To my disappointment seeing was not very good last night. Even with the 8" mask the images would not support anything above 205x. I avoided roof tops and observed on either side of the waxing moon (which was throwing off a strong glow due to also poor transparency), picking easier targets to observe. Still satisfying and productive over two hours. I have to add, I really love the winter Milky Way: plenty of fine stars in the fields I was observing in, and in the finder, to keep me enchanted. It was pretty cold out, but less dewy than the night before. I happened to see a mouse running along the top of the fence at one point, likely headed toward the bird feeder. Fortunately none have made it into the shed, yet. Weather will be mixed the rest of this week, so I'm not sure when I'll get out again.
HLD 7 AB; 8" 533x; Yellow A and bluish b, just split the faint B, in a swimming mess due to poor seeing.
02h 25m 25.96s +58° 12' 09.3" P.A. 182 sep 1.7 mag 7.98,9.86 Sp A3V dist. 150.38 pc (490.54 l.y.)
STF 158 AB; 8" 205x: Nice split, pretty wide considering low magnification. Orange-yellow stars about half delta mag.
01h 46m 44.07s +33° 09' 45.5" P.A. 272 sep 2.2 mag 8.96,9.40 Sp F8 dist. 104.06 pc (339.44 l.y.)
BU 1016 AB; 8" 205x: Suspect elongation, seeing not supporting higher magnification
01h 49m 46.70s +33° 03' 57.9" P.A. 43 sep 0.7 mag 9.94,10.13 Sp A0
HJ 645 AB; 8" 205x: The A star is a yellow-orange and B is wide and faint but a nice little point, seen with direct vision but just at the edge of where averted would be needed.
01h 52m 36.06s +31° 27' 22.8" P.A. 106 sep 7.7 mag 8.90,10.70 Sp K0
A 1920 AB, 8" 205x: ! Nice clean split, very pretty white stars, seems a bit more than half delta mag.
01h 57m 52.62s +33° 10' 19.6" P.A. 236 sep 1.8 mag 9.47,10.05 Sp K0
AG 28 AB; 8" 205x: Fine pair, well split, one delta mag white-blue stars
01h 58m 25.93s +31° 55' 42.7" P.A. 175 sep 3.2 mag 9.85,10.81
STF 201 AB; 8" 205x: ! Epsilon Tri. Very nice! Bright A star is a white blaze, and outside of its glow is very small point of the B star, very fine. Very nice indeed
02h 02m 57.97s +33° 17' 02.9" P.A. 119 sep 4.2 mag 5.52,11.40 Sp A2V dist. 120.05 pc (391.6 l.y.)
STF 219 AB; 8" 205x: Pretty white, bright A star and wide B, three delta mag
02h 10m 16.10s +33° 21' 55.2" P.A. 186 sep 11.7 mag 8.03,8.89 Sp A0 dist. 160.26 pc (522.77 l.y.)
COU 1068 AB; 20" 333x: Seeing isn't what it needs to be. Suspected elongation at 205x, 333x elongated it more but did not split, the star images are too hairy.
02h 10m 18.35s +35° 10' 24.1" P.A. 246 sep 1.1 mag 10.65,11.15
STF 227 AB; 8" 205x: 6 Tri. Yellow A, white b, pretty. Wide, about two delta mag.
02h 12m 22.28s +30° 18' 11.1" P.A. 69 sep 3.7 mag 5.26,6.67 Sp G0III dist. 89.13 pc (290.74 l.y.)
STF 229 AB: 8" 205x: Bluish stars, B is a bit faint but wide and clear.
02h 13m 58.92s +34° 30' 50.8" P.A. 356 sep 2.5 mag 9.21,10.29 Sp Am dist. 181.49 pc (592.02 l.y.)
STF 232 AB: 8" 205x: Pretty white stars, only a slight delta mag, well split.
02h 14m 42.16s +30° 23' 41.2" P.A. 66 sep 6.5 mag 7.82,7.90 Sp A0V dist. 274.73 pc (896.17 l.y.)
STF 239 AB; 8" 205x: Wide, white, one delta mag.
02h 17m 25.29s +28° 44' 42.1" P.A. 212 sep 13.6 mag 7.09,7.83 Sp F7V+F9V dist. 34.52 pc (112.6 l.y.)
J 2016 AB; 8" 205x: Xi Ori. There are a few faint stars around the bright white A star, but certainly the closest is the B. Surprised I can see it given A's glare. [5 star system all faint & wide]
06h 11m 56.40s +14° 12' 31.6" P.A. 187 sep 37.8 mag 4.41,13.00 Sp B3IV dist. 186.22 pc (607.45 l.y.)
