catching up

It's been a busy last few days, so I've fallen behind on my log posting.  Following are observations over three nights this week.  Conditions were not as good as I would wish: seeing was never very good so I was masked to 7-inches the whole time.  And there was always a marine haze to shroud the dimmer stars, made worse by a moon which was around full.  In any case, I tried to make the most of it.  There were always surprise and beautiful stars to look at, especially one night when there was a string of close Struves one after the other in Auriga, all along the same declination, like a Kemble's Cascade of doubles.  (These are not sorted by time as my text editor is on the fritz)

STF1317 AB: 178; 148; Easy wide pair, 2 delta mag white stars, part of a large triangle of stars
09h 09m 14.41s +15° 14' 27.8" P.A. 63.00 sep 7.8 mag 8.46,9.91 Sp F5 dist. 107.41 pc (350.37 l.y.)

A 2477 AB; 178; 410x: Notched elongation, slight magnitude difference, light yellow stars.  Physical with a 250 year period in a nearly circular orbit (seen from above).
09h 24m 31.21s +18° 08' 29.1" P.A. 8.70 sep 0.4 mag 7.46,9.18 Sp K0IV dist. 170.36 pc (555.71 l.y.)

BU 105 AB: 178; 148x: Very tough, B is a very tiny point or fleck very closely split, need low power to reduce flaring from bright light yellow-orange A.  Burnham discovered with his 6-inch and says: "A fine pair even with a small aperture."
09h 24m 39.28s +26° 10' 56.8" P.A. 209.00 sep 2.0 mag 4.60,9.70 Sp K3III dist. 61.73 pc (201.36 l.y.)

HO 350 AB: 178; 222x: B is pretty faint and wide

08h 03m 28.73s +12° 10' 52.6" P.A. 160.00 sep 7.6 mag 6.79,10.80 Sp F9V dist. 44.03 pc (143.63 l.y.)

WFC 61 AB: 178; 148x: Nice wide 1 delta mag white stars.  Physical
08h 06m 07.62s +14° 15' 01.6" P.A. 34.00 sep 10.5 mag 8.45,9.52 Sp G0

STF1219 AB: 178; 148x: Near equal wide white stars. Physical
08h 22m 58.53s +07° 37' 49.6" P.A. 82.00 sep 12.2 mag 9.24,9.26 Sp G5 dist. 53.05 pc (173.05 l.y.)

STF1201 AB: 178; 148x: Pretty pair, almost two delta mag.  Physical
08h 12m 52.51s +09° 34' 40.0" P.A. 185.00 sep 6.7 mag 8.05,9.51 Sp A8V dist. 151.29 pc (493.51 l.y.)

STF1173 AB: 178; 148x: Wide and pretty faint for a Struve, white stars.  Physical.
08h 01m 23.12s +16° 56' 58.0" P.A. 51.00 sep 10.4 mag 8.47,9.93 Sp G0 dist. 81.1 pc (264.55 l.y.)

BU 1243 AB: 178; 410x: B appears as a tiny point just outside A's main diffraction ring, it clears with seeing but is still visible in shimmer during poorer moments.
08h 14m 11.14s +17° 40' 33.3" P.A. 328.00 sep 1.7 mag 6.40,12.30 Sp A0Vn dist. 94.97 pc (309.79 l.y.)

STT 545 AB: 178; 222x: Brilliant white A and light orange B, which is very much fainter and on the outside of A's third diffraction ring.  A is causing a lot of diffraction in average to poor seeing.  Physical with a 473 year period, it is now near apastron and will hang there for the rest of my lifetime.
05h 59m 43.24s +37° 12' 45.9" P.A. 303.50 sep 4.1 mag 2.60,7.20 Sp A0pSi dist. 50.76 pc (165.58 l.y.)

AG 104 AB: 178; 148x: Very fine split of 1 delta mag white stars, about 3" separation, but still striking and small at this magnification

06h 03m 34.99s +35° 49' 53.0" P.A. 81.00 sep 2.5 mag 9.56,10.18

STF 825 AB: 178; 148x: Nice, easy wide Struve, white A and light yellow B, not quite delta mag
06h 01m 37.21s +36° 30' 55.7" P.A. 146.00 sep 8.0 mag 7.90,9.08 Sp A0 dist. 66.49 pc (216.89 l.y.)

