23 june 2020

This turned out to be a very short night, just a half hour observing.  Seeing was no good, and some ocean haze.  Plus I was still very tired from the prior night's outing to Pinnacles.  So I closed up early and went to bed.

STF 2130 AB: 203; 205x: Mu Dra "Arrakis" (which was the name of the planet in the book Dune, but means "Dancer" in Arabic).  Light yellow-orange stars, well split, equal. 812 year period.

17H 05M 20.20S +54° 28' 14.3" P.A. 359.3 SEP 2.58 MAG 5.66,5.69 SP F7V DIST. 27.43 PC (89.48 L.Y.)

ES 776 AB: 203; 205x: Slightly orange-red A and faint wide B.  Missed BC which is 11.8 and 2.2"

17H 18M 31.17S +53° 45' 56.0" P.A. 152 SEP 29.5 MAG 9.11,11.61 SP K0

KR 46 AB: 203; 205x: Finely split pair, ~2", one delta mag, white stars, nice looking pair

17H 19M 31.84S +58° 31' 45.2" P.A. 65 SEP 1.7 MAG 9.34,9.60 SP F2 DIST. 205.76 PC (671.19 L.Y.)

ES 2657 BC: 203; 205x: B is bluish color, with a close equal mag companion C, well split, >10".  A is orange-yellow wide to this pair.

17H 22M 05.43S +56° 37' 39.5" P.A. 74 SEP 11.7 MAG 11.20,11.50 DIST. 271.74 PC (886.42 L.Y.)

STF 2180 AB: 203; 205x: Near equal white stars ~3"

17H 28M 58.17S +50° 52' 13.0" P.A. 260 SEP 3 MAG 7.79,8.06 SP A7IV DIST. 110.99 PC (362.05 L.Y.)

STF 2199 AB: 203; 205x: Light yellow stars, ~2" and ~1 delta mag.  1298 year period.

17H 38M 38.32S +55° 45' 34.9" P.A. 51.8 SEP 1.94 MAG 8.03,8.60 SP F8V DIST. 121.21 PC (395.39 L.Y.)

STF 2218 AB: 203; 205x: ~2 delta, split but quite close, with seeing.  White A & yellow-white B. 2130 year period

17H 40M 18.07S +63° 40' 31.4" P.A. 307.9 SEP 1.42 MAG 7.08,8.37 SP F8V DIST. 68.49 PC (223.41 L.Y.)

ES 1910 AB: 203; 205x: Near equal, well split, white

17H 42M 24.53S +65° 00' 59.0" P.A. 56 SEP 5.1 MAG 9.93,10.04 SP K2+K2

STF 2142 AB: 203; 205x: White star and ~3 detla mag, well separated, a little reddish color

17H 11M 40.26S +49° 44' 46.7" P.A. 110 SEP 4.9 MAG 6.18,9.35 SP A5III DIST. 94.88 PC (309.5 L.Y.)