Zone 113, Master Map Normal View Lynx Auriga ο θ c α Castor +32°00' e ρ +30°00' π Gemini +34°00' Zone Master, Normal View, 10 deg FOV τ β Pollux φ f d ι υ +26°00' χ +28°00' σ ω1 ω2 κ 08h 00m 07h 48m ω 07h 36m 07h 24m 07h 12m 07h 00m Zone 113, Map 1 Normal Image +35°00' Sky charts generated by TheSky Software; used by permission of Software Bisque Inc. h411 STF 1054 +34°00' OS 172 rej STF 1070 NGC 2379 +33°00' NGC 2389 Bur 22 A. G. 129 +32°00' Espin 339 Espin 341 Rho Gemρ Scheiner 472 +31°00' South 546 Scheiner 479 A 673 Tau Gemτ Hough 518 Hough 31 07h 30m 07h 25m 07h 20m 07h 15m 07h 10m 07h 05m 07h 00m Zone 113, Map 1 Mirror Image +35°00' Sky charts generated by TheSky Software; used by permission of Software Bisque Inc. h411 STF 1054 OS 172 rej STF 1070 +34°00' STF 983 +33°00' NGC 2389 NGC 2379 Espin 339 +32°00' Espin 341 A. G. 129 ρ Scheiner 472 Rho Gem +31°00' South 546 Scheiner 479 A 673 Hough 518 τ Tau Gem Hough 31 07h 00m 07h 05m 07h 10m 07h 15m 07h 20m 07h 25m 07h 30m Zone 113, Map 2 Normal Image Sky charts generated by TheSky Software; used by permission of Software Bisque Inc. Tau Gem +30°00' τ Hough 31 +28°00' +29°00' NGC 2371-2 NGC 2371 STF 1012 Hipparcos 1025 ι h406 Fox 151 +27°00' NGC 2331 STF 1037 rej h421 +26°00' STF 1008 STF 1014 A. G. 332 OSS 83 Hipparcos 1012 A. G. 335 Bpm 98 STF 1023 OS 164 rej 52 Gem 07h 30m OSS 85 Engelmann 30 07h 25m 07h 20m 07h 15m 07h 10m 07h 05m 07h 00m Zone 113, Map 2 Mirror Image Sky charts generated by TheSky Software; used by permission of Software Bisque Inc. Tau Gem +30°00' τ Hough 31 +29°00' NGC 2371-2 NGC 2371 +28°00' h742 STF 1012 Hipparcos 1025 ι h406 Fox 151 +27°00' NGC 2331 STF 1037 rej h421 +26°00' STF 1008 STF 1014 A. G. 332 OSS 83 Hipparcos 1012 STF 1023 OS 164 rej Bpm 98 52 Gem Engelmann 30 07h 00m 07h 05m 07h 10m 07h 15m 07h 20m 07h 25m OSS 85 07h 30m Zone 113, Map 3 Normal Image Sky charts generated by TheSky Software; used by permission of Software Bisque Inc. +35°00' NGC 2415 70 Gem Gemini OS 172 rej OS 181 Kustner 30 NGC 2389 STF 1119 +34°00' ο Espin 419 Lynx +33°00' STF 1123 Pi Gem Ball 25 OS 173 rej Bur 22 Ball 24 Alpha Gemα Rho Gemρ NGC 2435 OS 89 +31°00' Scheiner 483 Castor OS 175 A 673 Kustner 95 08h 00m 07h 55m 07h 50m +32°00' π 07h 45m 07h 40m 07h 35m 07h 30m Zone 113, Map 3 Mirror Image Sky charts generated by TheSky Software; used by permission of Software Bisque Inc. +35°00' NGC 2415 70 Gem Gemini OS 172 rej ο OS 181 +34°00' Kustner 30 NGC 2389 NGC 2379 STF 1119 Espin 419 Lynx Pi Gem +33°00' π STF 1123 Ball 25 OS 173 rej Bur 22 ρ Rho Gem +32°00' α Ball 24 Castor Alpha Gem NGC 2435 Scheiner 483 +31°00' OS 89 OS 175 Scheiner 479 A 673 Kustner 95 07h 30m 07h 35m 07h 40m 07h 45m 07h 50m 07h 55m 08h 00m Zone 113, Map 4 Normal Image +30°00' Sky charts generated by TheSky Software; used by permission of Software Bisque Inc. σ South 560 Sigma Gem Espin 420 STF 1144 β Olivier 170 +28°00' H V 67 +29°00' Kustner 95 Beta Gem Pollux +27°00' Couteau 951 NGC 2492 NGC 2449 φ υ +26°00' h765 STF 1155 ω1 A. G. 335 NGC 2498 Pourteau 2835 08h 00m STF 1156 07h 55m 07h 50m 07h 45m 07h 40m 07h 35m 07h 30m Zone 113, Map 4 Mirror Image +30°00' Sky charts generated by TheSky Software; used by permission of Software Bisque Inc. Sigma Gem Espin 420 South 560 Beta Gemβ H V 67 STF 1144 +28°00' σ +29°00' Kustner 95 Pollux Couteau 951 Olivier 170 +27°00' Cancer NGC 2449 υ +26°00' φ h765 STF 1155 ω1 A. G. 335 ω2 Pourteau 2835 OSS 85 07h 30m 07h 35m 07h 40m 07h 45m 07h 50m 07h 55m STF 1156 08h 00m Zone 113 Index 52 Double Stars, 1 Planetary Nebula, 1 Open Cluster, 4 Galaxies A Hough 31................................................... 12 Hough 518................................................... 7 A 673......................................................... 21 A. G. 129..................................................... 4 A. G. 332................................................... 11 A. G. 335................................................... 29 Alpha Gem ................................................ 24 K Kustner 30................................................. 19 Kustner 95................................................. 20 B N Ball 24....................................................... 23 Ball 25....................................................... 23 Beta Gem .................................................. 33 Bpm 98...................................................... 15 Bur 22........................................................ 19 NGC 2331 ................................................. 17 NGC 2371 ................................................. 16 NGC 2379 ................................................... 9 NGC 2389 ................................................... 9 NGC 2435 ................................................. 28 NGC 2449 ................................................. 35 C O Couteau 951 .............................................. 