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Dear Ann I am pleased that you know these pairs of coloured stars and the carbon star W Orionis too. Not far from 30 Cygni there is also U Cygni often impressive for its ruby colour. Over 10 years ago I selected most of the most colourful stars in the sky visible with a 30cm telescope. There are ab...

Yes, exactly. Unfortunately, the published description is shorter than the one I suggested. I chose the word Ghirigori because as well as being the first thing that these colourful lines remember, the term can well suggest the lightness of their visual contemplation and the playful aspect of their s...

Dear Tunç Tezel

Nice to meet you
You are right. In the legend I put twice the scribble of V Crb by mistake. The scribble of V Oph is the third from left in the top as you mention.

Thank you for pointing it out to me

Dear Ann I am pleased that you know these pairs of coloured stars and the carbon star W Orionis too. Not far from 30 Cygni there is also U Cygni often impressive for its ruby colour. Over 10 years ago I selected most of the most colourful stars in the sky visible with a 30cm telescope. There are abo...

Dear Ann, thank you :) The stars I have selected for the Ghirigori are those that show the highest colour contrast in visual observation. That is why they are often doubles or tris of perspective stars. I have not selected stars solely on the basis of the B-V index also because bright stars, particu...