Constellation: Cepheus
Right Ascension: 22h 33m 34.636s
Declination: +58° 53′ 47.12″
Distance: 15,000 ly
Apparent Magnitude: 10.82 - 11.35
B-V Color Index: 3.18
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V354 Cephei is a red cool super giant variable star located in Cepheus. An irregular type variable, it has no discernible pattern.

 

Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
Constellation: Cygnus
Right Ascension: 19h 30m 43.286s
Declination: +27° 57′ 34.84″
Distance: 430 ly
Apparent Magnitude: 3.21, 5.11
B-V Color Index: 1.13, -0.10
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Beta Cygni or better known by the name Albireo is one of the more striking double stars, with the combination of a yellow star with a blue star. Although not thought to be a true binary system, but merely an optical double.

Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
Constellation: Delphinus
Right Ascension: 20h 46m 38.86045s
Declination: +16° 07′ 26.8516″
Distance: 115 ly
Apparent Magnitude: y1 5.14, y2 4.36
B-V Color Index: y1 0.49, y2 1.04
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Gamma Delphini is a double star system consisting of a F type main sequence star, y1 Delphini, and a sub giant star y2 Delphini. Their current separation is around 8.9 arc-seconds with an estimated orbital period of 3,249 years.

Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
Constellation: Hercules
Right Ascension: 18h 01m 30s
Declination: +21° 35’ 44”
Distance: 470 ly
Apparent Magnitude: 4.96, 5.18
B-V Color Index: 0.12
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95 Herculis is a double star consisting of two giant stars separated by only 6.3 arc seconds with the primary star at magnitude 4.96, and the secondary star at 5.18.

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Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
Constellation: Cepheus
Right Ascension: 22h 03m 47.455s
Declination: +64° 37′ 40.71″
Distance: 86 ly
Apparent Magnitude: 4.29, 13
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Xi Cephei is a triple star system with a pair of stars separated by 8 arc-seconds, and a third star located a more distant two arc-minutes away. Both Xi Cephei A and xi Cephei B stars are spectroscopic binary star systems.

Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
Constellation: Cepheus
Right Ascension: 21h 56m 39.14385s
Declination: +63° 37′ 32.0174″
Distance: 4,900 ly
Apparent Magnitude: 4.8 - 5.36
B-V Color Index: 1.82, 0.36
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VV Cephei is another one of the red super giant stars located in our galaxy. It is also an eclipsing binary star system with a much smaller companion star that is close enough to draw off some of outer layers of the primary star. The orbital period of the pair is around 20 years. The interaction of the secondary star pulling off the outer layers makes for some interesting spectroscopic variations as the stars eclipse one another.

Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
Camera: ZWO 2600 MM