I tried again last night for more close doubles in Aquila in the 12.5-inch. These were not plotted in CDSA, being either too close or having too wide a magnitude difference between the pairs. Seeing was perhaps Pickering 6-7, not really good. I found some and missed some:
BU 265: Yes! After quite a while of staring and focussing. Very faint but resolved B at outer diffraction ring when seeing stills. Yellow A, bluish B. [7.37, 9.24; 1.4"; 1698 ly].
STF 2408: A star resolves but is hazy. There is an airy disk flashing out in the middle of the haze where B is. [8.47, 9.38; 2.3"]. I wonder if the haze is due to its faintness, poor seeing, or if there is nebulosity in the area?
D 20: Didn't see AB pair (which is 9.58 1.3") despite the tight airy disk of A; but I do see faint star much further out which should be the C pair [AC 7.22, 10.51; 24.6"]. Very near to a pretty orange carbon star.
I tried another few (KUI 91, HU 72, BU 976) but could not make any of the pairs. There was a thin fog blowing in from the ocean which interfered with seeing fainter stars. The moon was getting too low to observe well so I packed it in early at 10:15pm
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