Saturday, March 26, 2022

two nights this week

I'm combining the observations from two nights earlier this week, only to save some time.  Both nights the seeing was forecasted to be good, and it was pretty decent but only enough to mask to 7-inches.  The first night I focussed on Struves in Lynx (of which there are quite a lot).  The second night, finding I had already observed most the of higher declination Struves, went after a few low in Canis Major, adding some Burnhams which were all in the same area (and visible to me through a slot in the neighbor's bushes).  Pretty good overall.

STF 946 AB: 178; 150x: Light yelow A and 2 Dm, more deeply yellow B, fairly closely separated around 4".  WDS uncertain, however there is no parallax range overlap, -85%, so they are not binary.
06h 44m 51.62s +59° 26' 57.4" P.A. 129.00 sep 4.0 mag 7.30,9.11 Sp F5 dist. 101.11 pc (329.82 l.y.)

STF 881 AB; 178; 600x: 4 Lyn. Very difficult, barest of separations with seeing only, 2 Dm.  WDS binary with 503-year period, it will not make any appreciable change in the coming years.  No Gaia data.
06h 22m 03.57s +59° 22' 19.5" P.A. 150.90 sep 0.6 mag 6.13,7.71 Sp A3V dist. 152.21 pc (496.51 l.y.)
STF 887 AB: 178; 150x: Extremely faint pair, wide, 2 Dm.  WDS not physical, and there is no parallax range overlap, -97%.
06h 24m 19.47s +60° 07' 23.6" P.A. 210.00 sep 7.8 mag 11.05,12.90

STF 916 AB: 178; 150x: White stars, B is considerably fainter, wide.  WDS uncertain, and there is -14% parallax range overlap, so it is not binary.
06h 34m 12.46s +56° 38' 46.1" P.A. 254.00 sep 9.4 mag 9.43,10.55 Sp A3

STF 923 AB: 178; 150x: Light yellow-orange A, wide 2 Dm B.  WDS says parallax indicates physical, however I don't know what they're smoking, there is -94% parallax range overlap, it is not binary.
06h 38m 06.95s +59° 26' 57.9" P.A. 144.00 sep 33.0 mag 7.57,11.47 Sp G8III dist. 226.24 pc (737.99 l.y.)

STF 936 AB: 178; 300x: Light orange A and blue B, delicate split at 200x, better at 300x, 2 Dm, 1" separation, very pretty.  WDS uncertain, and there is no Gaia data for the B component.
06h 39m 43.55s +58° 05' 42.1" P.A. 284.00 sep 1.1 mag 7.26,9.04 Sp G5 dist. 254.45 pc (830.02 l.y.)

STF 963 AB-C: 178; 150x: Light yellow-orange A and very faint B, well separated, not physical.  A is not round at 300-600x but it will not resolve with 7-inch aperture, and seeing would not support 20-inch aperture. 
06h 53m 05.06s +59° 26' 55.2" P.A. 359.30 sep 0.3 mag 6.00,6.53 Sp G4III+A2V dist. 149.25 pc (486.85 l.y.)

STF 968 AB: 178; 150x: Straight-forward Struve, white stars, wide, 1 Dm.  WDS uncertain, but there is 50% parallax range overlap, a pretty wide 5,245 AU weighted separation, 2.3+1.8 Msol, so there is a chance it is binary.
06h 52m 52.01s +52° 40' 49.5" P.A. 289.00 sep 20.7 mag 8.28,9.19 Sp A3

STF1020 AB: 178; 150x: White A and 2 Dm B, wide, seen with direct vision but brightens considerably with averted vision.  WDS says parallax indicates physical, but they are wrong again, -52% parallax range overlap, they are not binary.
07h 11m 56.72s +57° 30' 27.5" P.A. 285.00 sep 13.3 mag 8.76,10.44 Sp F5

STF1032 AB: 178; 300x: Challenging, white A, 3 Dm and very closely separated B, seen only with foveal coaxing.  WDS uncertain, but there is -2 parallax range overlap, so not likely binary.
07h 13m 52.61s +48° 29' 55.8" P.A. 114.00 sep 2.7 mag 7.32,10.34 Sp A2V dist. 148.81 pc (485.42 l.y.)

STF1033 AB: 178; 200x: Very finely split at 150x, better seen at 200x, white A and very light blue B, 1 Dm, very pretty.  WDS uncertain, but there is 33% parallax range overlap, only 280 AU weighted separation, 2.2+1.9 Msol, so there's a good chance it's binary.
07h 14m 48.05s +52° 32' 44.1" P.A. 278.00 sep 1.5 mag 7.81,8.44 Sp F0 dist. 271 pc (884 l.y.)

STF1040 AB: 178; 150x: Blue-white A and red B, wide, 2 Dm.  WDS says physical, and there is 7% parallax range, 1,321 AU weighted separation, 1.7+1.2 Msol, so there is some chance it is binary.
07h 16m 20.14s +48° 12' 54.0" P.A. 261.00 sep 7.3 mag 8.79,10.34 Sp A3

STF1044 AB: 178; 150x: White A and slightly fainter wide B.  WDS says not physical, however they prove themselves incorrect again: 69% parallax range overlap, 1,106 AU weighted separation, 0.9+0.9 Msol -- so there is some chance this could be binary.
07h 17m 08.96s +47° 39' 18.1" P.A. 169.00 sep 13.1 mag 10.08,10.60 Sp K0

STF1065 AB: 178; 150x: Equal white stars, very wide.  WDS says proper motion indicates physical, but there is -7% parallax range overlap, so they cannot be binary. 
07h 22m 15.11s +50° 08' 55.7" P.A. 256.00 sep 15.1 mag 7.51,7.67 Sp A6II dist. 283.29 pc (924.09 l.y.)

STF1092 AB: 178; 150x: Very nice close split around 3", almost 2 Dm.  WDS uncertain, but there is -4% parallax range overlap, so it is not binary.
07h 30m 22.47s +49° 14' 20.4" P.A. 71.00 sep 2.9 mag 8.56,10.45 Sp A2

STF1093 AB: 178; 300x: Excellent pair, near equal, elongated at 150x, delicate split at 200x, best seen at 300x.  WDS gives and orbital solution with a 715-year period, and there is 28% parallax range overlap, only 115 AU weighted separation, 1.5+1.4 Msol.  
07h 30m 16.51s +49° 58' 42.0" P.A. 207.40 sep 0.9 mag 8.79,8.98 Sp F5 dist. 90.42 pc (294.95 l.y.)

STF1117 AB: 178; 150x: Wide one delta, faint stars.  WDS says parallax indicates physical, but in reality there is no parallax range overlap, -60%, so it is not binary.
07h 36m 43.19s +35° 23' 30.0" P.A. 228.00 sep 11.6 mag 9.10,10.59 Sp F0

STF1145 AB: 178; 300x: Fine pair, a challenge with 3 Dm, very closely split at 200x, best seen with 300x.  WDS uncertain, but there is -54% parallax range overlap, it is not binary.
07h 51m 19.02s +38° 49' 17.3" P.A. 42.00 sep 1.3 mag 8.73,10.39 Sp A3 dist. 311.53 pc (1016.21 l.y.)

STF1204 AB: 178; 150x: Easy, wide, 1 Dm.  WDS says physical, but there is -46% parallax range overlap, it is not binary.
08h 15m 54.24s +38° 28' 53.3" P.A. 104.00 sep 11.5 mag 9.24,10.33 Sp F8

STF1211 AB: 508; 800x: AC is a wide 1 Dm pair.  The A star is suspected of being out of round with 7-inch 300x, one detla, with PA to the south.  It resolves to a near equal pair, hairline split, with 20-inch at 800x.  AB has an orbital solution in WDS, 407-year period, it will widen to 0.6" by the 2040s.
08h 18m 19.65s +38° 59' 10.0" P.A. 156.60 sep 0.4 mag 9.65,9.97 Sp K0 dist. 62.97 pc (205.41 l.y.)
STF1222 AB: 178; 150x: Easy, 1 Dm, wide.  WDS says parallax indicates physical, and there is 82% overlap of the parallax ranges, 2,179 AU weighted separation, 1.9+1.4 Msol, so it is very possibly binary.
08h 26m 20.39s +37° 32' 43.3" P.A. 49.00 sep 10.0 mag 8.71,10.20 Sp A3 dist. 502.51 pc (1639.19 l.y.)

STF1239 AB: 178; 150x: Rather uninteresting, wide separation, >1 Dm.  WDS says parallax indicates physical, however there is -22% (no) overalp of the parallax ranges, so it cannot be binary.
08h 32m 29.47s +37° 29' 19.8" P.A. 290.00 sep 12.8 mag 9.64,11.03 Sp A5

STF1282 AB:178; 150x: Lovely white stars, near equal, around 3" separation, pleasingly close at this low mangnification.  WDS orbital solution with 804-year period.  There is 29% overlap of the parallax ranges, only 195 AU weighted separation, 1.3+1.3 Msol, and the radial velocity delta 0.7 is less than the escape velocity 4.8, so it is binary.  Too bad the human lifespan is so short as it will tighten to an impossibly close separation 300 years from now.
08h 50m 44.28s +35° 04' 15.4" P.A. 278.70 sep 3.4 mag 7.59,7.76 Sp F8 dist. 51.6 pc (168.32 l.y.)

