doubles in aries

Last night was a cold but excellent night for observing doubles.  Temperatures were in the 30s but the seeing was Pickering 8 to 9.  There were moments when it was perfect: a steady star disk with no diffraction whatsoever.  I spent time in Aries splitting doubles.  I wish I stayed out longer.  Maybe tonight, when it is to be similar conditions.  All at 553x:

Gamma Aries / STF 180: Nice near equal magnitude pair, white, ~4".  [AB 4.52, 4.58, 7.1".  This is actually a quintuple, with AC, BC, and CD pairings.  CD is a Burnham discovery, 1.6" separation and nearly 5 detla mag.  I will need to look for them tonight, widely separated to the east, 8th magnitude to start.

STF 174: Pretty orange and blue pair, ~2 delta mag, ~2".  [6.33, 7.21; 2.8"]

HVI12 / STT 21: Perhaps 4 stars?  Bright and widely separated B to north; two other stars in field.  [can't find the correct record in Stelle Doppie.  I do find STT 21 but it's in Andromeda and is 1.3".  Will need another look.

STF 194: Fairly faint 1.5" near equal magnitude, maybe 1/2 delta mag.  Slightly orange, pretty.  [7.62, 9.46; 1.2"]

STF 208: ~2 delta mag, ~1" very nice.  ~1 disk split.  Nice!  [AB 5.82, 7.85; 1.5".  There's an AB,C pair 95" 13.50]

HVI 69 / 14 Ari: Could be triple.  Bright with some other stars in field. [AB and AC pairs, ~8th mag and widely separated]

STF 271: Yellow white with very faint bluish be, 3 delta mag to south, wide separation.  [AB 5.93, 9.94, 12.8" PA 184.  AC is 12.7, 114.8" so did not notice it]

EI 5: Near equal magnitude, wide separated, PA to WSW [not found on SD]

BU 306: ~4", ~4 delta mag, PA to north.  very faint blue but steady.  Great seeing!  [AB 6.4, 10.36; 3.0".  AC is 12th mag and 51"]

STF 389: Wide ~2 delta mag, PA to north.  [SD puts it in Cam? and it's not what I was looking at...]

41 Ari: Cool!  Bright with 2 faint stars to west and WSW.  2 more on edge of FOV.  ~4 delta mag of the first fainter two.  [7 stars in system.  The two I noted are AB and AC, 11.04 34", 10.66 28.5".  AF, AG, and AG are fainter than 16th magnitude!]

STF 300: Faint but very easy 3-4" separated pair.  Near equal magnitude.  Ought to be plotted in CDSA [7.89, 8.08; 3.1"]

BU 307: Faint B to WNW, wide separation, not terribly difficult.  [7.11, 11.6; 16" PA 317]

STT 46: Yellow with very faint orangish B, PA to NE, ~5-6".  Surprisingly difficult.  [6.78, 10.79; 4.5".  There's a AC, 12.7 mag, 13.8"]

STF 236: Orange yellow with deeper orange B.  3 delta mag, PA to SW 4" [SD says Perseus?  and not in CSDA index...]

STF 346: Bright yellow-white A, orange B.  ~4-5 delta mag, 5-6"  PA to N.  [Quintuple.  I saw AB,C 5.46, 10.8, 5.1".  AB is 0.5", so I wonder if I could have seen it if I tried... the other pairs are much fainter and wider.]

UX Cet: Orange star.  Is B the widely separated, ~2 delta mag to SE? [No records.]

STF 401: Near equal white ~7", nice, W-E.  Forms a double-double in wider FOV with STF 375.  [AB 6.58, 6.93; 11.4".  BC is 10.88 and off the scale wide...]

STF 375: 1.5" orange B, 3-4 delta mag.  Nice.  Almost easy to see B.  [7.62, 9.90; 2.7".  AC, AB,D are 14th mag and widely separated.]

61 Ari: Very wide to NE?  3 delta mag?  [Need to try this one again, it should be doable.  5.34, 8.09; 0.9"]

At this point I needed to reset my tracking platform, and I lost where I was -- I could not point the scope back.  Since the scope was pointed at Hyades, I observed there:

STF 545: Blush white, ~2 delta mag, PA to NE, wide separation.  [AB 6.92, 8.78; 18.6".  Also a 0.1" spectroscopic...]

Kui 17 / HVI 101: Very faint, very wide separated star to W?  [5 stars visible, the AB pairing being 4.26, 7.85; 1.8" and should be doable.  Seeing seems not to be so good to my south.  I should stick to the WSW for observing.]

STT 79: No pair seen.  A nice orange star. [0.5" might be doable, at least egg shape]

STT 82: Very close, 0.8" 1.5 delta mag, PA to N/NW.  Very nice surprise when the seeing stills.  [7.31, 8.63; 1.2"]

STT 10: No close split... could be the brighter, wide separated star.  Seeing is getting worse--could be because of neighbors' roofs in this direction? [no record in SD]

STF 554: 1" 2 delta mag, PA N.  Nice!  [5.7, 8.12; 1.5"]

Beta pm: Very wide separation to NW?