12:06 am Sunday, April 26, 2015:
Viewing the night skies, directly North appeared a Bright Orange Star. The star seemed amazingly close and bright. To get better identification of the Star, I used the astronomy application, Star Walk. I could not ascertain the identity of the star.
Thus, I grabbed my binoculars to at least determine if the object was indeed a star, and not a flying object. After about five minutes, I determined that the object was indeed a star or astrological body. It appeared like the typical partially eclipsed
Star.
This was when at approximately 12:11, a second, green star, appeared, in it seems, a binary orbit of the first bright orange star or of our own solar system. The two twin stars appeared in orbit, one orange and the second, green. For about five minutes, I watched in pure amazement, thinking: one, this is beautiful, and second, no one is going to believe me. Third, I thought, at least they aren't Aliens! So I watched.
Then, the green star, fell out of celestial view, directly North, and the original, bright orange star followed suit.
In second use of the Star Walk application, I was able to identify the stars as unnamed H-7series locations, possibly Kepler planets.
I would like to name the Two Twin Stars, the Apex Twins, Miriam and Fonyama.
Update:
After further research, this star system as presumed, has been already named as the Alpha Piscium Constellation. Thus, it is assuring that though a novice astronomer, my sightings have been previously recorded and documented.
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