STF1296 AB: 178; 150x: Beautiful hair, hairline split with low magnification, 0.5 Dm.  WDS says parallax indicates physical, and there is 54% overlap of their parallax ranges, only 184 AU weighted separation, 1.2+1.0 Msol, and the radial velocity delta 0.3 is less than the escape velocity 4.7, so it is very likely binary.
08h 59m 16.74s +34° 56' 46.9" P.A. 76.00 sep 1.9 mag 9.05,9.95 Sp G5

STF1274 AB: 178; 150x: White A and light orange B, wide, 2 Dm.  WDS uncertain, but there is 90% overlap of their parallax ranges, 2,014 AU weighted separation, 2.6+1.7 Msol, so it is quite likely binary. 
08h 49m 00.34s +38° 20' 42.9" P.A. 42.00 sep 9.1 mag 7.42,9.34 Sp A2 dist. 241.55 pc (787.94 l.y.)

STF1279 AB: 178; 200x: Lovely white stars, finely split, slightly unequal.  WDS uncertain, but there is -67% parallax range overlap, so it is not binary.
08h 49m 59.98s +39° 35' 23.3" P.A. 88.00 sep 1.1 mag 9.16,9.25 Sp G0 dist. 133.16 pc (434.37 l.y.)

STF1259 AB: 178; 150x: Very faint but easy pair, 1 Dm, widely split around 5".  WDS says proper motion indicates physical, and there is 74% parallax range overlap, 1,009 AU weighted separation, 1.6+1.4 Msol, and the radial velocity delta 0.6 is less than the escape velocity 2.3, so it is binary.
08h 46m 35.58s +38° 29' 08.6" P.A. 341.00 sep 5.2 mag 9.45,9.95 Sp G0 dist. 144.3 pc (470.71 l.y.)

STF1251 AB: 178; 150x: Faint stars, 1 Dm, fairly wide.  WDS says parallax indicates physical, but there is -64% parallax range overlap, so they are not binary.
08h 40m 11.94s +41° 17' 07.6" P.A. 31.00 sep 6.6 mag 10.39,10.88 Sp F8 dist. 14.59 pc (47.59 l.y.)

STF1244 AB: 178; 150x: 2 Dm, fairly wide around 4".  WDS says physical, but there is exactly 0% parallax range overlap, 597 AU weighted separation, 1.6+1.1 Msol -- it could be binary, but certainly more time is needed to trace their paths.
08h 37m 39.24s +41° 48' 02.3" P.A. 1.00 sep 3.7 mag 9.02,10.32 Sp G8III dist. 157.23 pc (512.88 l.y.)

STF1160 AB: 178; 150x: White stars, 2 Dm, well split.  WDS says not physical, and there is -7% parallax range overlap, so likely not binary.
08h 01m 25.52s +56° 56' 36.5" P.A. 32.00 sep 6.1 mag 8.71,11.54 Sp F8 dist. 90.91 pc (296.55 l.y.)

STF1165 AB: 508; 667x: AB-C is a super-wide, faint pairing, almost 4 Dm.  Close pair AB (which is the same as STF 1166) observed an elongation with the weaker end to the west.  It was discovered at 0.7" so it has closed considerably.  WDS uncertain, and unfortunately no Gaia data for the B star.
08h 02m 07.40s +54° 36' 54.8" P.A. 318.00 sep 0.2 mag 8.60,10.03 Sp A0 dist. 232.02 pc (756.85 l.y.)

STF1200 AB: 178; 150x: Easy white stars, near equal, wide.  WDS uncertain, there is 19% parallax range overlap, 1,816 AU weighted separation, and 1.8+1.8 Msol, so there's a fair chance it is binary.
08h 15m 58.26s +49° 46' 19.5" P.A. 181.00 sep 8.3 mag 9.16,9.33 Sp G0 dist. 165.84 pc (540.97 l.y.)

STF1205 AB: 178; 200x: Very delicate split at 150x, better at 200x, near equal faint stars. WDS uncertain, but there is -62% parallax range overlap, it is not binary.
08h 19m 21.43s +56° 27' 07.1" P.A. 166.00 sep 1.8 mag 9.66,10.06 Sp G5

STF1225 AB: 178; 150x: Near equal, white, wide around 4".  WDS says proper motion indicates physical, and there is 26% parallax range overlap, 1,066 AU weighted separation, 1.8+1.8 Msol, so it might be binary.
08h 29m 45.55s +51° 12' 08.5" P.A. 192.00 sep 3.8 mag 9.60,9.75 Sp A2

STF1235 AB: 178; 300x: Challenging 2 Dm, close split a little more than 1", best view at 300x.  WDS uncertain, but there is -24% parallax range overlap, so it is not binary.
08h 34m 12.35s +56° 55' 23.1" P.A. 88.00 sep 1.5 mag 8.35,10.04 Sp A0 dist. 192.68 pc (628.52 l.y.)

BU 209 AB: 178; 150x: Excellent pair, nice close split around 1", nearly 1 Dm.  WDS uncertain, but there is 35% parallax range overlap, only 162 AU weighted separation, 1.5+1.4 Msol, so it is most likely binary.  Burnham discovered with 6-inch at 2.0", it has closed considerably since.
08h 43m 13.12s +38° 48' 31.9" P.A. 9.00 sep 1.2 mag 8.72,9.01 Sp F5 dist. 145.99 pc (476.22 l.y.)

BU 576 AB: 178; 300x: Very momentary resolution of a exceptionally fiant B in A' diffraction, more than 1" separation.  WDS says physical, but there is (surprisingly) no parallax range overlap, -75%, so it is not binary.  Burnham discovered with the 18.5-inch refractor.
08h 21m 37.05s +33° 56' 12.4" P.A. 134.00 sep 1.6 mag 7.30,10.88 Sp K0 dist. 271.74 pc (886.42 l.y.)

STF1016 AB: 178; 150x: Pretty white A and slightly red B, 2 Dm, well split around 5".  WDS uncertain, and there is no Gaia data for the secondary.
07h 04m 38.29s -11° 31' 26.4" P.A. 150.00 sep 5.4 mag 7.36,9.53 Sp B0V dist. 1098.9 pc (3584.61 l.y.)

STF1011 AB: 178; 150x: Pretty faint, 1 Dm, light orange stars, about 4" separation.  WDS uncertain, but there is 31% parallax range overlap, 968 AU weighted separation, 2.0+1.8 Msol, so it is possible to be binary.
07h 00m 50.91s -15° 18' 56.8" P.A. 300.00 sep 4.2 mag 8.52,9.00 Sp A2/3V

STF1031 AB: 178; 150x: Faint pair, near equal, white, around 4" separation.  WDS says parallax indicates physical, but there is -14% parallax range overlap, so they are not binary.
07h 08m 35.97s -13° 59' 22.0" P.A. 252.00 sep 3.5 mag 8.97,9.86 Sp A4III/IV

BU 328 AB: 178; 300x: FN CMa.  Snowman at best moments, PA to southeast, light yellow stars, significant delta magnitude.  WDS uncertain, and unfortunately there is no Gaia data.  Component of STF1026, 0.3" at discovery!  STF1026 AB-C is a very widely separated faint star 9th magnitude, PA to the north. 
07h 06m 40.77s -11° 17' 38.5" P.A. 111.00 sep 0.6 mag 5.70,6.91 Sp B0.5IV dist. 934.58 pc (3048.6 l.y.)

BU 332 AB: 178; 300x: Light yellow stars, appears as a snowman / overlapping discs, PA to the south.  WDS uncertain, and there is no Gaia data for the secondary.   0.8" at discovery, component of STF1097 AC which is a nearly 3 Dm pair very widely separated PA to the northwest.
07h 27m 51.66s -11° 33' 24.7" P.A. 173.00 sep 0.7 mag 6.22,7.35 Sp G8Ib-II dist. 485.44 pc (1583.51 l.y.)

BU 574 AB: 178; 300x: Very excessively faint B star barely detected, PA northwest.  WDS says not physical, however there is 72% parallax range overlap, 2,548 AU weighted separation, 5.5+2.5 Msol, so it very much may be binary.  Burnham discovered with the 18.5-inch Dearborn refractor.
07h 06m 56.44s -11° 19' 38.5" P.A. 308.00 sep 2.4 mag 7.66,11.05 Sp B0.5V dist. 694.44 pc (2265.26 l.y.)

BU 575 AB: 178; 300x: Orange A appears as overlapping near equal discs with high power.  WDS orbital solution with a 402-year period, no Gaia data for the B star.  STF 1057 AB-C is a blue star, very wide, 2 Dm.  
07h 14m 48.26s -15° 28' 33.5" P.A. 329.00 sep 0.3 mag 8.29,7.88 Sp F5V dist. 92.85 pc (302.88 l.y.)

