Jerry, formerly a third-generation roofing contractor, obtained his BS and MS degrees in physics at UOP, and taught at UOP for a year. He is hoping to work eventually at Solar 2, a gamma ray observatory complex of 2000 mirrors, located in the desert near Barstow in Southern California. In addition to his interest in astronomy, Jerry has been president of the Sundance Running Club for the last six years. Welcome to the Exec. In recent years, double and multiple stars seem to have taken a back seat to fuzzy blobs, so I thought it would be nice to revisit this topic.
Most people think that all stars are white.
Amateur astronomers know there is a great deal of color variation. I will give examples of some beautiful color combinations. I hope to have some nice easy examples for people to look for, such as Alcor and Mizar in the handle of the Big Dipper, Albireo in Cygnus, or even Polaris. Familiarity with some of the better known double stars may also help newer amateurs with constellation recognition. Dennis LeClert, Program Director.