Monday, October 15, 2018

from the 12th

Catching up on some logs.  This is from the night of the 12th, with Big Blue, seeing started a mediocre 6/10 but improved; transparency good 4/5.  Started at 277x but that really doesn't show the doubles easily, so went up to 553x right away.

BU 63: Wide and faint B, easy at 277x.  A seemed to be a tight pair, so went to 553x; sees to have some hardening in the diffraction but no split.  [Not seen.  Indeed a close pair but obviously seeing not good enough to resolve it.]
20H 30M 17.95S +10° 53' 45.3" P.A. 347 SEP 0.9 MAG 6.20,8.02 SP BE+B

STTA 213: Very wide split, orange-yellow A, white B, 1 delta mag.  553x, starting to show disks.
20H 59M 50.85S +16° 49' 27.6" P.A. 36 SEP 70.9 MAG 6.66,9.22 SP F4III

BU 681: Orange star with a very small and faint point, 0.8", condensed to a hard point in the diffraction.  Tough! [I think the magnitude difference made it seem closer & more difficult than it really was.]
21H 13M 16.58S +16° 55' 08.4" P.A. 243 SEP 2.8 MAG 7.48,10.92 SP K3III

Cou 430: For a Cou this is kind of easy.  Faint star well separated from A. [Saw ARY 70, 7.74/9.96 62.5".  Cou is much tougher 0.6"  Sorry I doubted you Jean!]
21H 25M 09.48S +18° 27' 45.4" P.A. 234 SEP 0.6 MAG 7.95,9.41 SP A0

STFB 11 = 1 Peg: Easy yellow-orange & wide separated B.  [AB seen; AC is 12th mag.; AD 5.4 delta mag and 5.3" should be doable in the 20-inch]
21H 25M 09.48S +18° 27' 45.4" P.A. 234 SEP 0.6 MAG 7.95,9.41 SP A0

STF 2724: Fine, near equal, 2"
20H 44M 28.01S +23° 56' 00.2" P.A. 150 SEP 2.6 MAG 8.97,9.00 SP G0

BU 66: ! Exceedingly fine, elongated haze resolved to a clean split, half delta mag, with seeing.  1"  Nice!
20H 48M 06.26S +27° 27' 25.3" P.A. 169 SEP 1.1 MAG 8.76,9.28 SP F0

BU 69: I sense overlapping disks at 553x, but unsure.  [Very good!  likely seen!]
21H 02M 36.08S +21° 41' 28.2" P.A. 7.5 SEP 0.36 MAG 8.35,9.80 SP F0 DIST. 73.64 PC (240.21 L.Y.)

Cou 129: I felt B flash momentarily with seeing, but not certain.  Very tough one.
21H 05M 32.01S +24° 33' 51.1" P.A. 75 SEP 0.7 MAG 8.80,11.80 SP F8

STF 2761: Well split, 1 delta mag; surprisingly faint B -- transparency failing?
21H 07M 29.36S +24° 28' 29.5" P.A. 112 SEP 5.6 MAG 9.29,9.76 SP A2

STT 430: Not seen. [B not really faint but too close to A to stand out, I think]
21H 11M 59.52S +24° 10' 05.3" P.A. 193 SEP 1.4 MAG 8.27,10.34 SP F9V

BU 447: Likely a multiple system.  I see two nearby faint stars, one on either side, one averted vision the other direct. [Six stars many of which are faint]
21H 24M 07.42S +25° 18' 44.6" P.A. 309 SEP 9.4 MAG 6.20,12.20 SP A2V

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