BU 198 AB: 178; 150x: Light orange stars, 3 Dm, well split, seen with averted vision at first then can hold direct.  WDS says not physical, and there is no overlap of parallax ranges, -42%.  Burnham discovered with 6-inch and said "The larger star is red."
07h 25m 47.38s -20° 57' 27.3" P.A. 214.00 sep 5.7 mag 7.86,10.50 Sp M1

BU 199 AB: 178; 300x: >1 Dm, closely split about 3".  WDS says not physical, but there is 93% parallax range overlap, 4,360 AU weighted separation, 9.4+7.6 Msol, so it is very possible to be binary!  DAM1372 AD is a wide near equal PA to the east, of which WDS is uncertain, but this is a comoving pair, not binary: 59% parallax range overlap but a tremendous 253,363 AU weighted separation, 9.4+7.4 Msol, but too far apart to hold a barycenter. 
07h 25m 07.97s -21° 10' 25.9" P.A. 24.00 sep 1.8 mag 7.21,8.05 Sp B1Iab dist. 14285.71 pc (46599.99 l.y.)

BU 331 AB: 178; 200x: 1 Dm, with beast moments of seeing only, close split around 2".  WDS uncertain, however there is 36% parallax range overlap, 834 AU weighted separation, 2.9+2.4 Msol, so it is likely binary.  Burnham discovered with 6-inch at 2.0, unchanged since. 
07h 20m 02.73s -24° 24' 57.7" P.A. 117.00 sep 2.0 mag 8.30,9.11 Sp ApSi dist. 293.26 pc (956.61 l.y.)

BU 572 AB: 178; 200x: Very excessively faint B around 3" separation.  WDS says not physical, and there is -48% parallax range overlap.  Burnham discovered with the 18.5-inch and says "Many small stars in the field"  J2000 coordinates put this in open star cluster Tombaugh 1 -- Burnham first to notice it as a cluster, but maybe didn't use low enough magnification to detatch the cluster from its surroundings.  
07h 00m 35.09s -20° 38' 25.1" P.A. 142.00 sep 5.2 mag 6.76,10.02 Sp A4m+A5/A9 dist. 240.96 pc (786.01 l.y.)

BU 578 AB: 178; 200x: NR CMa.  Very difficult, the barest fleck of a star just separated, fleeting, at best moments only.  WDS says not physical, however there is 4% parallax range overlap, only 127 AU weighted separation, 2.5+1.1 Msol, so it might be binary (though the proper motion vector is negative, meaning they're moving in opposite directions, though this might just be due to the direction of the orbit?)
07h 27m 07.99s -17° 51' 53.4" P.A. 39.00 sep 1.3 mag 5.66,9.23 Sp A5n dist. 92.34 pc (301.21 l.y.)

Sunday, March 13, 2022

11 march 2022 physical pairs

Seeing was forecast to be pretty good, excellent after midnight.  So I observed with the 20-inch starting around 9:30pm.  It was good enough to push the limits somewhat, and in doing so I took more time for each observation so there is a shorter list to report.  Seeing seemed to break down a bit at midnight (I could feel the air become much colder suddenly), so I decided not to go further.  Ended with some terrific views of the waxing moon which was still high enough in the sky.

A 2131 AB: 508; 1342x: Very weakly notched, significant delta, PA to the south.  WDS grade 2 orbital solution, 45.02-years.  There is no Gaia data for this pair.  Discovered on the Lick 36-inch at 0.3", PA to to the SE currently and it will fortunately widen to the discovery separation by 2030 and hopefully be easier to resolve then.
08h 54m 55.99s +26° 11' 53.8" P.A. 131.10 sep 0.2 mag 6.95,9.02 Sp G2V+K0V dist. 49.02 pc (159.9 l.y.)

HO 525
AB: 508; 445x: Beautiful white stars, near equal, hairline at 300x, better seen 445x.  WDS grade 4 orbital solution 935-year period.  Unfortunately there is no Gaia parallax for the priamry star.
08h 23m 03.71s +20° 01' 05.7" P.A. 353.50 sep 0.5 mag 9.83,9.89 Sp F5 dist. 139.86 pc (456.22 l.y.)


A 1353 AB: 508; 600x: Nice whtie stars, 1 Dm, well split, PA to southwest.  WDS grade 3 orbit, 127.25-year period.  Just coming apastron and will close to 0.4" by 2040.  No Gaia parallax data.A
11h 13m 34.66s +55° 24' 57.0" P.A. 206.10 sep 0.6 mag 7.73,9.16 Sp F5V dist. 91.83 pc (299.55 l.y.)


A 1591 AB: 508; 1334x: Notched elongation, PA to the east, 1 Dm.  Light orange stars, need the best seeing.  WDS grade 4 orbit 105-year period, it will widen slightly and make a turn to the northeast by 2040.  No Gaia data found.
11h 05m 34.65s +54° 48' 28.7" P.A. 95.40 sep 0.2 mag 8.98,9.52 Sp G0 dist. 135.87 pc (443.21 l.y.)


STF1321 AB: 508; 150x: Light yellow-orange, near equal magnitude stars, wide.  WDS grade 4 orbital solution 1986.3-year period, parallax indicates physical, 100-year proper motion.  There is 77%  parallax range overlap, 110 AU weighted separation, 0.5+0.5 Msol, and the radial velocity delta 1.2 is less than the escape velocity 3.9, so it is definitively binary.  
09h 14m 22.79s +52° 41' 11.8" P.A. 99.50 sep 17.0 mag 7.79,7.88 Sp K7V+M0V dist. 5.81 pc (18.95 l.y.)
A 1346 AB: 508; 600x: Exceptionally fine pair, white stars, 1 Dm, PA to the south.  WDS grade 4 orbit, 298-year period.  No Gaia data for the secondary.
09h 59m 05.55s +53° 15' 49.5" P.A. 178.10 sep 0.6 mag 8.84,9.66 Sp F8 dist. 125.79 pc (410.33 l.y.)

HU 731
AB: 508; 205x: Very pretty 1 Dm white stars, good split, PA northwest.  MY UMa, spectral class K0V (yellow-orange) but appeared white to me.  WDS grade 5 orbit, 207-year period, however there is -47% parallax range overlap, they are too far apart to be binary.
11h 51m 57.86s +48° 05' 19.5" P.A. 307.00 sep 1.2 mag 9.81,9.68 Sp K0V dist. 46.1 pc (150.38 l.y.)

KU 39 AB: 508; 300x: Delicate faint pair, nearly 1 Dm, easily split, PA to south.  DF UMa, Spectral class K4V yellow-orange, but I did not notice color.  WDS grade 5 orbit 278-year period.  13% parallax range overlap, only 48 AU weighted separation, 0.6+0.5 Msol, so could be binary, though the proper motion vector is -0.2.  It will make a quarter turn and widen to nearly 1" by 2040.
11h 37m 24.61s +47° 27' 44.8" P.A. 180.00 sep 0.6 mag 10.68,11.16 Sp K4V dist. 31.3 pc (102.1 l.y.)

A 1777 AB: 508; 1334x: Nice triple system, with CD as a wide 1 Dm pair of light yellow stars, and AB-C a 2 Dm blue close 4" companion to A, PA to the northeast [actually closer to due north].  AB shows only an olive shape, no notch even with high magnification, PA to the north-northwest.  WDS grade 9 (most indeterminate) orbit, 118-years, though it is not plotted and there is no Gaia data for the secondary.  The primary is an exlipsing binary DN UMa, thought to have a 640-day period.
11h 55m 05.74s +46° 28' 36.6" P.A. 358.00 sep 0.3 mag 6.50,9.00 Sp A3Vn dist. 211.86 pc (691.09 l.y.)


STT 229 AB: 508; 300x: White stars, noticably unequal, steady clean split.  WDS grade 3 orbit, 335-year period, it will tighten somewhat by 2040.  No Gaia data for the secondary.
10h 48m 02.55s +41° 06' 35.8" P.A. 253.40 sep 0.6 mag 7.62,7.92 Sp A5IV dist. 165.56 pc (540.06 l.y.)
STT 237 AB: 508; 300x: Finely split white stars, nearly 2 Dm, 2" separation, PA to southwest.  WDS grade 4 orbit, 652-year period.  However, there is -68% parallax range overlap, they are too distant to be binary.
11h 38m 57.22s +41° 08' 34.8" P.A. 243.00 sep 2.1 mag 8.11,9.32 Sp F7V dist. 79.74 pc (260.11 l.y.)



Saturday, March 12, 2022

8 march 2022 UMa Struves

Seeing was ok for 7-inch but could not consistently go full aperture, so I stuck to Struves for the night.  This time in Ursa Major.  Many viewed just over my house roof but I counted on the breeze to blow any heat waves toward the roof and out of my view.  Some pretty good pairs, faint and close.

STF1576 AB: 178; 150x: Near equal wide pair.  WDS says proper motion indicates physical, but more pertenently there is 50% parallax range overlap, a small 833 AU weighted separation, and 1.5+1.4 Msol, so it likely is binary.
11h 52m 52.60s +30° 49' 38.4" P.A. 241.00 sep 5.3 mag 9.11,9.45 Sp F5 dist. 163.67 pc (533.89 l.y.)

STF1586 AB: 178; 300x: Very challenging, split with seeing, about 1 Dm.  WDS says physical, and there is 82% parallax range overlap, only 285 AU weighted separation, and 1.8+1.2 Msol, so they are likely binary.
11h 56m 53.86s +40° 21' 21.5" P.A. 255.00 sep 1.5 mag 8.83,10.37 Sp F8 dist. 147.49 pc (481.11 l.y.)