33 F Olivier 170 ................................................ 31 OS 172 rej ................................................. 27 OS 173 rej ................................................. 26 OS 175 ...................................................... 22 OS 181 ...................................................... 27 OS 89 ........................................................ 18 OSS 83 ...................................................... 10 Fox 151 ..................................................... 14 P H Pi Gem ...................................................... 20 H V 67....................................................... 30 h406........................................................... 12 h421........................................................... 11 h765........................................................... 32 Hipparcos 1012 ......................................... 12 Hipparcos 1025 ......................................... 13 R E Espin 339 .................................................... 7 Espin 341 .................................................... 3 Espin 419 .................................................. 22 Espin 420 .................................................. 34 Rho Gem ..................................................... 5 S Scheiner 472................................................ 6 Scheiner 479................................................ 5 -1- Zone 113 STF 1070..................................................... 6 STF 1119................................................... 18 STF 1123................................................... 26 STF 1144................................................... 30 STF 1155................................................... 31 Scheiner 483.............................................. 21 Sigma Gem................................................ 32 South 546 .................................................... 3 South 560 .................................................. 29 STF 1008................................................... 14 STF 1012................................................... 10 STF 1014................................................... 13 STF 1037 rej ............................................. 15 STF 1054..................................................... 4 T Tau Gem...................................................... 8 -2- Zone 113 Zone 113, Map 1 Double Stars Easy Espin 341 Rating: 3 E ADS 5974 Position: 0720+3226 A B Magnitude 10.10 10.60 Separation PA — — 3.1 252 + Year — 1906 Spectra Colors W W Notes: 1899: 3.8 @ 250. 3 measurements. Observations: C11 at 115x. It is part of a small triangle. Distance (LY): 154 Total luminosity (Suns): 0.28 South 546 Rating: 3 E SAO 59990 Position: 0721+3128 A B C Magnitude 8.64 9.41 9.81 Separation — 86.8 + 143.6 + PA — 358 67 - Year — 1979 1979 Spectra M2 Colors Y W W Notes: AB 1825: 79.6 @ 359. 11 measurements. Hipparcos/Tycho data show different distances for these stars; they may be optical. The stars have different proper motions. AC 1825: 142.6 @ 69. 8 measurements. Observations: C8 at 104x. It makes a nice triangle! -3- Zone 113 Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 46.3 inches. Separation: AB = 176 miles; AC = 291 miles. Distance (LY): 1,300 Total luminosity (Suns): 76 A. G. 129 Rating: 4 E ADS 5670; HD 267598; SAO 59684 Position: 0701+3156 A B Magnitude 9.68 10.67 Separation PA — — 6.3 + 24 + Year — 1991 Spectra F0 Colors W W Notes: 1899: 6.2 @ 23. 5 measurements. Hipparcos gives discordant distances: 106 light years and 459. The proper motions are also different. Observations: C11 at 115x. STF 1054 Rating: 4 E ADS 5954; HD 56327; SAO 59962 Position: 0718+3457 A B C Magnitude 8.10 9.65 9.93 Separation — 18.7 + 96.9 +! PA — 292 = 274 + Year — 1991 1991 Spectra F2 F0 Colors W R B Notes: AB 1830: 18.5 @ 292. 19 measurements. Hipparcos/Tycho data show different distances for these stars; they may be optical. The stars have different proper motions. AC 1880: 79.4 @ 268. 7 measurements. Observations: C8 at 83x. Webb saw them as Y and B. -4- Zone 113 Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 11.7 inches; B = 11.5 inches. Separation: AB = 13.7 miles; AC = 71.1 miles. Distance (LY): 470 Total luminosity (Suns): 14 Scheiner 479 Position: 0727+3054 A B Magnitude 10.61 10.76 Rating: 4 E Separation PA — — 15.1 + 42 -? Year — 1991 Spectra Colors W W Notes: 1894: 13.7 @ 227. 5 measurements. Quadrant reversal? Hipparcos gives discordant distances: 1,300 light years to A, 403 to B. Also different proper motions. Observations: C11 at 115x. Rho Gem 62 Gem; A 2124; ADS 6109; HD 58946; SAO 60118 Position: 0729+3147 A B Magnitude 4.16 10.92 Separation PA — — 220.4 +! 288 - Rating: 4 E Year — 1962 Spectra F0 V K2 V Colors W W Notes: 1886: 211.6 @ 293. 