Targets

Potential good targets :

R Com

Visibility perfect in Feb, Mar, Apr, May (early night). Still ok in june (zenith before beginning of night)

V 7.10 R 12.55 G 8.84 J 3.49 H 2.62 K 2.19

R Vir

Visibility perfect in Feb, Mar, Apr, May (early night). Still ok in june (zenith before beginning of night)

Peak brightness at ~ 2023/12/12 2024/05/01, 2025/02/18, 2025/07/15

V 7.48 R 5.62 G 7.234438 I 3.91 J 3.13 H 2.44 K 1.99

Problematic targets

R Cas (too bright)

Max magnitude visual 4.7 Peak brightness at ~ 2024/05/01, 2025/06/28 ... expecting late aug 2026?

Magnitudes in simbad show V 4.80 and J -0.40 H -1.40 K -1.92m that probably fries SPIRou

T Cep (too bright)

U Her (too bright)

V 6.70 G 6.914671 J 0.858 H -0.233 K -0.634

Chi Cyg (too bright)

SPIRou ETC https://etc.cfht.hawaii.edu/spi/