Andrew Cooper
Nov 5, 2021    Kaʻohe, Mauna Kea, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

White, brightest in a 2' trio with a 7.3 magnitude star 2' southeast and a 9.9 magnitude star 1' south, χ2 For visible 24' northeast with NGC 1336 visible halfway betwixt and a little north, the three Chi's make for a pretty field

Andrew Cooper
Oct 23, 2020    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 136x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 6 Moon: 25%

White, the 10th magnitude companion 1' southwest is listed as a companion, a 7th magnitude star 2' south, χ2 For is 25' northeast and χ3 For is 28' east

The GAIA DR2 data shows that the 10th magnitide companion CD-36 1289 is probably physically related sharing both proper motion and parallax with χ3 For, this pair is not listed in WDS in SIMBAD

The 7.3 magnitude HD 21434 107" south also shares similar parallax and proper motion in the Gaia DR2 data

These are all members of the very large and very close χ1For Cluster

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