My favorite star is Tarazed in Aquila, the Eagle.

So far in my star gazing, I’ve looked at Deneb, Vega, Sadir, Altair, Alshain, Arcturus, and Tarazed plus a lot of others whose names I don’t know yet. I’ve looked at M13 and M31 too, one is a galaxy (Andromeda), and the other a globular cluster in Hercules. I am just getting back into astronomy after a long absence so I am looking at the sky with 15 x 70 Celestron binoculars. They are of course, too shaky to see anything properly yet, but I am picking up a Sky Window early next week and this should allow me to view things a whole lot better.

Anyway, by far the most beautiful object I’ve observed to date is Tarazed at RA 19h 46m and DEC +10.36 degrees. At a magnitude of 2.8 it is a K3 class brilliant orange or reddish star only 100,000,000 years old and already fusing helium onto carbon in it’s core. The color is very pretty and superb. Apparently it is 460 LY away and large enough to fill two thirds of the sky from the horizon to the zenith, or about 60 degrees of the sky. if it were in place of our own sun.

For those of you who want to know where to look it is just above the star Altair. I am looking forward to the viewing stability I will get with my new Sky Window. The Sky Window is a first surface mirror and binocular mounting device that allows a rock solid view of the sky in a way similar to using a microscope. No neck strain, and very steady so you can observe in comfort for hours if you want.