STT 126 AB; 8" 205x: Wide, three delta mag, yellow-white A and faint white B star
05h 59m 24.50s +17° 48' 53.1" P.A. 61 sep 10.7 mag 8.00,10.69 Sp F5 dist. 87.18 pc (284.38 l.y.)
STT 125 AB; 8" 205x: ! Yes, I have the split! White stars, a half delta mag, close but very clean separation. Nice.
05h 59m 42.46s +22° 28' 15.0" sep 1.4 mag 7.89,8.89 Sp A0
STF 835 AB: 8" 205x: HDS 824. Fine pair, yellow-orange A and white-yellow B, two delta mag.
06h 03m 48.13s +18° 15' 53.3" P.A. 149 sep 2.3 mag 8.15,9.25 Sp B8 dist. 869.57 pc (2836.54 l.y.)
J 310 AB; 8" 205x: Beautiful matched orange pair, nicely split, very delicate. [surprisingly not a physical pair]
06h 03m 54.49s +10° 14' 50.9" P.A. 319 sep 2.4 mag 9.83,10.03
J 335 AB: 8" 205x: White A, B resolves with seeing, hairline split and two delta mag. Tough at this aperture.
06h 04m 08.29s +11° 00' 57.0" P.A. 274.1 sep 1.19 mag 8.45,9.49 Sp F8
HO 228 AB: 8" 205x: Very fine indeed. A white and bright in comparison to B which is in A's glow but faint, resolved, ~2" and two delta mag.
06h 06m 00.88s +12° 28' 45.6" P.A. 267 sep 2.4 mag 7.74,10.17 Sp B9.5V dist. 327.87 pc (1069.51 l.y.)
STF 840 A-BC: 8" 205x: White A and slightly blue B, wide, two delta mag. [Did not see BC, 0.4" near equal]
06h 06m 28.04s +10° 45' 01.0" P.A. 248 sep 21.4 mag 7.17,8.95 Sp A0V+F0 dist. 225.73 pc (736.33 l.y.)
STF 851 AB: 8" 205x: Fine white nearly matched pair of white stars, very nice.
06h 08m 04.43s +03° 17' 23.7" P.A. 33 sep 2.6 mag 8.88,9.47 Sp A0
STF 854 AB: 8" 205x: White stars, one delta mag, wide. In a pretty winter Milky Way field.
06h 08m 32.08s +05° 48' 01.2" P.A. 321 sep 5.7 mag 8.81,9.78 Sp A2
STF 848 AB: 8" 205x: The "37" cluster. This pair is the star at the tip of the upper part of the three where it turns down to the center. Fine white pair, close but nicely split, two delta mag, busy field.
06h 08m 30.36s +13° 58' 15.8" P.A. 110 sep 2.6 mag 7.28,8.15 Sp B1V+B2V dist. 300.3 pc (979.58 l.y.)
STF 849 AB: 8" 205x: Snow man at this aperture and mag, near equal.
06h 08m 44.48s +17° 24' 07.0" P.A. 241 sep 0.9 mag 9.18,9.48 Sp G0
HO 22 AB: 8" 205x; Very fine hairline split, near equal. Nice!
06h 13m 27.53s +10° 14' 52.4" P.A. 209 sep 1 mag 8.50,8.64 Sp A2 dist. 146.84 pc (478.99 l.y.)
STF 877 AB: 8" 205x: Near equal white, wide
06h 14m 42.67s +14° 35' 10.8" P.A. 263 sep 5.7 mag 7.55,7.96 Sp B9.5V dist. 150.83 pc (492.01 l.y.)
STF 880 AB: 8" 205x: Nice near equal orange-white, well split.
06h 15m 29.13s +10° 34' 42.4" P.A. 55 sep 5.6 mag 8.40,8.71 Sp G5
A 2446 AB: 8" 205x: Can just keep faint B star with direct vision. It's quite faint, well away from A.
06h 15m 29.11s +19° 31' 22.1" P.A. 103 sep 2.9 mag 9.03,11.50 Sp A7V
STF 898 AB: 8" 205x: Equal pair, wide, may be part of triple, in nebulosity? [Is part of a triple, WAL 44 is AC, 9.00/11.28 26.5"]
06h 21m 57.42s +10° 58' 16.5" P.A. 122 sep 6.2 mag 9.00,9.61 Sp B8
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