Well it is February now and I am finally getting around to updating the blog. I have not been out observing much this winter due to the weather not being very good. I did get out last month on 1/28 and did some observing from the Chandler Mountain site. However with a first quarter Moon in the sky the really faint stuff was not really an option.
So I decided to start another list... Carbon Stars.
There is a wonderful program on the Astronomical League website for Carbon Stars and I had been eyeing that list for a while. I was able to get 7 of them observed and sketched until the cold finally got to me.
VX And
AQ And
W Cass
Z Pisc
TX Pisc
WZ Cass
Su And
WZ Cass and TX Pisc seemed the most interesting to me when it came to color.
Sketching them was not too hard at all, which was nice.
I highly suggest on a good night when the Moon is in the sky or if you have some light pollution to deal with, to hunt down some of these red jewels in the sky. The observing list is designed for small scopes and or skies that are not pristine.
I realize the blog has not been updated in a while, but I am going to try and start updating it once a month, with either observing notes or other astronomy related thoughts that go through my mind.
