GAMMA ARIES BINARY (DOUBLE) STAR

Right Ascension:     1h52m08s           Best Seen:  10/15 - 2/15
Declination:        19o10'18"           Magnitude:  3.9
Constellation:  Aries               Apparent Separation:


    Actual  Compared to

Distance    160 l.y.    --
Separation  36 billion miles    385 Earth/Sun
Actual Brightness   --  50 (Sun)
Magnitude:  4.78 / 4.83 --
Spectral Type   --  --

WHAT TO LOOK FOR THROUGH THE TELESCOPE:

1.Recommended eyepiece: 24mm or 40mm

2.When people look through the telescope they should see two stars next to each other. In this case the two stars should be about the same brightness.

STARS, STARS, AND MORE STARS INFORMATION:

1.A double star is simply two stars that revolve around each other much like the Earth orbits the sun.

2.Over half of the stars in the sky are double or multiple star systems. They can't be seen as individual stars because they are too far away and too close together. A good analogy is the headlights of a distant car.

3.At least one multiple star system has as many as 9 components.

4.Note that the sun is just an ordinary star.

GAMMA ARIES INFORMATION:

1.The stars have not shown a change in position angle in 300 years.