STF1334 AB: 178; 205x: Very bright light blue A and 3 delta magnitude greenish B, close, about 3" separation.  Physical with 2782 year period.

09h 18m 50.64s +36° 48' 09.3" P.A. 222.60 sep 2.6 mag 3.92,6.09 Sp A1V dist. 38.27 pc (124.84 l.y.)

STF3120 AB: 178; 222x: Lovely pair, barely split with 148x, better seen with 222x.  A nice well split pair, more than 1 delta mag, white stars.

08h 56m 07.21s +43° 40' 39.3" P.A. 1.00 sep 1.4 mag 8.40,8.96 Sp G0 dist. 208.33 pc (679.57 l.y.)

STF1289 AB: 178; 148x: White stars, 1 delta mag, pretty wide
08h 54m 44.33s +43° 35' 04.7" P.A. 6.00 sep 3.6 mag 8.21,8.91 Sp G2V dist. 58.07 pc (189.42 l.y.)

STF1161 AB: 178; 148x: White and light orange stars, 1 delta mag, well split
07h 59m 40.77s +46° 37' 12.2" P.A. 198.00 sep 2.9 mag 8.21,9.82 Sp G0 dist. 110.13 pc (359.24 l.y.)

ES 596 AB: 178; 148x: Faint pair, nicely split, white A and dull B.  Physical.
08h 47m 55.32s +45° 31' 39.0" P.A. 207.00 sep 3.1 mag 9.60,10.96 dist. 135.87 pc (443.21 l.y.)

STF 1001 BC; 178; 222x: Wow excellent 2+1, with a brighter white A and BC is a near equal faint pair about 1" separation.  Seen with 148x but better resolved with 222x.
07h 03m 05.51s +54° 10' 26.6" P.A. 5.00 sep 1.6 mag 9.40,9.31 Sp G0 dist. 148.59 pc (484.7 l.y.)

STF1009 AB: 178; 148x: Bright blue-white stars, about 4" separated, about one delta
07h 05m 39.83s +52° 45' 31.3" P.A. 148.00 sep 4.4 mag 6.87,7.01 Sp A3Vs dist. 99.7 pc (325.22 l.y.)

STF 934 AB: 178; 148x: Pretty faint for a Struve, 1 delta mag, wide about 4", white stars
06h 39m 06.40s +55° 02' 30.2" P.A. 332.00 sep 4.1 mag 9.77,10.54 Sp A7

STF 958 AB: 178; 148x: Near equal dull white typical Struve.  Not much to look at but it's physical with a 2023 year period, with not much movement now but will whip around the A star pretty quickly when it reaches periastron 150 years from now.
06h 48m 12.29s +55° 42' 15.1" P.A. 256.30 sep 4.5 mag 6.28,6.34 Sp dF5+dF6 dist. 44.27 pc (144.41 l.y.)

STF 948 AB: Gorgeous triple star, pale yellow A and B, and 1 delta blue C. really stunning.  AB physical with a 733-year period. 

06h 46m 14.15s +59° 26' 30.1" P.A. 65.00 sep 1.9 mag 5.44,6.00 Sp A3V dist. 65.83 pc (214.74 l.y.)

STF1025 AB: 178; 148x: Lovely wide near equal, blue-green color stars.  Not physcial.

07h 12m 50.93s +55° 48' 12.2" P.A. 130.00 sep 27.0 mag 8.37,8.67 Sp K0 dist. 86.51 pc (282.2 l.y.)

STF1062 AB: 178; 148x: Bright, white, 1 delta mag, wide, parallax indicates physical
07h 22m 52.06s +55° 16' 53.3" P.A. 317.00 sep 13.8 mag 5.76,6.71 Sp B8V+B9V dist. 169.2 pc (551.93 l.y.)

STF1172 AB: 178; 148x: Very pretty, finely split white stars, 2 delta mag, about 2" separated
08h 04m 36.98s +54° 44' 46.0" P.A. 244.00 sep 1.7 mag 7.90,9.55 Sp A0IV dist. 386.1 pc (1259.46 l.y.)

A 1335 AB: 178; 222x: Very delicate B next to bright A, 1".  B is just a tiny fleck,  best at lower powers so a glare doesn't overpower it.  Physical
08h 10m 12.57s +55° 48' 15.5" P.A. 236.00 sep 1.3 mag 7.61,10.83 Sp A2 dist. 92.17 pc (300.66 l.y.) 

