8 june 2020

It was finally clear last night, and without the blustery wind we've had the last several days. Transparency was hurt by low level marine haze, and seeing was only middling until midnight. I started out at 8-inch then moved up to 20-inch as permitted. I began at around 10:30pm and observed until almost 2am, when tiredness literally made me droop as I stood on the ladder. I added new inserts to my boots and it made a big difference in preventing leg and back fatigue. I noticed the highway noise was much quieter than before. Many striking pairs. Something which impressed me was I was able to split many pairs at a relatively low power than what I normally use -- I stayed low power much of the time due to seeing -- so it's a lesson that I should try more to use a wider range of eyepieces. Watched the moon rise near Saturn and Jupiter with binoculars before closing up.

STF 1777 AB: 203; 205x: 84 Vir Beautiful rusty yellow pair, ~3 delta mag, ~3"
13H 43M 03.71S +03° 32' 16.4" P.A. 227 SEP 2.7 MAG 5.55,8.31 SP K1III DIST. 73.1 PC (238.45 L.Y.)

STF 1781 AB: 203; 205x: HT Vir. Very fine split, close in magnitude though there is a noticeable difference, off white color. Nice pair.
13H 46M 06.75S +05° 06' 56.1" P.A. 197.8 SEP 1.02 MAG 7.89,8.10 SP F8V+F0 DIST. 46.38 PC (151.29 L.Y.)

HWE 29 AB: 203; 205x: Finest of splits, with seeing, noticeable mag difference. A faint well separated third flashing into view with averted vison well separated (AC, 9.93/12.31 16.4").
14H 03M 20.86S +05° 57' 28.0" P.A. 235 SEP 1.4 MAG 9.93,9.82 SP G0

STT 275 AB: 203; 205x: White star, with a significantly fainter B ~5"
14H 09M 11.21S +07° 23' 05.8" P.A. 354 SEP 5 MAG 7.30,10.09 SP G9III DIST. 180.51 PC (588.82 L.Y.)

STF 1805 AB: 203; 205x: Near equal white stars, wide. Not physical
14H 09M 57.24S +04° 00' 56.4" P.A. 34 SEP 4.9 MAG 8.96,9.19 SP F5 DIST. 201.61 PC (657.65 L.Y.)

A 1795 AB: 203; 205x: Very difficult B is just seen with foveal coaxing, tightly split, very much fainter.
14H 10M 55.63S +04° 24' 16.5" P.A. 186 SEP 1.4 MAG 8.57,11.45 SP F8 DIST. 71.43 PC (233 L.Y.)

STF 1813 AB: 203; 205x: Attractive near equal white stars, ~5"
14H 13M 24.23S +05° 24' 03.2" P.A. 193 SEP 4.8 MAG 8.45,8.63 SP A7IV DIST. 230.41 PC (751.6 L.Y.)

STF 1819 AB: 203; 205x: Very finely split white stars, about half delta mag.
14H 15M 19.38S +03° 07' 52.6" P.A. 159.3 SEP 0.88 MAG 7.73,7.92 SP G0V DIST. 40.57 PC (132.34 L.Y.)

STF 1824 AB: 203; 205x: Blue-white A and two delta mag, slightly red B, attractive, well split ~5"/ Surprisingly not physical.
14H 16M 20.29S +06° 04' 52.0" P.A. 280 SEP 5.5 MAG 7.89,10.11 SP A4III DIST. 165.84 PC (540.97 L.Y.)

STF 1842 AB: 203; 205x: Fine white near equal pair, ~3"
14H 26M 58.49S +03° 41' 15.8" P.A. 199 SEP 2.7 MAG 9.22,9.24 SP G0 DIST. 91.58 PC (298.73 L.Y.)

STF 1853 AB: 203; 205x: Pretty white pair, ~3", half delta mag
14H 30M 05.75S +06° 17' 12.5" P.A. 84 SEP 2.8 MAG 9.20,9.80 SP G0

AG 195 AB: 203; 205x: Fine split, ~2", ~1 delta mag, white stars. Nice pair
14H 31M 43.98S +01° 50' 19.2" P.A. 337 SEP 1.9 MAG 10.22,10.36 SP F5 DIST. 456.62 PC (1489.49 L.Y.)

