipment:
Pentax 105 SDHF
TMB SM8mm eyepiece
Nikon D70
Date and Time:
2005/03/30 00:23:23
Sirius (αAlpha Canis Major)


RA: 06h45.1m
Dec: -16.43°
I put my Sirius here though I feel this image is not the Pup (Sirius B) 'Cause it is my first step into the binary stars

Binary Stars
A: -1.46mag B: 8.49mag
Distance : 6.83″ PA:110.16° (2005.18year)
Pentax 105 SDHF
Pentax XP 3.8mm EP
Nikon D70

2005/3/06  22:27:54

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