STF1585 AB: 178; 150x: Very faint B, 2 Dm, wide.  WDS uncertain, however there is 86% parallax range overlap, 1,516 AU weighted separation, and 2.3+1.4 Msol, so they are likely binary.
11h 56m 40.53s +41° 01' 30.2" P.A. 106.00 sep 5.5 mag 8.79,11.08 Sp K0III dist. 386.1 pc (1259.46 l.y.)

STF1569 AB: 178; 150x: White A and 2 Dm well split B, around 4"
11h 44m 18.43s +39° 00' 24.5" P.A. 321.00 sep 3.7 mag 8.83,10.59 Sp F0 dist. 307.69 pc (1003.68 l.y.)

STF1542 AB: 178; 205x: Around 3 Dm, 3" separated, white A and blue B, split with 150x but best seen at 205x.  WDS says physical, however there is no -9% overlap in parallax ranges, in spite of the 285 AU weighted separation, this is not binary.
11h 27m 56.02s +44° 33' 57.0" P.A. 265.00 sep 3.5 mag 6.93,9.65 Sp F2V dist. 88.89 pc (289.96 l.y.)

STF1574 AB: 178; 150x: Faint wide B, barely seen with direct vision, brigher with averted.  WDS says not physical, and there is -18% parallax range overlap, so it is not binary.
11h 51m 14.21s +44° 04' 49.7" P.A. 6.00 sep 9.4 mag 9.60,12.30 Sp G

STF1391 AB: 178; 150x: Wide, 1 Dm.  WDS says parallax indicates physical, and there is 85% overlap of parallax ranges, 2,769 AU weighted separation, and 1.7+1.1 Msol.  However the radial velocity delta 5.6 exceeds the escape velocity 1.3, so this is not a binary pair.
09h 55m 57.22s +51° 11' 27.2" P.A. 316.00 sep 13.4 mag 9.10,10.94 Sp F5

STF1461 AB; 178; 150x: White A and 2 Dm B, wide.  WDS says physical, but there is -10% parallax range overlap, it is not binary.
10h 41m 59.31s +46° 38' 59.7" P.A. 137.00 sep 9.1 mag 8.61,10.31 Sp A5V dist. 423.73 pc (1382.21 l.y.)

BU 1074 AB: 178; 300x: Needed higher magnification and averted vision to see the B star, can briefly hold it with direct vision, very closely split, light yellow bright A star.  WDS uncertain, and sadly there is -58% parallax range overlap, it is not binary.  Burnham discovered with the Lick 36-inch.
10h 35m 31.24s +45° 39' 13.4" P.A. 208.00 sep 2.6 mag 7.20,11.20 Sp K2III dist. 206.61 pc (673.96 l.y.)

STF1483 AB: 178; 150x: Very fine, slightly unequal pair, around 2" separation.  WDS uncertain, but there is -31% parallax range overlap, it is not binary.
10h 54m 30.84s +47° 29' 35.8" P.A. 243.00 sep 2.3 mag 9.52,9.61 Sp G5 dist. 52.85 pc (172.4 l.y.)

STF1484 AB: 178; 150x: White A and very faint B which brightens with averted vision, wide.  WDS says it's not physical, and there is -93% parallax range overlap, it is not binary.
10h 54m 36.71s +45° 27' 57.3" P.A. 4.00 sep 18.3 mag 10.10,12.60 Sp K0

STF1541 AB: 178; 150x: Easy pair, well separated, >2 Dm, white A.  WDS says proper motion indicates physical, however there is -14% parallax range overlap, it is not likely binary.
11h 27m 39.46s +46° 17' 33.4" P.A. 27.00 sep 7.8 mag 7.97,10.13 Sp F8 dist. 89.29 pc (291.26 l.y.)

STF1525 AB: 178; 150x: Very fine, near equal, nice close split around 2".  WDS uncertain, but there is 65% parallax range overlap, 521 AU weighted separation, 1.6+1.5 Msol, so it is likely binary.
11h 19m 29.37s +47° 28' 12.6" P.A. 173.00 sep 2.3 mag 9.90,9.93 Sp F5 dist. 325.73 pc (1062.53 l.y.)

STF1581 AB: 178; 205x: Fine split, 1 Dm, around 2" separation.  WDS uncertain, but there is -27% parallax range overlap, it is not binary.
11h 56m 06.32s +45° 32' 44.8" P.A. 171.00 sep 2.5 mag 9.80,10.44 Sp F8 dist. 381.68 pc (1245.04 l.y.)

STF1561 AB: 178; 150x: Easy 2 Dm pair, light yellow A and light orange B, wide.  Several other faint and wide components.  WDS has an orbital solution with a 1584-year period, but there is -65% parallax range overlap, it simply is not binary.
11h 38m 44.90s +45° 06' 30.3" P.A. 245.50 sep 8.9 mag 6.53,8.23 Sp G0V dist. 23.25 pc (75.84 l.y.)

STF1570 AB: 178; 150x: Near equal, white, wide.  WDS says parallax indicates physical, but there is -48% parallax range overlap, it is not binary.
11h 45m 32.15s +45° 36' 13.1" P.A. 49.00 sep 10.9 mag 8.86,9.60 Sp F0 dist. 110.74 pc (361.23 l.y.)

STF1519 AB: 178; 205x: Split at 150x but better seen at 205x, 2 Dm and 2" split, really nice.  WDS uncertain, but there is 53% parallax range overlap, only 306 AU weighted separation, 1.8+1.4 Msol, so it is likely binary.
11h 15m 36.65s +59° 46' 43.4" P.A. 289.00 sep 1.5 mag 9.03,9.95 Sp F5 dist. 250.63 pc (817.56 l.y.)

STF1572 AB: 178; 205x: White, wide, 1 Dm.  WDS says parallax indicates physical, and for once they are correct.  47% parallax range overlap, 1,420 AU weighted separation, 1.3+1.0 Msol, and the 0.8 radial velocity delta is less than the 1.7 escape velocity, it is binary.
11h 47m 00.74s +53° 17' 06.9" P.A. 289.00 sep 10.3 mag 9.46,10.79 Sp G dist. 160.26 pc (522.77 l.y.)

STF1192 AB: 178; 150x: Light yellow A and orange B, around 3 Dm.  WDS says physical, and there is 18% parallax range overlap, 437 AU weighted separation, 2.8+1.3 Msol, so it likely is binary.
08h 15m 50.52s +60° 22' 50.1" P.A. 256.00 sep 2.7 mag 6.51,10.06 Sp A7Vm dist. 151.29 pc (493.51 l.y.)

STF1303 AB: 178; 150x: Very fine faint pair, almost 2 Dm, 2" separation.  WDS says not physical, however there is 50% parallax range overlap, only 491 AU weighted separation, 1.6+1.2 Msol, but low proper motion vector, it is possible they are binary. 
09h 07m 41.04s +64° 59' 06.0" P.A. 282.00 sep 2.8 mag 9.22,10.43 Sp F8 dist. 138.7 pc (452.44 l.y.)

STF1363 AB: 178; 150x: Bright white A and very much fainter B which was seen with averted vision at first then held direct, wide separarion.  WDS uncertain, and there is 1% parallax range overlap, 880 AU weighted separation, 1.6+0.8 Msol, with a good proper motion vector -- this might be binary.
09h 35m 14.09s +60° 53' 30.5" P.A. 356.00 sep 10.8 mag 7.32,10.62 Sp F0 dist. 75.64 pc (246.74 l.y.)

STF1345 AB: 178; 150x: Excellent pair, split close, about 2 Dm, white A and lightly orange B.  WDS uncertain, but there is 66% parallax range overlap, 660 AU weighted separation, 1.9+1.5 Msol, though a poor proper motion vector -- it is possible this is binary.
09h 26m 57.20s +64° 20' 35.7" P.A. 85.00 sep 2.9 mag 8.84,10.27 Sp A2 dist. 289.86 pc (945.52 l.y.)

STF1407 A faint for a struce, noticable mag different, fairly wid.  WDS says physical, and there is 44% parallax range overlap, 857 AU weighted separaion, 1.3+1.1 Msol, however the radial velocity delta 3.0 exceeds the escape velocity, 2.2, so this is likely not binary. 
10h 09m 01.98s +64° 26' 40.6" P.A. 51.00 sep 4.9 mag 10.17,10.63 Sp K7 dist. 176.06 pc (574.31 l.y.)

STF1306 AB: 178; 150x: Light yellow A and orange B, very large Dm about 4 Dm, nice close separation around 4".  WDS gives a grade 4 orbital solution with a 920-year period, but there is -36% parallax range overlap, it is not binary.
09h 10m 23.53s +67° 08' 03.3" P.A. 346.00 sep 4.6 mag 4.87,8.85 Sp F7V dist. 20.38 pc (66.48 l.y.)

STF1350 AB: 178; 150x: Equal magnitude, well split pair.  WDS says not physical, but there is 28% parallax range overlap, 1,939 AU weighted separation, 2.0+2.0 Msol, so it is possibly binary.
09h 34m 19.56s +66° 47' 42.3" P.A. 249.00 sep 10.2 mag 8.26,8.31 Sp F4V+F6V dist. 225.73 pc (736.33 l.y.)

