Made My Acquaintance with 61 Cygni.
by Eagleseye on , under Astronomy
After my success with Barnard’s Star (See Below), I decided to have a pop at 61 Cygni.
This is the only naked eye star, (or should I say Stars, as it’s a double) with a large proper motion.
This property was first discovered in 1804 by Giuseppi Piazzi, calling it his “Flying Star”.
The CCD image below was taken with an 8″ Newtonian.

The two stars are of magnitude 5 & 6 and are passing either side of a much fainter 11th magnitude star at the moment, but this is hidden in the glare of my image.
I will back up this image in a year or two to see how much these two stars have shifted.
Dave