You forgot to cite that part of my email where I said "I
have little experience with double stars so please take
this with a grain of salt (or pepper if you like)."
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~rmoench/doubles.html
http://my.voyager.net/~stargazer/double_stars.html
cites Porrima at 3.6
This thing is moving fast, because I trust that you are
correct, and that the references I have seen are old.
It sure was pretty.
Craig
--- Jamie Dillon <jamie_dillon@No-Spam> wrote:
> Craigus the Rocketman went so far as to claim:
>
> >Given that Porrima has a separation of 3.6"
>
> Maybe it did in 1950 or so, as in Norton's. It's
> closing well inside
> of an arcsecond. The RASC Observer's Guide, which is at
> home, puts it
> at 0.6 or 0.7" this year. Depends on which part of the
> year you pick
> for average. Will hit periastron in 2004, at inside of
> 0.4".
>
> Two years ago when I managed to split the thing, it was
> just around
> 1.2" separation. I got a blobby dumbbell at 420x in
> Felix Saturday
> night after 3 am. Jardine spent a big chunk of his
> youth on the thing
> this season, not to be disregarded as a 3.6" sep.
>
> Seriously, Craig, it's Porrima people have been
> playing, the hinge
> star on the wedge of Virgo.
>
> (just glanced at the TAC archives and see that Joe Bob
> has me
> scooped, but what the heck, this is a good version of a
> flame war.)
>
> Want...more...starry...sky...
>
>
> DDK
>
>
>
> --
> Jamie Dillon <*> speech pathologist
> jamie_dillon@No-Spam
> " ... " - Harpo Marx
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