La Superba

Hi all

Last night I observed La Superba, Y Canum Venaticorum, a wonderful carbon star.  I was of the belief that carbon stars were red, but La Superba appeared orange to my eye.  I know that colour is subjective to the viewer, I see one colour, someone else sees another, but as anyone else observed this star and noted the colour?  The scope was a 120mm f/5 refractor.

Paul

La Superba is rich orange to me too, Paul.
It's definitely one of the very finest carbon stars in the entire sky.

Clear skies,

Aubrey.

Hi Paul,

I had not heard of this star until your post. While I've not observed it I'll be in and around that region tonight, so I'll take a look at it, assuming I can find it

Clear skies, 

Darren.