STF1469 AB: 178; 150x: White A and faint B just seen with direct vision.  WDS uncertain, but there is 74% parallax range overlap, only 892 AU weighted separation, 1.5+0.8 Msol, and the radial velocity delta 0.6 is less than the escape velocity 2.2, so it is highly likely to be binary.
10h 47m 43.86s +65° 27' 36.4" P.A. 324.00 sep 10.9 mag 7.74,10.42 Sp F8V dist. 86.88 pc (283.4 l.y.)

STF1514 AB: 178; 150x: Extremely fine pair, just split, significant delta about 1 Dm, really nice.  WDS is uncertain, but there is 10% parallax range overlap, 367 AU weighted separation, 1.9+1.4 Msol, so it is possible to be binary.
11h 11m 38.55s +66° 06' 48.0" P.A. 342.00 sep 1.3 mag 9.49,10.64 Sp F2

STF1313 AB: 178; 150x: Exceptionally fine points of faint stars, just barely split, slight magnitude difference.  WDS gives a grade 5 orbital solution with a 1469-year period, however there is -82% parallax range overlap, this is not binary.
09h 13m 45.13s +69° 58' 47.4" P.A. 284.30 sep 1.1 mag 9.39,9.55 Sp G5 dist. 364.96 pc (1190.5 l.y.)

STF1400 AB: 178; 150x: Light orange stars, near equal, about 4".  WDS says physical, and there is 76% parallax range overlap, 243 AU weighted separaion, 1.3+0.8 Msol, and the radial velocity delta 1.7 is less than the escape velocity 3.9, so it is possibly binary.
10h 02m 56.49s +68° 47' 09.3" P.A. 225.00 sep 3.6 mag 8.02,9.77 Sp F5 dist. 61.73 pc (201.36 l.y.)

STF1386 AB: 178; 150x: Very fine light orange pair, near equal, split about 2" separated.  Double-double with STF1387 nearby. WDS grade 5 orbital solution with a 2301-year period, however there is -56% parallax range overlap, it is not binary.
09h 55m 04.02s +68° 54' 06.1" P.A. 111.10 sep 2.1 mag 9.30,9.34 Sp F5 dist. 168.92 pc (551.02 l.y.)

STF1387 CD: 178; 150x: Wide, near equal faint stars, STF1386 in the same field.  WDS says physical, and there is 31% parallax range overlap, 932 AU weighted separation, 0.9+0.9 Msol, so it may be binary.
09h 55m 02.78s +68° 56' 22.5" P.A. 274.00 sep 9.0 mag 10.73,10.67 Sp G dist. 76.75 pc (250.36 l.y.)

STF1398 AB: 178; 150x: Very light orange-yellow A and 3 Dm B, closely split.  WDS says physical with a linear solution, but there is -96% parallax range overlap, it is not binary.
10h 01m 32.06s +68° 43' 05.1" P.A. 102.00 sep 4.1 mag 8.09,11.39 Sp F0 dist. 159.24 pc (519.44 l.y.)

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

6 march 2022

Continued my march through Struve pairs, this time mainly Cancer and Hydra.  I finished with a string of BUs in Hydra.  Overall the BUs are consistently more challenging, and therefore more exciting, than the STFs, so I'll always make room for them.  Seeing with the 7-inch was very good, 8/10, but it didn't quite support 20-inches.  There was a marine haze and dew throughout, a little cold.  Observed from 9-11pm.

STF1324 AB: 178; 300x: 2 Dm B appears with averted vision at first, then can hold direct, well split.  WDS says physical, however there is no overlap of the parallax ranges -14%, so not likely binary.
09h 14m 00.43s +26° 10' 34.8" P.A. 349.00 sep 11.5 mag 9.30,10.95 Sp K0 dist. 423.73 pc (1382.21 l.y.)

STF1301 AB: 178; 150x: White stars, 1 Dm, wide.  WDS uncertain, but there is -46% overlap in parallax ranges, so they are not binary.
09h 01m 56.20s +26° 12' 15.7" sep 10.1 mag 9.63,10.32 Sp F8 dist. 136.61 pc (445.62 l.y.)

STF1288 AB: 178; 150x: Near equal white stars, wide.  WDS says parallax indicates physical, and there is 18% parallax range overlap, 936 AU weighted separation, 1.1+1.1 Msol, and the radial velocity delta 0.2 is less than the escape velocity 3.0, so it is binary.  
08h 52m 45.13s +28° 27' 29.2" P.A. 259.00 sep 7.7 mag 10.16,10.17 Sp G0

STF1265 AB: 178; 150x: White stars, almost 2 Dm, one of a corner of a equal mangitude white stars forming an equilateral triange.  WDS says not physical, however there is 69% overlap of parallax ranges, only 596 AU weighted separation, with 1.4+0.9 Msol, so the probability is high these are binary, though the proper motion is divergent it may simply be due to the orbital direction.
08h 43m 52.93s +13° 37' 26.2" P.A. 312.00 sep 5.7 mag 8.70,10.33 Sp G5 dist. 111.11 pc (362.44 l.y.)

STF1287 AB: 178; 150x: Tightly split 2 Dm pair, rather difficult but well seen, white stars.  WDS uncertain, but there is no overlap -35% of the parallax ranges, so they are not binary.
08h 51m 27.31s +12° 07' 40.5" P.A. 93.00 sep 2.1 mag 8.28,10.17 Sp F0

STF1319 AB: 178; 150x: White A and 2 Dm wide B, faint for a Struve.  WDS uncertain, but there is -28% parallax range overlap, so they are not binary.
09h 11m 08.51s +08° 34' 49.4" P.A. 50.00 sep 13.5 mag 10.03,11.87 Sp K5

STF1237 AB: 178; 150x: 3 Dm and very wide.  WDS says not physical, and there is -77% parallax range overlap, so they are not.
08h 30m 43.06s +08° 25' 54.4" P.A. 173.00 sep 5.5 mag 10.20,13.00 Sp A2

BU 585 AB: 178; 300x: Very slightly notched snowman, difficult.  WDS uncertain, and no Gaia data on the pair.
08h 41m 15.31s +20° 28' 36.8" P.A. 72.00 sep 0.3 mag 7.10,8.08 Sp A0III dist. 167.5 pc (546.38 l.y.)

STF1385 AB: 178; 300x: I see a brighter part of the diffraction which is in the correct PA, but this is very tentative. Tried 150-600x.  WDS is physical, but there is no Gaia data for the B star.
09h 49m 57.94s +16° 33' 35.4" P.A. 330.00 sep 1.0 mag 9.01,10.63 Sp G0 dist. 149.25 pc (486.85 l.y.)

STF1390 AB: 178; 150x: Very fine 1 Dm white A and blue B, nicely split about 2".  WDS uncertain, but there is 41% overlap in parallax ranges, 968 AU weighted separation, 2.4+2.0 Msol, so it is likely binary.  The AC pair is SE 5 and it has 32% parallax overlap, 5,711 AU weighted separation, 2.0+1.4 Msol, so this may also be a physical triple.
09h 52m 08.54s +16° 27' 46.8" P.A. 207.00 sep 2.2 mag 9.31,10.12 Sp B9 dist. 366.3 pc (1194.87 l.y.)

STF1396 AB: 178; 150x: White A and orange B, 2 Dm, well split around 4".  WDS uncertain, however there is 77% overlap in the parallax ranges, 1,315 AU weighted separation, and 2.4+1.7 Msol, so it is likely binary.
09h 56m 22.21s +10° 39' 55.5" P.A. 131.00 sep 3.9 mag 8.79,10.42 Sp A0 dist. 595.24 pc (1941.67 l.y.)

STF1397 AB: 178; 300x: Very fine split, almost 2 Dm.  WDS certain, and there is no Gaia data for the B star.
09h 56m 44.80s +25° 03' 14.1" P.A. 96.00 sep 1.1 mag 9.33,10.62 Sp G0 dist. 263.16 pc (858.43 l.y.)

STF1392 AB: 178; 150x: B is faint, first seen with averted vision and then can hold direct, 2 Dm, white stars, wide.  WDS uncertain, there is 4% overlap of parallax ranges, 2,836 AU weighted separation, and 1.7+1.2 Msol, so there is some chance they are binary.
09h 56m 03.71s +29° 05' 54.8" P.A. 176.00 sep 9.4 mag 9.93,12.60 Sp G5

STF1308 AB: 178; 150x: Ordinary yellow-white stars, 1 Dm, wide.  WDS says proper motion indicates physical, however there is -55% overlap in parallax ranges, so they certainly are not binary.
09h 04m 59.50s -03° 59' 15.1" P.A. 85.00 sep 10.9 mag 8.09,9.19 Sp F5 dist. 122.55 pc (399.76 l.y.)

