"Stephen Paul" wrote in message ...
"PrisNo6" wrote in message
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Speaking of carbon stars, I was poking around in the area of the Rosette
Nebula (could have been way off too) when I stumbled across a _very_ red
star. Any guesses, that I might be able to go back and look for it again?

Stephen -

I don't know this one, but that is a pretty vague set of coordinates
you gave. - The following is list of potentials I pulled off Simbad.
Maybe V668 Mon?

Rosette Neb 06 31 40 +04 57.8

M class with reddened B-V within 2 degrees of Rosette Nebula, by
ascending distances from Ros Neb
HD 47452 | *| 06 38 50.92 +05 11 27.7 | 9.24 B V 7.67 | M...
HD 45639 | *| 06 28 52.34 +06 45 47.5 | 10.47 9.01 | M...

Carbon stars within 5 degrees of Rosette Nebula, by ascending
distances from Ros Neb
Kiso C6- 44 | V* | 06 25 19 +06 08.2 | | C
Spec Class
V* V688 Mon | Mi*| 06 36 54.29 +03 25 28.2 | 11.2 B V 9.19 | C
C* 550 | V*| 06 39 27.5 +05 43 16 | : 12.3 | C
C* 503 | V*| 06 23 47.8 +08 29 48 | : 10.4 | C
C* 571 | C*| 06 44 18.7 +01 55 03 | : 13.2 | C
C* 589 | C*| 06 49 45.5 +02 58 13 | 13.8 | C
V* CG Mon | Mi*| 06 51 27.6 +05 13 24 | 11.20 :V4 | C

The Simbad object type decoder list (second column of table) is at:
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/guide/chF.htx

Regards - Kurt