Mizar and Alcor
Mizar and Alcor are a pair of stars located in the handle of the Big Dipper, an asterism in the constellation Ursa Major.
Mizar and Alcor are the ideal targets for stargazers. They are the second star from the end of the Dipper's handle. Although they appear as a single bright star to the naked eye, with good eyesight you may be able to resolve them into two separate stars. Use a small telescope or a pair of binoculars to do so. Historically, Mizar and Alcor have been used as a test of good vision though.
Mizar, is actually a quadruple star system, and Alcor, is a binary, making this a sextuple star system in total, about 83 light-years from us.
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Equipment: Nikon D5 DSLR, Nikkor 70-200 2.8E FL zoom lens at 200mm and f/5.6, 8s at ISO 12800, Avalon Linear mount.
