Colourful Cassiopeia.

[cotterless45]

Cassiopeia is now rising , a wonderful setting for gems in the path of the Milky Way. This selection has been enjoyed and picked out as the best of the bunch ;

Σ485 at 23h 02.7m. +55 14', the delicate secondary was spotted at x50, showing white and faint blue.

OΣ499 at 23h 33.2m. +57 24', yellow and blue in a wonderful field.

Σ3037 at 23h 46.1m. +60 28', a lovely triangle with a double at one corner in this multiple group.

Σ3057 at 00h 0.49m. +58 32', a delicate binary at x200 .

Σ3062 at 00h 06.3m. +58 26', a 1.6" split a bright pair at x200.

Σ16 at 00h 16.7m. +54 39', at x50, quite delicate, but not faint.

Σ48 at 00h 38.7m +71 22' , lovely pair of bright eyes at x50.

H V 82 and Σ59 at 00h 47.4m. +51 06', at x200 shows another "double double" ,but wide angled , some lovely colours here.

Eta Cassiopeiae, spot by eye, but at x50, colours vary with the observer. Just handy if you need to quickly show a double.

Σ65 at 00h 52.7m. +68 52' , equal binary stars split at 3" at x200.

Σ70 at 00h 53.8m. +52 42', bright with a delicate companion at x50.

h 2028 at 01h 16.6m. +74 02', a wide yellow and silver at x50.

Ψ Cassiopeiae at 01h 25.9m. +68 08', beautiful triple at x200, lovely colouring here.

Σ131 at 01h 33.2m +60 41', yellow and blue at x100.

Σ170 at 01h 55.4m. +76 13' white and green at x100.

Σ191 at 02h 03.2m. +73 51' another delicacy at x100.

ENG 10 at 02h 15.7m. +67 40' orange and blue at x100. Another immediate " show me a triple " next,

ι Cassiopeiae at 02h 29.1m. +67 24', continue up from the lh end and you'll find the only bright star . Zoom in and a fine triple, yellow, the blue secondary has a wee companion, neat.

No challenges here, just a very enjoyable constellation normally famed for it's NGCs and Messiers .

Clear skies,

Nick.

[cotterless45]

Just some more colours for all you star hunters !

http://www.eaglecreekobservatory.org/eco/doubles/contrast.html

Nick.

[jetstream]

Awesome Nick! I observed Eta Cassiopeia late last night,what a great pair-yellow and red and over to Pi Aquilae the colors last night were the best yet-yellow and a very nice blue @ 250x -270x.

The lists and info you give are extremely helpful Nick-thanks.

[Perseus_m45]

that's one hell of a list !!!

[cotterless45]

Fortunately it's one Hell of a constellation. From a dark site it looks like a square kite with a tail, not the familiar "W".

One of my favourites , next to another, Cepheus.

Nick.

[cotterless45]

Oh, there's more !

Within One degree of Caph. That's why a widefield view here looks stunning ,

Nick.

[jetstream]

Easy to get lost in dark skies! I like the square kite with a tail description for Cass, I got lost in Cepheus the other night,couldn't find NGC 6939,NGC 6946.... heck I'm not even sure if I found Alderamin....

Like Nick says there is a pile of stuff in Cass,great place and thanks again for giving us a directions to the area Nick!

[pepitoz]

Fantastic list! Recently I had a ton of fun with the open clusters in the area and one of my new favorite doubles Eta Cassiopeia - amazing constellation!

[Marki]

Great list, Nick. I had a nice view of sigma Cassiopeiae (SAO 35497) tonight - new one for me . Big white-grey primary, and a smaller white secondary, close in (although Smyth is said to have seen it as blue). I love this constellation! So many treasures .

[lunator]

Nick

Nice list

I have always enjoyed a wander through Cassiopeia.

I had noticed one point that made me check my CDSA, I have STF485 in Camelopardalis in open cluster NGC1502.

When I looked at my CDSA there are 2 entirs fro STF485 one in Cam and one is Cass.

On further investigation it looks like the one is Cass is STT485.

I have added it to my CDSA error log,

Cheers

Ian

[Qualia]

Wow, great list, Nick. Thank you for taking the time to put it up. Next time I'm out (which may be tonight), I will check a few of them out

[cotterless45]

Great to have you back on the hunt !

Nick.

[rwilkey]

Eta Cass is a favourite of mine too!