STF1307 AB: 178; 150x: B is very faint, seen with averted vision only, wide.  WDS says not physical, and with -91% parallax range overlap, they are corred.
09h 04m 28.14s +04° 50' 16.1" P.A. 314.00 sep 8.6 mag 9.49,13.50 Sp K0

STF1309 AB: 178; 150x: Equal, white, wide.  WDS says proper motion & parallax indicate physical, however there is -38% parallax range overlap, they are not binary!  
09h 06m 38.25s +02° 49' 06.3" P.A. 273.00 sep 11.7 mag 8.48,8.38 Sp F4V+F6IV dist. 97.94 pc (319.48 l.y.)

STF1343 AB: 178; 150x: Equal, white, wide.  WDS says parallax indicates physical, and there is 9% parallax range overlap, 394 AU weighted separation, 0.8+0.8 Msol, and the radial velocity delta 1.7 is less than the escape velocity 2.6, so they likely are binary.
09h 19m 58.34s +04° 59' 58.6" P.A. 275.00 sep 9.1 mag 9.37,9.59 Sp G5

STF1329 AB: 178; 150x: Equal, white, wide.  WDS proper motion indicates not physical, and they are divergent, but more importantly there is -98% parallax range overlap, so definitely not binary. 
09h 15m 43.02s -01° 14' 29.9" P.A. 266.00 sep 8.2 mag 9.16,9.17 Sp G5

STF1316 AB: 178; 150x: Nice!  It's a triple system which forms an arc, the C being 1 magnitude brighter than the slightly closer B.  WDS says proper motion indicates physical, and there is 22% overlap in the parallax ranges, 479 AU weighted separation, and 1.1+0.7 Msol.  But the radial velocity delta 5.9 exceeds the escape velocity 2.6, so it may not be a binary.
09h 07m 52.48s -07° 08' 19.9" P.A. 137.00 sep 7.2 mag 8.80,10.70 Sp G0 dist. 64.64 pc (210.86 l.y.)

STF1357 AB: 178; 150x: Nice!  2 Dm B to bright white A, about 4" separation.  WDS uncertain, but the parallax range overlap is -2%, 1,606 AU weighted separation, 3.1+1.4 Msol, and the radial velocity delta 2.5 is slightly higher than the escape velocity 2.2, so likely not binary.
09h 28m 20.52s -09° 59' 12.8" P.A. 54.00 sep 7.7 mag 6.94,9.85 Sp K0 dist. 242.72 pc (791.75 l.y.)

STF1367 AB: 178; 150x: Pretty pair, white A and yellow B, well split, 2 Dm.  WDS says parallax indicates physical, but in fact there is no overlap of the parallax ranges, -62%, so it is definitely not physical.
09h 32m 11.78s -10° 50' 37.2" P.A. 184.00 sep 5.6 mag 7.93,8.99 Sp G0

STT 197 AB: 178; 205x: Excellent pair, about 2 Dm and closely split at 150x, better seen at 205x.  It sits at the top of a Christmas tiangle asterism.  WDS uncertain, but there is 20% parallax range overlap, a small 263 AU weighted separation, and 2.2+1.7 Msol -- so this is likely binary. 
09h 09m 31.08s +02° 56' 28.7" P.A. 65.00 sep 1.4 mag 7.92,9.03 Sp F1V dist. 164.74 pc (537.38 l.y.)

BU 104 AB: 178; 205x: Yellow-white A (spectral class K2III yellow-orange) and very much fainter B appears very closely split, <2".  I needed averted vision to see the B star at first, but could then hold it direct.  WDS says physical, but there is no parallax range overlap, -17%, so it is not likely to be binary.  Burnham discovered with his 6-inch.
09h 11m 29.26s +00° 17' 28.5" P.A. 105.00 sep 3.3 mag 6.99,10.64 Sp K2III dist. 228.31 pc (744.75 l.y.)

BU 211 AB: 178; 150x: Wow!  Exceptionally fine split, 2 Dm, with best seeing and perfect focus.  WDS uncertain, and there is no Gaia data for the B star.  Burnham discovered with his 6-inch.
09h 01m 58.78s +02° 40' 16.3" P.A. 270.00 sep 1.1 mag 7.34,8.77 Sp A2 dist. 147.49 pc (481.11 l.y.)

BU 212 AB: 178; 150x: Beatuiful, clean split, 1 Dm.  WDS uncertain, but there is no parallax range overlap, -4%, so it is not likely binary.  Burnham discovered with his 6-inch.
09h 16m 04.39s -08° 21' 01.8" P.A. 198.00 sep 1.6 mag 7.80,8.34 Sp A5 dist. 130.55 pc (425.85 l.y.)

BU 213 AB: 178; 205x: Very nice 2 Dm, very closely split with 150x, better at 205x.  WDS is uncertain, but there is -84% parallax range overlap, so they are not binary.  Burnham discovered with his 6-inch.
09h 28m 20.37s -08° 05' 18.2" P.A. 171.00 sep 1.9 mag 8.31,10.18 Sp A0 dist. 248.14 pc (809.43 l.y.)

BU 214 AB: 178; 150x: Very nice, 2 Dm, well split, white.  WDS says not physical, but there is 99% parallax range overlap, small 283 AU weighted separation, 1.5+0.9 Msol, so this is certainly binary.  Burnham discovered with his 6-inch.
09h 41m 29.89s -18° 29' 00.2" P.A. 243.00 sep 3.6 mag 7.73,9.64 Sp F7V dist. 55.28 pc (180.32 l.y.)

BU 216 AB: 178; 150x: Bright whtie A and much fainter B, well separated, very low, I was lucky to get this in a gap between trees.  WDS uncertain, but there is -13% parallax range overlap, so not likely to be binary.
09h 56m 46.89s -26° 32' 59.1" P.A. 153.00 sep 3.7 mag 6.31,10.50 Sp A4V dist. 67.52 pc (220.25 l.y.)

BU 336 AB: 178; 150x: Superfine split, significant delta mag, nice!  WDS uncertain, but there is -58% parallax range overlap, so they are not binary.  
09h 11m 46.52s -16° 48' 44.9" P.A. 240.00 sep 1.9 mag 8.89,9.99 Sp A1/2IV/V

BU 337 AB: 178; 150x: 3 Dm, wide.  WDS says physical, but there is no parallax range overlap -97%, and the radial velocity delta 18.8 far exceeds the escape velocity 2.1, so it is definitely not binary. 
09h 22m 29.38s -17° 53' 38.6" P.A. 352.00 sep 9.9 mag 7.00,10.18 Sp F4V dist. 101.73 pc (331.84 l.y.)

BU 338 AB: 178; 150x: White A and 2 Dm wide B.  WDS says physical, and there is 19% parallax range overlap, 511 AU weighted separation, 1.2+0.8 Msol, so it is probably binary.  Burnham discovered with his 6-inch.
09h 22m 56.62s -15° 29' 44.4" P.A. 273.00 sep 7.2 mag 8.44,10.35 Sp F7/8V dist. 82.71 pc (269.8 l.y.)

BU 339 AB: 178; 300x: Incredibly fine split about 1.5", 1 Dm.  WDS phsyical with 1111-year period, but there is -41% parallax range overlap, so it is probably not binary at all!
09h 30m 57.03s -15° 44' 19.6" P.A. 251.90 sep 1.2 mag 8.95,9.76 Sp F6/7V dist. 131.75 pc (429.77 l.y.)

BU 409 AB: 178; 150x: Pretty white A and blue B, 1 Dm, well separated.  WDS uncertain, but there is 28% parallax range overlap, 1,557 AU weighted separation, 2.3+1.2 Msol, so it is probably binary.  Burnham discovered with his 6-inch.
09h 00m 45.63s -09° 11' 29.1" P.A. 187.00 sep 9.8 mag 7.25,10.10 Sp A0 dist. 167.22 pc (545.47 l.y.)

BU 588 AB: 178; 150x: Superfine split, faint B, only with seeing, well split about 2".  WDS uncertain, but there is no parallax range overlap -12%, so it is not likely binary. 
09h 16m 40.03s +00° 43' 44.7" P.A. 166.00 sep 2.4 mag 6.50,11.00 Sp F1V dist. 68.26 pc (222.66 l.y.)

BU 455 AB: 178; 205x: Very beautiful, light yelow A and 2 Dm B, about 2" separation.  WDS uncertain, but there is no parallax range overlap, -81%, so it is not binary.
09h 14m 51.46s +04° 12' 38.1" P.A. 68.00 sep 1.8 mag 8.14,9.88 Sp K0 dist. 311.53 pc (1016.21 l.y.)

BU 908 BC: 508; 205x: The AB pair is wide, near equal.  BC was suspected as double with 7-inch, but I needed 20-inch aperture to split this very faint pair.  WDS uncertain, but there is no parallax range overlap, -50%, so it is not binary.
09h 14m 18.37s -08° 17' 34.3" P.A. 233.00 sep 0.9 mag 10.73,10.80

BU 592 AB: 178; 150x: Bright white A and faint wide B.  WDS uncertain, but there is 62% overlap of the parallax ranges, 1,738 AU weighted separation, and 3.0+0.9 Msol.  Further, the radial velocity delta 0.3 is less than the escape velocity 2.0, so it is very likely to be binary.
09h 55m 00.14s -16° 11' 38.1" P.A. 193.00 sep 9.7 mag 6.62,12.10 Sp K0III dist. 202.84 pc (661.66 l.y.)

