David Knisely wrote in message . ..
gswork posted:

It's a fascinating universe out there, so now to something closer to
home - what's the best dwarf class star to view in the northern
hemisphere if you have a modest scope?

How about the nice double Eta Cassiopeiae? It has a primary very similar to
our sun (spectral class G0V, magnitde 3.4) and a red-dwarf companion
(magnitude 7.5, spectral class dM0) only about 12 arc seconds away. The color
contrast is quite striking in a ten inch with the primary looking off-white
and the companion a very dim reddish-orange. Clear skies to you.

That sounds like a good target, but i think i'd struggle in my short
tube 80mm refractor to get anything like you describe.

seeing a contrast between two close stars would bring home the very
real differences out there though.