2023-12-21

• Condition: G5
• Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

6:25PM

• Target: S Cephei
• Const: Cepheus
• RaDec: 21h34m +78.43
• Type: Star (Carbon)
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x

Dim, hard to get a color profile. After a prolonged look, I would guess orange-red. But the color seems to come and go.

7:55PM

• Target: V623 Cassiopeiae
• Const: Cassiopeia
• RaDec: 03h13m +57.59
• Type: Star (Carbon)
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x

Had a hard time finding this one. Yellow-orange.

8:11PM

• Target: Y Persei
• Const: Perseus
• RaDec: 03h29m +44.15
• Type: Star (Carbon)
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x

Found pretty easily. Deep orange-red.

8:50PM

• Target: V466 Persei
• Const: Perseus
• RaDec: 03h43m +51.34
• Type: Star (Carbon)
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x

Harder to find, but stood out from the other stars once I did. Mostly red, with a touch of orange.