5 measurements. Star A is a spectroscopic binary. Observations: C8 at 104x. Without a double star list, you would not know it was a physical pair! -5- Zone 113 Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 5.70 inches; B = 31.3 inches. Separation: AB = 20.6 miles. Distance (LY): 60 Total luminosity (Suns): 5.94 Scheiner 472 Position: 0710+3134 A B Magnitude 10.32 11.48 Rating: 5 E Separation PA — — 18.1 185 = Year — 1991 Spectra Colors W W Notes: 1899: 18.2 @ 185. 4 measurements. Observations: C11 at 115x. Distance (LY): 86 Total luminosity (Suns): 0.058 STF 1070 Rating: 5 E ADS 5999; HD 57158; SAO 59996 Position: 0721+3401 A B C Magnitude 8.69 9.43 10.60 Separation — 1.7 87.3 - PA — 325 + 122 = Notes: AB 1829: 1.9 @ 318. 31 measurements. AC 1880: 87.5 @ 122. 2 measurements. Observations: C8 at 104x. -6- Year — 1997 1908 Spectra A0 Colors W No ? Zone 113 Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 6.38 inches. Separation: AB = 20.7 miles; AC = 1,063 miles. Distance (LY): 7,800 Total luminosity (Suns): 3,080 Moderate Hough 518 Rating: 4 M ADS 5836; HD 54535; SAO 59843 Position: 0711+3022 A B Magnitude 8.32 10.30 Separation PA — — 2.9 = 143 - Year — 1978 Spectra A2 Colors W W Notes: 1896: 2.9 @ 144. 9 measurements. Observations: C11 at 339x. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 7.20 inches. Separation: AB = 1.44 miles. Distance (LY): 320 Total luminosity (Suns): 4.44 Espin 339 Rating: 5 M ADS 5680; HD 52100; SAO 59697 Position: 0701+3225 A B C Magnitude 6.59 13.00 11.54 Separation — 15.9 32.1 PA — 188 + 293 Notes: AB 1907: 16.1 @ 187. 2 measurements. AC 1 measurement. -7- Year — 1925 1925 Spectra A9 IV Colors W ? W Zone 113 Observations: C11 at 115x. B was difficult! Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 6.30 inches. Separation: AB = 10.6 miles; AC = 21.4 miles. Distance (LY): 427 Total luminosity (Suns): 33.0 Tau Gem 46 Gem; Bur 1009; ADS 5846; HD 54719; SAO 59858 Position: 0711+3015 A B Magnitude 4.41 12.35 Separation PA — — 60.2 + 345 + Year — 1963 Rating: 5 M Spectra K2 III Colors yO! bW Notes: 1913: 58.7 @ 342. 3 measurements. Star A is an irregular variable and an infra-red source. Observations: C8 at 104x. Moderate field to the NE. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 49.5 inches. Separation: AB = 28.4 miles. Distance (LY): 302 Total luminosity (Suns): 126.08 -8- Zone 113 Deep Sky Objects Difficult NGC 2379 Rating: 5 D Other Names: UGC 3857 Position: 0727+3349 Type: Gal Surface brightness: 12.8 Class: SA0: Dimensions: 48" Magnitude: 13.5 Observations: C11 at 125x. Very small and faint spot without a nucleus. Two very faint stars align just N of it. Radial velocity (km/sec): +4,030 NGC 2389 Rating: 5 D Other Names: H III 901; UGC 3872 Position: 0729+3352 Type: Gal Surface brightness: 13l.8 Class: SAB(rs)c Dimensions: 2.0 x 1.5 Observations: C8 at 206x. It looks like a 12m star without a halo. Radial velocity (km/sec): +3,957 -9- Magnitude: 12.9 PA: 83 Zone 113 Zone 113, Map 2 Double Stars Easy STF 1012 Rating: 3 E ADS 5750; HD 268551 Position: 0705+2807 A B Magnitude 9.05 9.83 Separation PA — — 12.7 168 = Year — 1991 Spectra G0 Colors Y W Notes: 1829: 12.8 @ 168. 14 measurements. Hipparcos gives discordant distances: 55 light years and 69. The stars also have different proper motions. Observations: C11 at 115x. OSS 83 Hough 519; ADS 5827; HD 54371; SAO 79121 Position: 0710+2544 A B C Magnitude 7.09 13.11 7.77 Separation — 22.2 + 119.0 +! PA — 103 80 - Rating: 4 E Year — 1927 1992 Spectra G8 V F0 Colors W ? W Notes: AB 1891: 19.7 @ 124. 6 measurements. AC 1874: 105.4 @ 87. 26 measurements. Hipparcos/Tycho mission data show different distances for these stars (80 and 475 light years); they may be optical. Star A is a spectroscopic binary. Observations: C8 at 206x. - 10 - Zone 113 A. G. 332 Rating: 4 E HD 55705; SAO 79205 Position: 0715+2601 A B Magnitude 9.33 10.46 Separation PA — — 27.1 + 353 + Year — 1991 Spectra A2 Colors W O Notes: 1893: 24.7 @ 352. 6 measurements. Observations: C8 at 104x. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 7.62 inches. Separation: AB = 24.5 miles. Distance (LY): 580 Total luminosity (Suns): 10 h421 Rating: 4 E SAO 79369 Position: 0725+2638 A B Magnitude 9.16 11.51 Separation PA — — 23.6 + 195 = Year — 1991 Notes: 1910: 23.2 @ 195. 4 measurements. Observations: C11 at 115x. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 36.8 inches. Separation: AB = 50.8 miles. Distance (LY): 1,380 Total luminosity (Suns): 37 - 11 - Spectra K5 Colors Y ? Zone 113 h406 Rating: 5 E ADS 5662; HD 267497; SAO 78956 Position: 0700+2745 A B Magnitude 9.77 10.00 Separation PA — — 11.1 = 192 + Year — 1912 Spectra Colors W ? Notes: 1895: 11.1 @ 188. 4 measurements. Observations: C11 at 115x. Distance (LY): 92 Total luminosity (Suns): 0.148 Hough 31 Rating: 5 E ADS 5897; Position: 0714+2957 A B Magnitude 10.53 11.20 Separation PA — — 11.0 + 8+ Year — 1930 Spectra Colors W ? Notes: 1886: 10.9 @ 7. 5 measurements. Observations: C11 at 115x. Hipparcos 1012 Position: 0719+2518 A B Magnitude 9.81 11.61 Rating: 5 E Separation PA — — 12.6 184 - - 12 - Year — 1991 Spectra G5 Colors Y W Zone 113 Notes: 1894: 13.2 @ 186. 