Saturday, March 5, 2022

27 february 2022

A very productive night flying through Struves in Auriga, which has taken me several days to put togehter in a post as there were so many observations.  Seeing was good enough for 7-inches but did not hold up well with 20-inches, so it was a fine night for these pairs.  Many similar wide and moderate delta magnitude pairs, plus a few pleasant surprises along the way.  Observed from around 8:30-10:30pm

STF 603 AB: 178; 150x: Near equal white stars, widely separated.  WDS says proper motion indicates physical, and there is 52% parallax range overlap, 1,422 AU weighted separation, 1.7+1.7 Msol, so they may well be binary.
04h 54m 13.68s +49° 34' 52.3" P.A. 242.00 sep 8.6 mag 8.72,8.88 Sp G0

STF 613 AB: 178; 150x: Very light yellow stars, well separated, 1 Dm.  Not physical per WDS, and indeed there is no parallax range overlap, -95%.
04h 58m 50.74s +44° 08' 21.8" P.A. 99.00 sep 11.6 mag 8.59,9.58 Sp F2III

STF 619 AB: 178; 150x: Near equal white stars, well separated around 4".  WDS says physical with a 49,000 year period, which is simply peposterous.  There is no parallax range overlap, -83%, so these are not binary.
05h 01m 19.93s +50° 15' 25.3" P.A. 161.00 sep 4.2 mag 9.51,9.88 Sp F4V

STF 621 AB: 178; 150x: Faint pair, 1 Dm, pretty wide around 10".  Proper motion indicates physical per WDS, and there is 30% parallax range overlap, 2,383 AU weighted separation, and only 1.6+1.4 Msol.  The radial velocity delta (4.7) exceeds the escape velocity (1.5), so it is very likley not to be binary.
05h 00m 47.31s +39° 12' 32.7" P.A. 133.00 sep 10.0 mag 9.83,10.30 Sp F0

STF 640 AB: 178; 150x: White star, >1 Dm, wide around 10".  There is 10% parallax range overlap, 1,532 AU weighted separation, and 1.7+1.3 Msol, so there is some chance it is binary.
05h 07m 02.02s +33° 24' 48.1" P.A. 100.00 sep 9.2 mag 8.67,10.00 Sp A7V

STF 644 AB: 178; 150x: Lovely close yellow-white stars, just separated by one diffraction ring, not quite 1 Dm.  WDS uncertain, and there is 13% parallax range overlap, 1,476 AU weighted separation, substantial 6.3+7.3 Msol, so it might be binary. 
05h 10m 18.81s +37° 18' 06.7" P.A. 221.00 sep 1.6 mag 6.96,6.78 Sp B2II+K3 dist. 485.44 pc (1583.51 l.y.)

STF 648 AB: 178; 150x: Nice, nearly 2 Dm, fairly wide around 5", light yellow stars.  WDS has an orbital solution, and there is 14% parallax range overlap, 211 AU weighted separation, 1.1+0.9 Msol, and the radial velocity delta (1.3) is less than the escape velocity (4.0), so they are binary.  1658-year period
05h 10m 59.19s +32° 02' 19.5" P.A. 60.90 sep 4.6 mag 8.14,8.93 Sp G5 dist. 42.44 pc (138.44 l.y.)

STF 653 AB: 178; 150x: At first I did not see faint B, but it eventually appeared with averted vision.  C is a brighter but wider star than B, and together they form a bent arc.  C has a near same magnitude pair but I could not see it in the 7-inch or 20-inch.  WDS says AB is not physical, and indeed there is -91% parallax range overalp.  AC not physical either.  Ca-Cb, BAS5, is listed as physical but is really not visible.  It's one of the stars in M.A. Barstow et al's 2001 paper "Resolving Sirius-like Binaries with the Hubble Space Telescope" using the ultraviolet imaging array. 
05h 15m 24.39s +32° 41' 15.3" P.A. 11.00 sep 9.8 mag 5.03,10.90 Sp A9IV dist. 87.57 pc (285.65 l.y.)

STF 657 AB: 178; 205x: Light yellow-orange stars, 1 Dm, not quite split with 150x, nicely split at 205x.  WDS uncertain, but there is no parallax range overlap (-4%), so not likley to be binary.
05h 18m 47.19s +52° 49' 51.8" P.A. 316.00 sep 0.9 mag 8.30,8.81 Sp F5 dist. 115.47 pc (376.66 l.y.)

STF 673 AB: 178; 200x: Very fine, >1 Dm, very close split around 1.5", bluish color.  WDS uncertain, there is no parallax range overlap, -22%, so not likely to be binary.  
05h 20m 50.46s +50° 36' 56.9" P.A. 271.00 sep 1.4 mag 9.24,10.42 Sp A0 dist. 220.75 pc (720.09 l.y.)

STF 685 AB: 178; 150x: Very fine pair, >1 Dm, about 2" split, realy nice.  WDS uncertain, but there is no parallax range overlap (-78%), so not binary.
05h 23m 53.44s +50° 28' 09.3" P.A. 316.00 sep 2.1 mag 9.13,10.46 Sp K5

STF 711 AB: 178; 150x: White A and reddish B, wide, 2 Dm.  WDS says physical with an orbital solution, but there is no overalp in parallax range (-44%), and in spite of the 313 AU weighted separation, 1.1+0.7 AU weighted separation, and the radial velocity delta (0.6) not exceeding the escape velocity (3.2), it's not likely to be a binary. 
05h 31m 28.89s +54° 39' 15.8" P.A. 223.20 sep 7.5 mag 7.78,9.67 Sp G1+K2 dist. 39.31 pc (128.23 l.y.)

STF 717 AB: 178; 150x: White, wide, faint B need averted vision.  WDS says physical, but there is no parallax range overlap (-55%), so they are not.
05h 32m 54.87s +52° 07' 41.2" P.A. 291.00 sep 17.3 mag 8.68,11.67 Sp K0 dist. 1612.9 pc (5261.28 l.y.)

STF 718 AB: 178; 150x: White stars, near equal, wide.  WDS says physical, and there is 17% of parallax range overlap, 847 AU weighted separation, 1.8+1.8 Msol, and the radial velocity delta (2.7) is just below the escape velocity (2.8), so these may well be binary.  
05h 32m 20.59s +49° 23' 36.5" P.A. 74.00 sep 7.7 mag 7.47,7.54 Sp F5 dist. 82.58 pc (269.38 l.y.)

STF 723 AB 178; 150x: Faint B is just visible with direct vision, closely separated, about 5", 2 Dm.  WDS says physical, but there is no parallax range overlap, -13%, so not binary.
05h 34m 34.26s +51° 55' 13.6" P.A. 107.00 sep 4.8 mag 8.92,10.67 Sp A0 dist. 235.29 pc (767.52 l.y.)

STF 769 AB: 178; 150x: White A and fairly faint B, well separated around 4", 2 Dm.  WDS uncertain, but there is 17% parallax range overlap, 860 AU weighted separation, 2.2+1.4 Msol, so likely to be binary.
05h 45m 28.69s +53° 19' 37.9" P.A. 180.00 sep 3.6 mag 8.19,10.00 Sp A2 dist. 249.38 pc (813.48 l.y.)

STF 810 AB: 178; 150x: Equal 10th magnitude stars, close split around 2", nicely resolved.  WDS says not physical, and there is -2% parallax range overlap, 732 AU weighted separation, 1.6+1.5 Msol, but the radial velocity delta (18.4) far exceeds the escape velocity (2.8), so they are not binary.
05h 56m 32.07s +52° 56' 24.1" P.A. 245.00 sep 2.2 mag 10.01,10.40 Sp A3

STF 794 AB: 178; 150x: White A and light orange B, 1 Dm, wide
05h 51m 50.96s +48° 44' 25.9" P.A. 315.00 sep 9.7 mag 9.28,11.34 Sp A

STF 803 AB: 178; 150x: Nice. This pair lies in the center of a kite asterism, with four other stars similar magnitude forming the kit, and even a train of faint stars for a tail.  B appears with averted vision and is barely held direct, wide.  WDS is uncertain, but this is not binary as there is no overlap in parallax ranges, -92%.  STF 802 is the western star in the kite asterism and is in the same field.  
05h 52m 38.19s +40° 08' 19.8" P.A. 37.00 sep 11.1 mag 9.93,12.40

STF 802 AB: 178; 150x: Nice pair, 1 Dm, close around 2".  WDS says physical, and there is 79% parallax range overlap, 199 AU weighted separation, 1.2+1.0 Msol, and the radial velocity delta (0.8) is less than the escape velocity (4.4), so it is binary.  In the same field with STF 803.
05h 52m 30.85s +40° 08' 53.9" P.A. 106.00 sep 2.4 mag 8.92,9.57 Sp G0 dist. 96.43 pc (314.55 l.y.)

STF 799 AB: 178; 300x: Hairline split, 1 Dm, bluish color stars, a real challenge object for the aperture.  WDS uncertain, and unfortunately there is no Gaia data for the secondary.
05h 52m 13.88s +38° 33' 36.4" P.A. 158.00 sep 0.8 mag 7.30,8.26 Sp B8 dist. 211.86 pc (691.09 l.y.)

