Book of Double Stars. Advice.

[tico]

Hello, 

Anyone know some atlas or book for double star visual observations? 

[Knighty2112]

‘The Cambridge Double Star Atlas’ might be a good starting point. Plenty to go at in there.

Edited September 18, 2023 by Knighty2112

[glafnazur]

Here's one by Ags, one of our SGL members, which I'd highly recommend.

 

[RT65CB-SWL]

Also would recommend the books by SGL'er @Ags  - link here... https://discovering-astronomy.eu/

[Mr Spock]

+1 for the Cambridge.

If you want to go electronic the Cartes du Ciel star chart can have the Washington Double Star catalogue added. That's what I use and it has everything, even for the largest scopes.

Here's a crop from an area I'm working on in Cepheus.

 

[DirkSteele]

Any of these three will serve you well when it comes to double stars.

[The60mmKid]

Another great resource is the Astronomical League double star observing program. It provides a list of 100 popular double stars that you can find using an atlas of your choice.

[Zermelo]

12 hours ago, The60mmKid said:

Another great resource is the Astronomical League double star observing program. It provides a list of 100 popular double stars that you can find using an atlas of your choice.

Here:

https://www.astroleague.org/double-star-observing-program/

and available in SkySafari import format:

https://www.skysafariastronomy.com/repositories/skylist/Astronomical League/AL Double Star List.skylist

also

http://web.archive.org/web/20170419050003/http://astronomy.eaglecreekobservatory.org/doubles/

https://bestdoubles.wordpress.com/

 

[cajen2]

A good place to start is Turn Left at Orion, which labels the brighter doubles and multiples in each constellation. For a more comprehensive view, Agnes' book (above) is excellent.

[Spile]

I’ve a spreadsheet of 500 double stars that you can download off my blog. They are given a 1 to 5 rating which you may or may not agree with.  

[lunator]

Hi Tico

Go onto FLO's website and search for Double star books. This will give you s veral options.

Cheers

Ian

[jjohnson3803]

There's an atlas that indicates separation by the position of the two bars on doubles.  6 o'clock and 9 o'clock means a certain range, 12 o'clock and 3 o'clock means another range, and so on.  Eliminates the need to use a table to find separation.

Unfortunately, I can't remember the author or title.  🙁