4 measurements. The Tycho-2 Catalog indicates a single star entry. Observations: C11 at 115x. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 21.5 inches. Separation: AB = 9.69 miles. Distance (LY): 493 Total luminosity (Suns): 2.70 Moderate STF 1014 Rating: 3 M ADS 5770; SAO 79046 Position: 0706+2608 A B Magnitude 9.91 9.93 Separation PA — — 2.0 220 +? Year — 1991 Spectra F8 Colors W W Notes: 1830: 2.1 @ 32. 28 measurements. Quadrant reversal? Observations: C11 at 339x. Hipparcos 1025 Position: 0720+2758 A B Magnitude 9.85 11.54 Rating: 4 M Separation PA — — 3.2 106 Notes: 1 measurement. - 13 - Year — 1991 Spectra G0 Colors yW W Zone 113 Observations: C11 at 339x. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 18.8 inches. Separation: AB = 136 miles. Distance (LY): 27,200 Total luminosity (Suns): 8,050 Fox 151 Rating: 5 M HD 52202; SAO 78976 Position: 0701+2723 A B Magnitude 8.15 12.00 Separation PA — — 30.8 248 Year — 1921 Spectra A0 Colors W ? Notes: 1 measurement. Observations: C11 at 115x. It is at the end of a curving, meandering line of 8m stars. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 6.18 inches. Separation: AB = 437 miles. Distance (LY): 9,100 Total luminosity (Suns): 3,660 STF 1008 Rating: 5 M ADS 5693; HD 52255; SAO 78983 Position: 0702+2634 A B Magnitude 8.58 9.96 Separation PA — — 2.4 = 272 + - 14 - Year — 1991 Spectra B9 Colors W O Zone 113 Notes: 1830: 2.4 @ 270. 14 measurements. Observations: C11 at 339x. Bpm 98 Rating: 5 M SAO 79187 Position: 0714+2501 A B C Magnitude 8.41 12.00 10.20 Separation — 50.3 227.4 PA — 156 249 Year — 1910 Spectra K1 V Colors Y ? W Notes: Both 1 measurement. Observations: C11 at 115x. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 2.25 inches. Separation: AB = 6.43 miles; AC = 29.1 miles. Distance (LY): 82 Total luminosity (Suns): 0.236 Difficult STF 1037 rej AC = OS 166; ADS 5871; HD 55130; SAO 79170 Position: 0713+2713 A B C Magnitude 7.26 7.34 12.30 Separation — 1.1 14.1 - PA — 316 88 - - 15 - Rating: 3 D Year — 1998 1962 Spectra F8 V F Colors W W No Zone 113 Notes: AB 1827: 1.2 @ 338. Over 100 measurements. The orbit has an extremely high eccentricity; the stars were closest together in 1921; in 1965 they were about 1.3 @ 326. Period is 116.5 years (Kamel, 1939), with semi-major axis of 0.93" and retrograde motion. AC 1898: 15.5 @ 110. 9 measurements. Observations: C8 at 280x. C11 at 339x! Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 3.60 inches; AB = 12.5 inches. Separation: AB = 1,267 feet; AC = 3.16 miles. Distance (LY): 144 Total luminosity (Suns): 6.2 Deep Sky Objects Moderate NGC 2371 Rating: 3 M Other Names: PK 189+19.1; H II 316-317; The Gemini Nebula; The Doubler Bubble Astronomical League Program: Herschel 400 Club Position: 0726+2929 Type: Pn Dimensions: 55" Class: 3a+6 Magnitude: 11.3 Notes: It was discovered by William Herschel in 1785. It is expanding at 53 k/s. Observations: C11 at 115x + O-III filter. Very obvious with this rig (but almost invisible without the O-III). Brighter towards the center, and slightly oblong. No ring, no central star visible. Strangely, higher magnification degrades the view. - 16 - Zone 113 C8 at 83x. Small, faint, and almost stellar. It has uneven surface brightness, the SE lobe being brighter. The central star is hard to pick up (12.5m). Model (where the Sun is a baseball): Its diameter would be 335 miles. Distance (LY): 3,900 Luminosity (suns): 36 NGC 2331 Rating: 5 M Other Names: Collinder 126; H VIII 40 Astronomical League Program: Herschel II Club Position: 0707+2721 Type: Oc Dimensions: 18' Class: IV 1m Cluster population: 30 Magnitude: 8.4 Notes: The brightest star is 9m. Observations: C8 at 83x. Dominated by a 10m "W". Using averted vision, I was able to resolve 12 stars. Note the triangular shape. C11 at 115x. Very sparse; not much richer than the general field. 22 stars counted. - 17 - Zone 113 Zone 113, Map 3 Double Stars Easy STF 1119 Rating: 3 E ADS 6230; HD 60987; SAO 60242 Position: 0739+3343 A B Magnitude 7.78 9.18 Separation PA — — 3.1 + 353 + Year — 1998 Spectra F0 Colors W B Notes: 1829: 2.9 @ 350. 19 measurements. Observations: C11 at 115x! Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 10.3 inches. Separation: AB = 1.83 miles. Distance (LY): 379 Total luminosity (Suns): 10.9 OS 89 Franks; HD 63610; SAO 60380 Position: 0751+3137 A B Magnitude 6.83 7.73 Rating: 3 E Separation PA — — 76.7 = 84 + Year — 1995 Notes: 1875: 76.7 @ 83. 19 measurements. The stars share common proper motion and distance. - 18 - Spectra A5 IV A5 Colors W bW Zone 113 Observations: C8 at 104x. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 9.15 inches; B = 8.00 inches. Separation: AB = 83.8 miles. Distance (LY): 700 Total luminosity (Suns): 102 Bur 22 Rating: 4 E ADS 6162; HD 59848; SAO 60171 Position: 0733+3252 A B Magnitude 8.26 10.40 Separation PA — — 6.4 = 150 + Year — 1988 Spectra G5 Colors Y W Notes: 1875: 6.4 @ 149. 