Methuselah star,[

[andrew65]

Hello fellow stargazers this was mentioned by Tenbyfifty a few months ago I I found it amazing that something so ancient was so close at 190ly and in our own galaxy and estimated at around 13.5 billion years old and the oldest known star so I know in our scopes we can see objects hundreds or billions of light years away but (silly question time) would this be the oldest thing I could view in a 10" dob is it viewable to us and when would be the best time of year to view it

Cheers andrew

[Ant]

Found some info here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_140283

Magnitude 7, so easy in binos or a scope. With a declination of -10, it's a fairly easy target from the uk

Ant

[andrew65]

Cheers ant