The night of the 18th had quite good seeing, which I hope I exploited well. Using Big Blue and starting with binoviewers, at 310x (I likely could have gone higher), I saw five of the craterlets on the floor of Plato right off (A, B, C, and D) and with a little effort e, which is near a mass of slumped rock. Crater W was also visible within the bowed in rubble fall. Really exciting. Of course I spent time going over other detail in the area, but this was a highlight.
Later I switched to 553x and went after some doubles, though the marine haze interfered:
BU 167: Four delta mag, <2" very faint point holds steady with seeing, just beyond first diffraction. Yellow-orange A, blue B.
21H 36M 13.98S +30° 03' 19.5" P.A. 88 SEP 1.7 MAG 6.37,9.95 SP G8III
AD Cyg: Very faint, hints of colors in finder, deep orange in the scope. Nice!
Ho 603: Orange and very wide separation B, bluish. [AB seen; BC is 11th mag 3.6" and should be doable in the 20-inch]
21H 32M 04.61S +34° 12' 06.1" P.A. 251 SEP 80.5 MAG 7.53,9.82 SP F0
BU 692: Tried pretty hard at 553x, 887x, but no sign of 11th mag. B. Disk at 887x, seeing is so good! Orange star. [5 stars in system]
21H 50M 05.37S +31° 50' 52.4" P.A. 10 SEP 2.9 MAG 7.47,11.03 SP K0
STF 2822: Yellow and light orange pair, ~1", 1 delta mag. Very pretty, subtle colors. [7 stars in system, many faint and wide.]
21H 44M 08.57S +28° 44' 33.4" P.A. 324.2 SEP 1.5 MAG 4.75,6.18 SP F6V+G2V DIST. 22.24 PC (72.55 L.Y.)
TW Peg: Deep orange star--orange in finder too.
Ho 178: Another 11th mag -- can't see it for the haze & moon's scattering light.
22H 11M 28.36S +32° 05' 09.9" P.A. 223 SEP 3.4 MAG 7.40,11.16 SP F0
STF 2881: Light orange stars, ~1 delta mag, 2-3".
22H 14M 34.67S +29° 34' 20.6" P.A. 76 SEP 1.3 MAG 7.65,8.24 SP F6III
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