A Red Necked Emu

The STAR (Small Telescope Asterism Roster) list was started by Philip S. Harrington and published in his books “Touring The Universe Through Binoculars” and “The Deep Sky – An Introduction”. The catalogue counts 28 asterisms of different size and interest. Some are easy to recognize, others need a lot of imagination.
STAR 26 is a really nice asterism in Cygnus. His brightest star (at the tail) is 29 Cygni. Can you see the red necked emu? When you visit this asterism you will see more stars in the EP… I didn’t sketch any surrounding stars. And because honesty is the best policy, I copied the figure from internet.

More information about STAR: http://www.ssoastro.org/STAR_List.htm

Clear skies
Jef De Wit

Object Name: STAR 26
Object Type: asterism
Location: Hove, Belgium (51°°09’ N 4°28’ E)
Date and time: 26 June 2011 around 23.00 UT
Equipment: Orion Optics UK 12” Dobson
Eyepieces: 35mm Celestron Ultima (FOV +/- 75’ and magnification 34x)
SQM: 19.1
Medium: graphite pencil HB/n°2, fineliner, scanned and inverted, process with Paint