Rho Herculis

[Jiggy 67]

I was observing this double star in Hercules last night and just wanted to highlight it for those that may not have tried it yet, given it's favourable position in the sky at the moment.

This is a wonderful double situated just off the North East corner of the Keystone, quite close to Pi Herculis. It is just visible with the naked eye. It is not difficult to split, though at a separation of 4 arc seconds it does require a bit of magnification. When split they present a beautiful pair of evenly matched stars sitting side by side. My best view was at x75 mag, I would have liked to go higher but the AZ5 mount makes focusing at higher mags difficult (on smaller targets).

Amazingly, this system is only 300 million years old so a baby really

If you are in the area, take a look, you won't regret it