A 1109 AB: 203; 333x: Nice well split, ~3" & ~3 delta mag pair, off-white A and light orange B.
14H 42M 47.60S +06° 35' 26.4" P.A. 89.4 SEP 1.75 MAG 7.44,9.44 SP F8V

STF 1883 AB: 203; 333x: Nice white near equal, good split
14H 48M 53.22S +05° 57' 15.9" P.A. 276.7 SEP 1.03 MAG 7.02,8.95 SP F6V DIST. 55.59 PC (181.33 L.Y.)

STF 1904 AB: 203: 205x: Very pretty clear & pure white stars, near equal, wide
15H 04M 06.44S +05° 29' 34.2" P.A. 348 SEP 10.1 MAG 7.19,7.37 SP F2IV+F0V DIST. 75.76 PC (247.13 L.Y.)

BAL 2867 AB: 203; 205x: Equal dull white, wide.
15H 05M 54.72S +03° 50' 00.7" P.A. 167 SEP 6 MAG 9.86,10.12 SP G0+G0

STF 1912 AB: 203; 205x: White, slight magnitude difference, wide.
15H 09M 03.33S +05° 12' 12.0" P.A. 153 SEP 7 MAG 9.01,9.73 SP F2

HU 745 AB: 203; 333x: Notched elongation, noticeable mag difference
15H 04M 29.41S +19° 50' 28.8" P.A. 21 SEP 0.6 MAG 7.94,9.58 SP K0 DIST. 223.21 PC (728.11 L.Y.)

HEI 378 AB: 203; 333x: B seen only at finest moments, extremely small faint point, ~1.5", very tough
15H 05M 22.60S +13° 38' 21.0" P.A. 352 SEP 1.6 MAG 9.64,10.76 SP F8 DIST. 101.32 PC (330.51 L.Y.)

STF 1907 AB: 203; 333x: Very finely split, near equal white stars.
15H 05M 33.49S +11° 37' 53.0" P.A. 348 SEP 0.9 MAG 9.13,9.13 SP G0 DIST. 118.34 PC (386.03 L.Y.)

STF 1910 AB: 203; 333x: Near equal white stars, wide.
15H 07M 32.95S +09° 13' 33.8" P.A. 212 SEP 3.9 MAG 7.35,7.54 SP G2V+G3V DIST. 31.56 PC (102.95 L.Y.)

STF 1911 AB: 203; 205x: ~1 delta mag, ~2" separated, sharp, faint pair.
15H 07M 40.77S +11° 58' 14.9" P.A. 292 SEP 2 MAG 10.04,10.41 SP F8 DIST. 265.96 PC (867.56 L.Y.)

STF 1917 AB: 203; 205x: Nice near equal, fairly wide ~2.5". Not physical
15H 12M 33.29S +15° 22' 33.6" P.A. 233 SEP 2.4 MAG 9.84,9.91 SP F8 DIST. 107.76 PC (351.51 L.Y.)

STF 1923 AB: 203; 205x: B about two delta mag, ~5" separated.
15H 13M 47.15S +14° 26' 54.3" P.A. 12 SEP 4.8 MAG 9.07,10.14 SP G0V DIST. 150.6 PC (491.26 L.Y.)

COU 65 AB: 203; 205x: B is significantly fainter, need averted vision to bright up. Wide ~4"
15H 14M 03.39S +18° 09' 26.3" P.A. 152 SEP 8.1 MAG 10.48,11.50

COU 104 AB: 203; 333x: Nearly 1 delta mag, wide ~5-6"
15H 20M 32.06S +22° 06' 08.7" P.A. 114 SEP 5.7 MAG 10.10,11.10 SP K2

COU 103 AB: 508; 333x: Very good split, a hair more than hairline, white, near equal
15H 20M 00.98S +23° 37' 42.1" P.A. 281 SEP 0.6 MAG 10.11,10.13 SP F8

HU 146 AB: 508; 333x: Lovely close split, white stars, slight magnitude difference
15H 20M 59.63S +21° 04' 06.3" P.A. 123.1 SEP 0.73 MAG 9.53,9.70 SP G0 DIST. 194.55 PC (634.62 L.Y.)

