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Half-hours with the Telescope

CHAPTER V
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The distance between the components is about 5-1/2", their magnitudes 5 and 6, their colours white and pale blue.
The star [psi] Cygni may next be looked for, but for this a good map of Cygnus will be wanted, as [psi] is not pointed to by any well-marked stars.

A line from [alpha], parallel to the line joining [gamma] and [delta], and about one-third longer than that line, would about mark the position of [psi] Cygni.

The distance between the components of this double is about 3-1/2", their magnitudes 5-1/2 and 8, their colours white and lilac.
Lastly, the observer may turn to the stars [gamma]_{1} and [gamma]_{2} Draconis towards the north-west about 40 deg.

above the horizon (they are included in the second map of Plate 2).

They form a wide double, having equal (fifth-magnitude) components, both grey.


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