12 measurements. The stars have similar proper motions. Observations: C11 at 115x. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 19.7 inches. Separation: AB = 2,482 feet. Distance (LY): 48 Total luminosity (Suns): 0.099 Kustner 30 Rating: 4 E ADS 6194 Position: 0736+3419 A B Magnitude 8.91 9.72 Separation PA — — 3.1 111 = Notes: 1901: 3.4 @ 111. 12 measurements. - 19 - Year — 1997 Spectra F0 Colors W bW Zone 113 Observations: C11 at 115x! Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 11.0 inches. Separation: AB = 4.78 miles. Distance (LY): 990 Total luminosity (Suns): 31 Kustner 95 Position: 0745+3014 A B Magnitude 9.95 10.74 Rating: 4 E Separation PA — — 41.4 + 58 + Year — 1991 Spectra G5 Colors Y W Notes: AB 1901: 39.4 @ 53. 7 measurements. Observations: C11 at 115x. Pi Gem 80 Gem; STF 1135; ADS 6364; HD 62898; SAO 60340 Position: 0748+3325 A B C Magnitude 5.14 11.40 10.63 Separation — 19.8 91.8 - PA — 215 + 343 + Notes: Variable? AB 1831: 22.6 @ 212. 7 measurements. AC 1903: 92.0 @ 341. 5 measurements. Observations: C11 at 115x. - 20 - Year — 1988 1988 Rating: 4 E Spectra M1 IIIa Colors Y!! W bW Zone 113 Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 1.20 inches. Separation: AB = 17.3 miles; AC = 80.2 miles. Distance (LY): 560 Total luminosity (Suns): 226 Scheiner 483 Position: 0753+3138 A B Magnitude 10.51 10.70 Rating: 4 E Separation PA — — 22.6 + 151 + Year — 1991 Spectra K0 Colors Y W Notes: 1894: 21.6 @ 150. 9 measurements. Hipparcos gives discordant distances: 82 light years to A, 44 to B. The stars also have different proper motions. Observations: C11 at 115x. A 673 Dommanget 1 (C); ADS 6137; HD 59372; SAO 60144 Position: 0731+3034 A B C Magnitude 8.59 8.93 8.77 Separation — 0.4 = 94 + PA — 352 + 112 = Year — 1995 1955 Rating: 5 E Spectra A0 Colors W No W Notes: AB 1904: 0.4 @ 341. 17 measurements. AC 1952: 90 @ 112. 3 measurements. Hipparcos gives discordant distances: 1,400 light years to A and 2,970 to C. Observations: C11 at 115x. B was not detected at any magnification. - 21 - Zone 113 OS 175 Rating: 5 E ADS 6185; HD 60318; SAO 60204 Position: 0735+3058 A B Magnitude 5.34 10.29 Separation PA — — 80.9 195 - Year — 1989 Spectra K0 III Colors Y W Notes: 1893: 81.1 @ 196. 7 measurements. Observations: C8 at 83x. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 46.2 inches. Separation: AB = 38.3 miles. Distance (LY): 303 Total luminosity (Suns): 56 Espin 419 Rating: 5 E ADS 6203 Position: 0737+3342 A B C Magnitude 10.32 11.84 12.50 Separation — 58.7 3.6 PA — 43 126 Notes: AB 1899: 58.9 @ 44. 8 measurements. AC 1 measurement. Observations: C11 at 115x. C was not detected. - 22 - Year — 1991 Spectra Colors W W No Zone 113 Ball 24 S Cnc; Sinachopoulos 32 (C, D, E); HD 63015; SAO 60345 Position: 0748+3251 A B C D Magnitude 7.21 11.38 14.20 13.80 Separation — 47.6 + 65 77 PA — 40 67 340 Year — 1989 Rating: 5 E Spectra G5 Colors Y W No No Notes: AB 1879: 44.3 @ 47. 4 measurements. AC 1989: 65 @ 67. 2 measurements. AD 1989. 1 measurement. A is an Algol-type system. Observations: C11 at 115x. C and D were not detected. Ball 25 Rating: 5 E HD 63589; SAO 60379 Position: 0751+3314 A B Magnitude 6.03 10.96 Separation PA — — 78 = 146 = Year — 1989 Notes: 1879: 78 @ 146. 3 measurements. Observations: C11 at 115x. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 6.13 inches. Separation: AB = 25.3 miles. Distance (LY): 208 Total luminosity (Suns): 13.6 - 23 - Spectra A2m Colors W W? Zone 113 Moderate Alpha Gem Rating: 1 M Castor; 66 Gem; C = YY Gem; STF 1110; ADS 6175; HD 60178; SAO 60198 Position: 0735+3153 A B C D Magnitude 1.58 2.62 8.80 Separation — 3.7 68.0 186.2 -! PA — 61 -? 163 = 222 = Year — 1999 1998 1987 Spectra A1 V A5 V Colors W W ? No Notes: It was first recorded by Cassini in 1678. 1819: 5.5 @ 270. Over 100 measurements. AC 1835: 72.5 @ 163. Over 100 measurements. AD 1902: 204.4 @ 222. 3 measurements. Star A is a spectroscopic binary with a 2.9283 day period and an infra-red source. Each star is twice the size of the Sun. Star B is also a spectroscopic binary, as is C (both are red dwarfs). The orbital period of AB is 511.3 years (Muller, 1956), although Heintz (1988) suggests 467.0 years. The C star’s orbit may take as long as 37,000 years. In 1803 Herschel coined the term "binary" to refer to this star, a tag that has been applied to all true double stars. Castor A and Castor A’ are both A-type main sequence stars of equal size and luminosity (each being twice the size of the Sun, 12 times as bright, and 1.6 times as massive). Castor B and Castor B’ are both the same size (1.5 times the Sun’s diameter) and brightness (6 times the Sun’s luminosity each). Each weighs in at 1.15 solar masses. Castor C and Castor C’ are a pair of red dwarfs (dK6) orbiting about 1,100 AU from AB. CC’ are also an eclipsing binary (the orbit lies in the same plane as our line of sight, so the stars periodically pass in front of each other). Castor C is about 63% as massive as the Sun, 76% as large, and 2.5% as bright; Castor C’ has vital stats of 57%, 68%, and 2.5%. From James Kaler's Star Notes: In classical mythology, Castor is the mortal twin of Pollux, the twin warriors whose stars dominate the bright zodiacal constellation of Gemini. Though Castor is the fainter of the two, it still received the Alpha designation from Bayer, who made Pollux the Beta star. To the naked eye, Castor shines down to us as a seemingly ordinary hydrogen-fusing "class A" star that appears much like Vega, the "A" stars fairly hot, with temperatures between about 7,000 and 10,000 degrees Kelvin. Castor has no physical relation with Pollux, and at a distance of 52 light years is half again as far away as its mythological companion. - 24 - Zone 113 The telescope reveals Castor's real claim to fame as a remarkable multiple star. Even a modest amateur instrument shows bright Castor to consist of a pair of similar stars only a couple seconds of arc apart. About a minute of arc away to the south lies a ninth magnitude companion. The bright pair are in elliptical orbit about each other with a 400 year period, and are now about as close in the sky as they can get, making them something of a challenge to separate. The dim companion is so far away from the bright pair, about 1,000 times the distance between the Earth and the Sun, that its orbital motion is too slow to have been seen. Castor A and Castor B are also doubles (spectrographic)! Castor A consists of almost identical stars, each with about two solar masses, in a 9.2 day orbit about each other, the stars about a tenth of Mercury's distance from the Sun apart. Castor B's twin stars orbit even faster, making their circuit in a mere 2.9 days. Moreover, the faint distant member, Castor C, is also double! It too consists of nearly identical stars, though much cooler lowmass "class M" stars with temperatures of only about 4,000 Kelvin. The two are only about two solar diameters apart and orbit each other every 20 hours. One or both are "flare stars," stars that will suddenly change their brightnesses as a result of erratic surface magnetism. Such stars are thought to be made when their contracting birth-clouds divide, then divide and each divide again as a result of rapid rotation. Castor may be part of a hugely extended, physically related, group of stars called the "Castor Moving Group" that includes Vega, Fomalhaut, Zubenelgenubi, and Alderamin in Cepheus. The properties of the whole set suggest an age, and an age for its member stars, of about 200 million years. Observations: C8 at 206x. Some observers see both A and B as bW. John Herschel called it "the largest and finest of all the double stars in our hemisphere." Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 4.50 inches; B = 3.00 inches; C = 0.19 inches; A’ = 4.50 inches; B’ = 3.50 inches; C’ = 0.18 inches. Separation: AB = 510 feet; AC = 1.28 miles; AA’ = 3.45 feet; BB’ = 2.55 feet; CC’ = 16.5 inches. Distance (LY): 52 Total luminosity (Suns): 52.06 - 25 - Zone 113 STF 1123 Rating: 2 M ADS 6275; HD 61629; SAO 60273 Position: 0742+3325 A B Magnitude 9.25 9.79 Separation PA — — 3.6 166 + Year — 1999 Spectra F8 Colors W W Notes: 1829: 3.7 @ 163. 12 measurements. Observations: C8 at 280x. It is a lonely pair in a bleak field, nestled inside a large 45-45-90 right triangle of 12m stars. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 16.1 inches. Separation: AB = 1.35 miles. Distance (LY): 242 Total luminosity (Suns): 1.6 OS 173 rej Rating: 4 M ADS 6173; HD 60106; SAO 60193 Position: 0735+3307 A B C Magnitude 7.89 12.57 9.67 Separation — 18.9 = 45.5 + PA — 234 = 350 + Year — 1987 1991 Spectra A2 V Colors W ? W Notes: AB 1843: 18.9 @ 234. 13 measurements. AC 1867: 43.1 @ 347. 16 measurements. Observations: C8 at 104x. Star B is very difficult and will require averted vision. There is a nice 5star chain to the N; the brightest star in this chain is 9m and dO. - 26 - Zone 113 Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 8.40 inches. Separation: AB = 9.91 miles; AC = 23.9 miles. Distance (LY): 336 Total luminosity (Suns): 7.08 OS 172 rej h 3295; BDS 4152; ADS 6111; HD 58987; SAO 60125 Position: 0731+3448 A B Magnitude 7.91 11.90 Separation PA — — 15.4 + 248 + Year — 1929 Rating: 5 M Spectra A0 Colors W ? Notes: 1878: 12.0 @ 245. 4 measurements. Observations: C11 at 115x. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 6.09 inches. Separation: AB = 35.6 miles. Distance (LY): 1,480 Total luminosity (Suns): 121 OS 181 Rating: 5 M ADS 6337; HD 62488; SAO 60322 Position: 0746+3433 A B Magnitude 7.99 12.30 Separation PA — — 6.7 + 267 + Notes: 1848: 6.0 @ 255. 