STT 131 AB: 178; 410x: It begins to resolve better with 300x, obvious with 410x with seeing.  A is a greenish blue and B is very faint, 1", very close, an excellent pair
06h 07m 25.84s +36° 16' 28.7" P.A. 277.00 sep 1.5 mag 7.04,9.45 Sp B9II dist. 301.2 pc (982.51 l.y.)

STF 872 AB: 178; 148x: White stars, wide, 1 delta or or less.  Physical
06h 15m 39.06s +36° 08' 55.3" P.A. 216.00 sep 11.4 mag 6.89,7.38 Sp F4IV dist. 53.76 pc (175.37 l.y.)

STF 912 AB: 178; 148x: B star is quite faint but can see it with direct vision, 2 delta mag from white A, about 4-5", a very nice pair. Full moon and haze affecting faint stars.
06h 29m 46.47s +36° 36' 11.4" P.A. 28.00 sep 3.4 mag 8.76,10.90 Sp A0 dist. 420.17 pc (1370.59 l.y.)

STF1022 AB: 178; 148x: White stars, >2 delta mag, well split about 5".  Not physical

07h 09m 25.72s +36° 33' 47.8" P.A. 128.00 sep 5.5 mag 6.78,10.05 Sp B9IV dist. 375.94 pc (1226.32 l.y.)

STF1013 AB: 178; 148x: Fine pair, white A and orangish faint B 2 delta mag, fairly close about 4"
07h 05m 51.89s +36° 02' 55.0" P.A. 50.00 sep 3.8 mag 9.90,10.60 Sp G0

BU 901 AB: 178; 148x: Light orange-yellow A, B appears widely separated with averted vision only, cant hold direct. 
07h 22m 02.69s +36° 45' 38.3" P.A. 10.00 sep 11.6 mag 5.13,11.70 Sp K0III dist. 72.36 pc (236.04 l.y.)

AG 108 AB: 178; 148x: Wide near equal white stars.
06h 14m 27.34s +38° 23' 41.0" P.A. 278.00 sep 12.3 mag 9.54,9.90 Sp A0

BU 194 AB: 178; 148x: Very fine pair of near equal light orange stars, 1" separation very good
06h 36m 17.41s +37° 59' 31.4" P.A. 278.00 sep 1.6 mag 8.55,8.93 Sp G5

STF 928 AB: 178; 148x: Classic Struve, very lightly yellow-white stars, about 1 delta, well separated.
06h 34m 41.81s +38° 32' 24.5" P.A. 131.00 sep 3.4 mag 7.93,8.61 Sp F5 dist. 189.04 pc (616.65 l.y.)

STF 883 AB: 178;148x: Very fine 2+1 all nearly in a line.  The two closest white stars are near equal, about 3" separated, nice.  Physical
06h 19m 08.03s +39° 46' 28.7" P.A. 265.00 sep 3.5 mag 9.27,9.70 Sp F0

STF 905 AB: 178; 148x: Excellent, superfine pair, 2 delta mag and 2" sep

06h 28m 53.76s +40° 07' 11.1" P.A. 130.00 sep 1.7 mag 8.21,9.95 Sp A1IV

MLB1065 AB: 178; 148x: White stars, B appears with averted vision,  can't hold it direct, very well split.  Physical.
06h 07m 03.10s +41° 45' 41.3" P.A. 238.00 sep 10.1 mag 8.77,9.10 Sp F8

A 2356 AB: 178; 410x: I can tell is double with 148x, it appears as a near equal notched elongation.  The notch gets stronger with each magnification jump, until 410x when it hairline splits at the best moments and best focus.
06h 24m 59.81s +42° 32' 45.9" P.A. 263.00 sep 0.8 mag 8.89,9.04 Sp A3 dist. 191.94 pc (626.11 l.y.)

STF 941 AB: 178; 148x: Wow, great pair.  White A and light blue B, >1 delta mag and about 2", such a fine pair 
06h 38m 40.76s +41° 34' 53.4" P.A. 83.00 sep 2.0 mag 7.25,8.17 Sp B9 dist. 344.83 pc (1124.84 l.y.)