STF 1942 AB: 508; 333x: ~1 delta mag, wide white stars
15H 26M 03.11S +21° 27' 35.7" P.A. 92 SEP 9.6 MAG 9.49,10.68 SP G5 DIST. 584.8 PC (1907.62 L.Y.)

A 82 AB: 508; 333x: ! Wow, exceptionally fine pair, significant delta mag, ~1" separation, very nice pair
15H 27M 05.97S +23° 54' 55.3" P.A. 354 SEP 0.8 MAG 9.74,10.48 SP F8 DIST. 123.92 PC (404.23 L.Y.)

HU 150 AB: 508; 333x: White, wide, almost one delta mag. Not physical
15H 28M 45.75S +20° 37' 46.5" P.A. 26 SEP 4.5 MAG 10.41,10.96 SP K0

STF 1950 AB: 508; 205x: ~2 delta mag, light yellow-orange A and and greenish-yellow B, pretty wide
15H 29M 58.46S +25° 30' 31.1" P.A. 93 SEP 3.4 MAG 8.07,9.23 SP K4III DIST. 485.44 PC (1583.51 L.Y.)

BRT 2420 AB: 508; 205: Wide, slight magnitude difference.
15H 31M 33.89S +21° 11' 16.3" P.A. 311 SEP 11.7 MAG 10.84,11.50 SP K2

HU 577 AB: 508; 667x: ! Hairline split at best moments, near equal white stars.
15H 32M 48.18S +19° 44' 36.1" P.A. 26.6 SEP 0.34 MAG 8.91,8.94 SP F5 DIST. 88.03 PC (287.15 L.Y.)

AG 197 AB: 508; 205x: Noticeable magnitude difference, fairly wide ~3-4" white stars
15H 39M 47.76S +21° 16' 38.8" P.A. 127 SEP 3.2 MAG 10.10,10.20 SP K0

HU 579 AB: 508; 667x: ! Wow B appears and holds steady with foveal coaxing, vision and just inside first diffraction in best moments. Very nice.
15H 40M 23.68S +21° 22' 43.4" P.A. 138 SEP 0.7 MAG 9.02,9.37 SP K0 DIST. 1265.82 PC (4129.1 L.Y.)

COU 106 AB: 508; 667x: ! PS Ser. Notched strongly, slight magnitude difference at best moments. Suggestion of hairline split.
15H 43M 57.93S +22° 20' 23.0" P.A. 271 SEP 0.3 MAG 8.69,9.22 SP F8 DIST. 129.2 PC (421.45 L.Y.)

STF 1977 AB: 508; 205x: QX Ser. Wide pair, ~2 two delta mag, very light yellow.
15H 49M 32.92S +25° 27' 36.7" P.A. 356 SEP 13.9 MAG 8.76,10.95 SP G0IV DIST. 200.4 PC (653.7 L.Y.)

STF 1979 AB: 508; 205x: Off-white to yellowish stars, ~2 delta mag. Moon is rising now.
15H 50M 39.10S +22° 28' 35.2" P.A. 246 SEP 9.5 MAG 9.58,10.14 SP F5 DIST. 135.32 PC (441.41 L.Y.)

BU 811 AB: 508; 205x: ! Wow B is a very fine point, significant delta mag, ~4"
16H 05M 14.68S +22° 10' 55.3" P.A. 217 SEP 3.4 MAG 8.71,11.84 SP F8 DIST. 116.96 PC (381.52 L.Y.)

COU 107 AB: 508; 205x: ! Light orange stars, large delta mag, ~1". B appears only briefly at best moments as a faint point, tough need to wait a long time to have it reveal itself.
16H 16M 51.42S +19° 48' 05.3" P.A. 113 SEP 0.6 MAG 9.02,9.61 SP K0 DIST. 239.23 PC (780.37 L.Y.)

BU 813 AB: 508; 205x: Split, near equal white stars
16H 27M 57.38S +26° 32' 23.4" P.A. 177 SEP 1.2 MAG 9.39,9.59 SP G5

STF 2089 AB: 508; 205x: Very pretty. B is faint but nicely offset from bright white A, ~4", ~3 delta mag.
16H 43M 20.44S +25° 08' 28.9" P.A. 62 SEP 2.5 MAG 8.66,9.96 SP F5 DIST. 193.05 PC (629.73 L.Y.)