5 measurements. Observations: C11 at 115x. - 27 - Year — 1987 Spectra A3 Colors W ? Zone 113 Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 7.39 inches. Separation: AB = 5.18 miles. Distance (LY): 496 Total luminosity (Suns): 12.4 Deep Sky Objects Moderate NGC 2435 Rating: 5 M Other Names: UGC 3996; H II 616 Position: 0744+3139 Type: Gal Surface brightness: 12.8 Class: Sa Dimensions: 2.2' x 0.5' Magnitude: 12.8 PA: 36 Observations: C11 at 125x. A faint streak, about 3x1 in ratio of dimensions. Fairly even with no obvious nucleus. Radial velocity (km/sec): +4,189 - 28 - Zone 113 Zone 113, Map 4 Double Stars Easy A. G. 335 Rating: 4 E ADS 6139 Position: 0731+2510 A B Magnitude 9.77 10.63 Separation PA — — 3.9 + 298 + Year — 1991 Spectra Colors Y O Notes: 1899: 3.2 @ 286. 10 measurements. Observations: C11 at 115x. Distance (LY): 124 Total luminosity (Suns): 0.216 South 560 Rating: 4 E HD 63138; SAO 79703 Position: 0748+2846 A B Magnitude 6.97 9.79 Separation PA — — 88.4 358 - Year — 1991 Spectra K0 III Colors Y rO Notes: 1825: 89.7 @ 359. 11 measurements. The stars show similar proper motions. Observations: C8 at 104x. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 46.2 inches. Separation: AB = 78.6 miles. Distance (LY): 570 Total luminosity (Suns): 43 - 29 - Zone 113 H V 67 Rating: 4 E SAO 79706 Position: 0749+2855 A B Magnitude 9.09 10.82 Separation PA — — 50.6 + 10 = Year — 1991 Spectra K2 Colors O R Notes: 1899: 49.1 @ 10. 4 measurements. Observations: C8 at 104x. I viewed this pair a year apart and the second time I thought the colors looked more like Y and B. Rich, bright field. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 28.6 inches. Separation: AB = 8.68 miles. Distance (LY): 110 Total luminosity (Suns): 0.3 STF 1144 Rating: 4 E ADS 6382; HD 63238 Position: 0749+2834 A B Magnitude 7.82 10.48 Separation PA — — 8.2 + 358 = Year — 1991 Spectra F0 Colors W W Notes: 1829: 8.0 @ 358. 10 measurements. Observations: C8 at 104x. This star is the E vertex of a right triangle in which South 560 is the right angle; the third vertex is a 7.5m star to the NW (SAO 79697). Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 10.3 inches. Separation: AB = 10.9 miles. Distance (LY): 850 Total luminosity (Suns): 35 - 30 - Zone 113 Olivier 170 Couiteau 951; SAO 79780 Position: 0754+2753 A B Magnitude 9.60 10.05 Rating: 4 E Separation PA — — 3.1 + 135 - Year — 1999 Spectra Colors W W Notes: 1937: 2.7 @ 136. 3 measurements. Identity with Couteau 951 likely-- same position and Couteau AB 1973: 2.9 @ 137. 3 measurements. 1999 was 3.1 @ 135. Observations: C11 at 115x. Distance (LY): 89 Total luminosity (Suns): 0.171 STF 1155 Couteau 1111 (Aa); ADS 6444; HD 64350; SAO 79784 Position: 0754+2610 A B a. Magnitude 7.80 11.40 10.00 Separation — 17.2 + 0.5 + PA — 341 166 + Year — 1959 1988 Rating: 4 E Spectra K2 Notes: AB 1827: 14.7 @ 343. 7 measurements. Aa 1974: 0.4 @ 156. 2 measurements. Observations: C8 at 104x. A triangle of 10.2m stars (90" per side) lies to the E. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 26.5 inches. Separation: AB = 2.49 miles; AC = 382 feet. Distance (LY): 93 Total luminosity (Suns): 0.56 - 31 - Colors O! W No Zone 113 h765 Rating: 5 E HD 61364; SAO 79590 Position: 0740+2643 A B C Magnitude 8.66 12.63 12.68 Separation — 21.9 46.4 + PA — 226 + 301 + Year — 1987 1987 Spectra G5 V Colors yW W W Notes: AB 1901: 23.6 @ 213. 5 measurements. AC 1901: 40.7 @ 297. 4 measurements. Observations: C8 at 104x. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 3.00 inches. Separation: AB = 10.7 miles; AC = 22.7 miles. Distance (LY): 313 Total luminosity (Suns): 3.35 Sigma Gem 75 Gem; Ball 23; HD 62044; SAO 79638 Position: 0743+2853 A B Magnitude 4.23 11.43 Rating: 5 E Separation PA — — 182.2 + 316 + Year — 1909 Spectra K1 III Colors dO! W Notes: 1877: 178.6 @ 315. 2 measurements. Star A is a spectroscopic binary with a 19.605 day period and an infra-red source.. Member of the Eta Cep Group. It might also be a radio binary. Observations: C8 at 104x. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 2.40 inches. Separation: AB = 34.7 miles. Distance (LY): 122 Total luminosity (Suns): 24.7 - 32 - Zone 113 Couteau 951 Rating: 3 M SAO 79780 Position: 0754+2753 A B Magnitude 9.87 10.69 Separation PA — — 3.1 + 135 - Year — 1999 Spectra G5 Colors Y Y Notes: 1973: 2.7 @ 136. 4 measurements. Observations: C8 at 206x. It is the acute vertex of a bright right triangle. C11 at 98x. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 21.5 inches. Separation: AB = 2,270 feet. Distance (LY): 89 Total luminosity (Suns): 0.16 Beta Gem Rating: 5 M Pollux; Bur 580 (B, D, E, F, G); SII 5; ADS 6335; HD 62509; SAO 79666; H VI 42 (C) Position: 0745+2802 A B C D E F Magnitude 1.14 13.70 8.90 11.70 9.7 10.4 Separation — 29.7 -!! 243 +!! 1.4 = 275 +!! 301 +!! PA — 280 + 75 + 135 + 89 77 + Year — 1987 1987 1922 Notes: AB 1880: 41.4 @ 275. 6 measurements. AC 1781: 117 @ 66. 9 measurements. AD 1878: 1.4 @ 128. 7 measurements. AE 1879: 206 @ 90. 8 measurements. 1987 shown. AF 1836: 204 @ 74. 