Chi Cygni on its way up

[DHEB]

Just to chime that the long period (Mira type) variable star Chi Cygni is now above mag 9 and therefore well within the reach of a variety of binoculars. I spotted it a couple of nights ago with my 15x70, at estimated ~8.7 +/- 0.2 mag. May be some of you might want to watch it creep slowly upwards in the coming months, hopefully reaching naked-eye visibility before it sets for the season. Cheers and clear skies!

[cotterless45]

That's neat , thanks for the heads up ,

Nick.