Sirius B - who's seen it?

[IB20]

22 hours ago, John said:

What is the NSEW orientation of the image ?

The chart that @Mr Spock has posted above shows where it is - NE of Sirius A.

More often than not the Pup is shining through the halo of light surrounding Sirius A.

Yes it was back to front I.e NW, I tried again tonight with the phone and the camera can add in reflection artefact; so it almost certainly wasn’t the pup. I’m sure my perseverance will pay off one day though!

[Mr Spock]

I had a few glimpses tonight but Sirius itself was a bit unstable.

[Ratlet]

It's that low down for me that I'm starting to doubt the existence of Sirius A, never mind B!

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[Les Ewan]

I've been trying for decades with reflectors of 6" to 16" and its always eluded me. Here in Central Scotland the maximum altitude of Sirius is only 17 degrees.

Theres a lady Youtuber in California at  lat 37N who sees it frequently with a 80mm short focus refractor ,so as your latitude gets less the chances of seeing the pup increases.

[John]

Can you actually see Antares from Scotland ?

That's a challenging double as well. I've done it a couple of times from down here in the SW UK, as it flits between local houses !

 

[Les Ewan]

Yes here in Midlothian Antares is visible but it skirts the horizon by a mere 7 degrees. Fomalhaut is the real challenge but I often see this autumn visiter low down at a maximum of 4 degrees at best.

I'm at its northern limit as Fomalhaut never rises north of Lewick.