15 measurements. 1987 shown. - 33 - Spectra K0 IIIb Colors Y! No W No W W Zone 113 Observations: C11 at 193x. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 46.2 inches. Separation: AB = 1.57 miles; AC = 12.9 miles; AD = 370 feet; AE = 463 feet; AF = 507 feet. Distance (LY): 34 Total luminosity (Suns): 32 Difficult Espin 420 Rating: 5 D SAO 79675 Position: 0746+2845 A B Magnitude 9.35 11.37 Separation PA — — 60.8 + 118 - Year — 1907 Notes: 1901: 59.0 @ 119. 2 measurements. Observations: C8 at 104x. Moderate field. Scale model (in which the Sun is the size of a baseball): Diameter: A = 37.1 inches. Separation: AB = 12.6 miles. Distance (LY): 133 Total luminosity (Suns): 0.24 - 34 - Spectra K5 Colors Y ? Zone 113 Deep Sky Objects Difficult NGC 2449 Rating: 5 D Other Names: UGC 4026 Position: 0747+2656 Type: Gal Surface brightness: 13.1 Class: Sab Dimensions: 1.3' x 0.6' Magnitude: 13.4 PA: 137 Observations: C11 at 193x. The faintest of ovals just west of a 12m triangle. The nucleus did not stand out at all. Radial velocity (km/sec): +4,778 - 35 - Zone 113 Zone 107 Mini-Catalog Double Stars Designation Position Rating Map STF 1012 0705+2807 3E 2 Espin 341 0720+3226 3E 1 South 546 0721+3128 3E 1 STF 1119 0739+3343 3E 3 OS 89 0751+3137 3E 3 A. G. 129 0701+3156 4E 1 OSS 83 0710+2544 4E 2 A. G. 332 0715+2601 4E 2 STF 1054 0718+3457 4E 1 h421 0725+2638 4E 2 Scheiner 479 0727+3054 4E 1 Rho Gem 0729+3147 4E 1 A. G. 335 0731+2510 4E 4 Bur 22 0733+3252 4E 3 Kustner 30 0736+3419 4E 3 Kustner 95 0745+3014 4E 3 South 560 0748+2846 4E 4 Pi Gem 0748+3325 4E 3 H V 67 0749+2855 4E 4 STF 1144 0749+2834 4E 4 Scheiner 483 0753+3138 4E 3 Component A B A B A B C A B A B A B A B C A B A B C A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B C A B A B A B - 36 - Mag 9.05 9.83 10.10 10.60 8.64 9.41 9.81 7.78 9.18 6.83 7.73 9.68 10.67 7.09 13.11 7.77 9.33 10.46 8.10 9.65 9.93 9.16 11.51 10.61 10.76 4.16 10.92 9.77 10.63 8.26 10.40 8.91 9.72 9.95 10.74 6.97 9.79 5.14 11.40 10.63 9.09 10.82 7.82 10.48 10.51 10.70 Separation — 12.7 — 3.1 — 86.8 + 143.6 + — 3.1 + — 76.7 = — 6.3 + — 22.2 + 119.0 +! — 27.1 + — 18.7 + 96.9 +! — 23.6 + — 15.1 + — 220.4 +! — 3.9 + — 6.4 = — 3.1 — 41.4 + — 88.4 — 19.8 91.8 — 50.6 + — 8.2 + — 22.6 + PA — 168 = — 252 + — 358 143.6 + — 353 + — 84 + — 24 + — 103 119.0 +! — 353 + — 292 = 96.9 +! — 195 = — 42 -? — 288 — 298 + — 150 + — 111 = — 58 + — 358 — 215 + 91.8 — 10 = — 358 = — 151 + Zone 113 Designation Position Rating Map Olivier 170 0754+2753 4E 4 STF 1155 0754+2610 4E 4 h406 0700+2745 5E 2 Scheiner 472 0710+3134 5E 1 Hough 31 Hipparcos 1012 0714+2957 5E 2 0719+2518 5E 2 STF 1070 0721+3401 5E 1 A 673 0731+3034 5E 3 OS 175 0735+3058 5E 3 Espin 419 0737+3342 5E 3 h765 0740+2643 5E 4 Sigma Gem 0743+2853 5E 4 Ball 24 0748+3251 5E 3 Ball 25 0751+3314 5E 3 Alpha Gem 0735+3153 1M 3 STF 1123 0742+3325 2M 3 STF 1014 0706+2608 3M 2 Couteau 951 0754+2753 3M 4 Hough 518 Hipparcos 1025 0711+3022 4M 1 0720+2758 4M 2 OS 173 rej 0735+3307 4M 3 Fox 151 0701+2723 5M 2 Component A B A B a A B A B A B A B A B C A B C A B A B C A B C A B A B C D A B A B C D A B A B A B A B A B A B C A B - 37 - Mag 9.60 10.05 7.80 11.40 10.00 9.77 10.00 10.32 11.48 10.53 11.20 9.81 11.61 8.69 9.43 10.60 8.59 8.93 8.77 5.34 10.29 10.32 11.84 12.50 8.66 12.63 12.68 4.23 11.43 7.21 11.38 14.20 13.80 6.03 10.96 1.58 2.62 8.80 9.25 9.79 9.91 9.93 9.87 10.69 8.32 10.30 9.85 11.54 7.89 12.57 9.67 8.15 12.00 Separation — 3.1 + — 17.2 + 0.5 + — 11.1 = — 18.1 — 11.0 + — 12.6 — 1.7 87.3 — 0.4 = 94 + — 80.9 — 58.7 3.6 — 21.9 46.4 + — 182.2 + — 47.6 + 65 77 — 78 = — 3.7 68.0 186.2 -! — 3.6 — 2.0 — 3.1 + — 2.9 = — 3.2 — 18.9 = 45.5 + — 30.8 PA — 135 — 341 166 + — 192 + — 185 = — 8+ — 184 — 325 + 87.3 — 352 + 94 + — 195 — 43 3.6 — 226 + 46.4 + — 316 + — 40 65 77 — 146 = — 61 -? 68.0 186.2 -! — 166 + — 220 +? — 135 — 143 — 106 — 234 = 45.5 + — 248 Zone 113 Designation Position Rating Map Espin 339 0701+3225 5M 1 STF 1008 0702+2634 5M 2 Tau Gem 0711+3015 5M 1 Bpm 98 0714+2501 5M 2 OS 172 rej 0731+3448 5M 3 Beta Gem 0745+2802 5M 4 OS 181 0746+3433 5M 3 STF 1037 rej 0713+2713 3D 2 Espin 420 0746+2845 5D 4 Component A B C A B A B A B C A B A B C D E F A B A B C A B Mag 6.59 13.00 11.54 8.58 9.96 4.41 12.35 8.41 12.00 10.20 7.91 11.90 1.14 13.70 8.90 11.70 9.70 10.40 7.99 12.30 7.26 7.34 12.30 9.35 11.37 Separation — 15.9 32.1 — 2.4 = — 60.2 + — 50.3 227.4 — 15.4 + — 29.7 -!! 243 +!! 1.4 = 275 +!! 301 +!! — 6.7 + — 1.1 14.1 — 60.8 + PA — 188 + 32.1 — 272 + — 345 + — 156 227.4 — 248 + — 280 + 243 +!! 1.4 = 89 – 77 + — 267 + — 316 14.1 — 118 - Deep Sky Objects Object NGC 2371 NGC 2331 NGC 2435 NGC 2379 NGC 2389 NGC 2449 Position 0726+2929 0707+2721 0744+3139 0727+3349 0729+3352 0747+2656 Rating 3M 5M 5M 5D 5D 5D Map 2 2 3 1 1 4 Type Pn (3a+6) Oc (IV 1m) Gal (Sa) Gal (SA0:) Gal (SAB(rs)c) Gal (Sab) - 38 - Specifications Surface Mag Br 11.3 8.4 12.8 12.8 13.5 12.8 12.9 13l.8 13.4 13.1 Population 30