STF1021 A-BC; 178; 148x: White stars, noticeable mag difference, wide.  BC is COU 2064 10.3/10.5 0.3" not seen
07h 09m 38.52s +38° 28' 27.1" P.A. 15.00 sep 4.2 mag 9.54,9.60

STF1024 AB: 178; 148x: Wow, superfine pair, about half delta mag, very close but split at low magnification small scale.  The split is more obvious with more magnification, but actually the best images with 148x.  Great pair, very light yellow-orange stars.
07h 10m 12.99s +38° 07' 50.2" P.A. 315.00 sep 1.4 mag 8.97,9.16 Sp G0

STF 996 AB: 178; 148x: A neat triple, appears as an elongated triangle with A at the apex, B is next brightest closest, C one delta farther out separated twice as far as B. nice "
07h 00m 13.77s +42° 59' 04.2" P.A. 168.00 sep 9.8 mag 8.88,10.80 Sp K0

STF 964 AB: 178; 148x: Exceptionally fine at this magnification.  The pair is in one corner of an equilateral triangle of near same magnitude stars.  B is half delta mag and very close about 2".  Very nice
06h 50m 21.58s +43° 45' 15.2" P.A. 183.00 sep 1.6 mag 8.86,9.73 Sp A0

STF1086 AB: 178; 148x: Very light orange A and very light blue B, wide, 2 delta mag.  Physical
07h 28m 31.32s +42° 45' 09.0" P.A. 104.00 sep 12.2 mag 8.01,10.11 Sp K0 dist. 317.46 pc (1035.55 l.y.)

STF 884 AB: 178; 148x: Easy, wide, near equal, white
06h 20m 33.58s +47° 07' 13.0" P.A. 272.00 sep 8.9 mag 8.68,8.94 Sp A0 dist. 507.61 pc (1655.82 l.y.)

STF 845 AB: 178; 148x: White stars, 1 delta mag, wide.
06h 11m 36.59s +48° 42' 39.6" P.A. 358.00 sep 7.5 mag 6.16,6.86 Sp A1V+A6V dist. 102.46 pc (334.22 l.y.)

STF 944 AB: 178; 148x: Slightly yellow-white stars, 2 delta, wide companion.  Physical
06h 40m 50.72s +48° 15' 18.7" P.A. 58.00 sep 6.4 mag 8.45,10.17 Sp F8 dist. 117.92 pc (384.66 l.y.)

STF 865 AB: 178; 148x: Faint B emerges with seeing, widely separated from white a.  Physical.
06h 14m 22.32s +51° 09' 59.3" P.A. 69.00 sep 5.2 mag 8.12,10.26 Sp B8 dist. 392.16 pc (1279.23 l.y.)

STF 904 AB: 178; 148x: Faint B about 5" separation, a little more than 1 delta mag.  Physical.
06h 30m 12.03s +51° 46' 58.8" P.A. 165.00 sep 4.9 mag 10.30,11.21 Sp F0

STF 918 AB: 178; 148x: White stars, 1 delta mag, well split
06h 33m 57.62s +52° 27' 41.8" P.A. 336.00 sep 4.8 mag 7.26,8.19 Sp A3 dist. 90.58 pc (295.47 l.y.)

STF 935 AB: 178; 148x: 1 delta mag, about 5" separation, white stars
06h 38m 32.20s +52° 17' 40.6" P.A. 325.00 sep 3.6 mag 9.16,9.86 Sp G5 dist. 161.81 pc (527.82 l.y.)

STF 979 AB: 178; 148x: Classic Struve, 1.5 delta mag, white A and dull yellow B, wide
06h 56m 36.65s +46° 32' 19.0" P.A. 211.00 sep 7.5 mag 8.47,9.58 Sp A0 dist. 190.48 pc (621.35 l.y.)

STF 876 AB: 178; 148x: Wide B needs averted vision to see
06h 18m 30.80s +53° 39' 29.0" P.A. 41.00 sep 8.7 mag 9.23,11.80 Sp A5

STF 908 AB: 178; 148x: Faint but seen easily, near equal, wide
06h 31m 16.69s +53° 50' 52.4" P.A. 359.00 sep 8.6 mag 10.71,10.70

A 2463 AB: 178; 148x: White stars, near equal, wide.  Physical.

07h 05m 07.90s +41° 53' 08.4" P.A. 214.00 sep 4.2 mag 9.80,10.00 Sp F8