STF 791 AB: 178; 150x: Wide 1Dm, easy pair.  WDS says not physical, but in fact there is 83% parallax range overlap, a not impossibly large 3,933 AU weighted separation, 3.4+2.8 Msol, which means it is likely to be binary.
05h 50m 03.41s +39° 34' 34.7" P.A. 91.00 sep 5.0 mag 9.07,9.98 Sp A0 dist. 3448.28 pc (11248.29 l.y.)

STF 807 AB: 178; 150x:  Fine pair, white A and orange B, 2 Dm.  WDS uncertain, there is 2% parallax range overlap, only 217 AU weighted separation, 1.5+1.0 Msol, so there is some chance it is binary.
05h 52m 52.73s +34° 26' 42.5" P.A. 153.00 sep 2.4 mag 8.01,9.72 Sp F8 dist. 95.88 pc (312.76 l.y.)

STF 811 AB: 178; 150x: Nice looking pair, 2 Dm, well split, white A and orange B.  WDS uncertain, but there is no parallax range overlap (-27%), so they are not binary.
05h 54m 15.97s +30° 29' 37.7" P.A. 234.00 sep 5.2 mag 7.97,9.30 Sp B5

STF 796 AB: 178; 150x: Beautiful yellow-white A, 2 Dm B star well split around 4".  WDS uncertain, but there is no parallax range overlap, -43%, so they are not binary.
05h 49m 55.53s +31° 47' 08.7" P.A. 62.00 sep 3.7 mag 7.24,8.23 Sp A3 dist. 168.35 pc (549.16 l.y.)

STF 783 AB; 178; 150x: White A and 2 Dm wide B
05h 44m 37.74s +29° 00' 59.7" sep 8.3 mag 8.05,9.70 Sp B5 dist. 793.65 pc (2588.89 l.y.)

STF 781 AB: 178' 150x: B is wide, appears with averted vision at first and then can hold direct.  Many other faint stars in the view, any one of which could count as a pairing.  WDS uncertain, and there is -80% parallax range overlap, so they are not binary.
05h 45m 15.54s +32° 23' 40.0" P.A. 120.00 sep 15.4 mag 9.23,10.40 Sp B5V

STF 778 AB: 178; 150x: White A and >1 Dm B, well separated around 3".  WDS says not physical, but there is 21% parallax range overlap, 5,119 AU weighted separation, and 5.6+4.2 Msol, so there is a good chance they are binary.
05h 44m 05.16s +30° 56' 01.8" P.A. 186.00 sep 3.5 mag 8.44,10.11 Sp B3II dist. 1818.18 pc (5930.9 l.y.)

STF 737 AB; 178; 150x: Near equal white stars in the middle of a large open clsuter NGC 1960, really pretty.  WDS says not physical, but there is 65% parallax range overlap, a very wide 12,940 AU weighted separation, 4.1+3.9 Msol.  They might be binary, but maybe the open cluster will rip them apart.
05h 36m 22.66s +34° 08' 01.8" P.A. 305.00 sep 11.0 mag 9.13,9.38 Sp B2

STF 736 AB: 178; 150x: Nice 2 Dm white stars, close about 3". WDS says physical, and there is 47% parallax range overlap, only 112 AU weighted separation, 1.2+0.9 Msol, so very likely to be binary.
05h 37m 07.20s +41° 49' 41.7" sep 2.7 mag 7.45,8.57 Sp F8 dist. 44.19 pc (144.15 l.y.)

STF 727 AB: 178; 150x: Closely separated, >1 Dm.  WDS uncertain, and there is no parallax range overlap, -48%, so not binary.
05h 33m 51.00s +44° 47' 08.8" P.A. 60.00 sep 2.3 mag 8.13,9.16 Sp F5 dist. 543.48 pc (1772.83 l.y.)

STF 715 AB: 178; 300x: Strongly notched elongation, significant delta magnitude, white stars.  WDS uncertain, but there is no parallax range overlap -10%, so not likely binary.
05h 30m 13.12s +41° 16' 57.1" P.A. 203.00 sep 0.9 mag 8.50,9.24 Sp A0 dist. 757.58 pc (2471.23 l.y.)

STF 699 AB: 178; 150x: White stars, half delta magnitude, wide.  WDS says physical, but there is no overlap in the parallax ranges, -4%, so they are not binary.
05h 25m 38.50s +38° 02' 41.1" P.A. 346.00 sep 8.9 mag 7.90,8.61 Sp A1V dist. 308.64 pc (1006.78 l.y.)

STF 684 AB: 178; 205x: Resolved with seeing, nearly 2 Dm, white A and blue B, very closely split around 2".  WDS uncertain, but there is no overlap of the parallax ranges, -11%, so they are not binary, which is too bad because this is a pretty pairing.
05h 22m 11.04s +45° 04' 53.9" P.A. 141.00 sep 1.5 mag 7.72,9.34 Sp B8III dist. 5882.35 pc (19188.23 l.y.)

STF 669 AB: 178; 150x: Yellow-white, near equal, wide.  WDS uncertain, and there is 52% overlap of the parallax ranges, 1,687 AU weighted separation, and a significant 1.9+1.6 Msol.  However the radial velocity delta 2.1 slightly exceeds the escape velocity 1.9, so it might not be binary.
05h 18m 56.78s +45° 14' 51.4" P.A. 278.00 sep 9.8 mag 8.44,8.97 Sp F0

STF 658 AB: 178; 150x: 2 Dm, wide, white, easy pair.  WDS says physical, and there is 54% overlap of the parallax ranges, 1,612 AU weighted separation, and 2.0+1.5 Msol, so it may well be binary.
05h 16m 40.03s +39° 02' 44.9" P.A. 190.00 sep 5.8 mag 9.02,10.25 Sp A2 dist. 377.36 pc (1230.95 l.y.)

STF 599 AB: 178; 150x: White stars, 2 Dm, wide.  WDS uncertain, but there is 27% overlap of the parallax ranges, 5,484 AU weighted separation, and 3.1+2.2 Msol, so they may be binary.
04h 51m 04.84s +44° 58' 07.8" P.A. 336.00 sep 10.5 mag 8.68,10.14 Sp B9V dist. 148.15 pc (483.27 l.y.)

STF 666 AB: 178; 150x: Near equal white pair, fairly closely split.  WDS says parallax indicates physical, and there is 36% overlap in the parallax ranges, 573 AU weighted separation, and 2.2+2.2 Mso, so they may well be binary.
05h 17m 05.80s +33° 19' 47.2" P.A. 75.00 sep 3.2 mag 7.85,7.89 Sp A3V

STF 687 AB: 178; 150x: Easy, very wide, 2 Dm.  WDS says proper motion indicates it is not physical.  However, there is 59% overlap in the parallax ranges, a pretty wide 19,000 AU weighted separation balanced by weighty 4.4+3.5 Msol, so these may turn out to be binary.
05h 22m 18.09s +33° 47' 54.3" P.A. 70.00 sep 17.3 mag 8.69,9.77 Sp B2V dist. 75.53 pc (246.38 l.y.)

STF 706 AB: 178; 150x: Fairly close around 3", >1 Dm, white, in a rich field.  WDS says not physical, and there is -6% overlap of the parallax ranges, so likely not binary.
05h 26m 18.56s +30° 20' 08.5" P.A. 44.00 sep 3.6 mag 9.00,9.87 Sp F5

STF 719 AB: 178; 205x: Exellent yellow stars, very closely split, 2 Dm.  Very wide, slightly fainter C in a similar PA.  WDS says physical, but there is -29% overlap of the parallax ranges, so they are not binary.
05h 30m 06.14s +29° 32' 55.3" P.A. 336.00 sep 1.4 mag 7.50,8.76 Sp G5 dist. 169.78 pc (553.82 l.y.)

STF 821 AB: 178; 150x: Lovely, nearly 2 Dm, very closely split about 2", a string of three stars along the edge of the field of view.  WDS uncertain, but there is 66% overlap of the parallax ranges, 463 AU weighted separation, 2.1+1.6 Msol, so they are very likely binary.
05h 58m 24.04s +29° 37' 37.5" P.A. 4.00 sep 2.2 mag 8.33,9.44 Sp B9 dist. 242.72 pc (791.75 l.y.)

STF 861 BC: 178; 150x: This is the archetypical 2+1 pair.  A is a bright star with a widely split BC, which is a delicate equal pair about 2" separated, and both 1 Dm from the A.  WDS uncertain about BC, but dissapointinly there is -52% overlap in the parallax range, so they are not binary.
06h 11m 21.12s +30° 41' 23.2" P.A. 315.00 sep 1.7 mag 9.06,9.25 Sp F8
 
STF 862 AB: 178; 150x: Light yellow-white A and nearly 3 Dm wide B.  WDS uncertain, but there is -45% overlap in the parallax ranges, which settles it, they are not binary.
06h 12m 05.49s +29° 29' 31.7" P.A. 338.00 sep 6.9 mag 7.55,10.84 Sp G2Ib dist. 564.97 pc (1842.93 l.y.)

STF 879 AB: 178; 150x: Faint pair, 1 Dm, wide.  WDS says physical, and there is 33% parallax range overlap, 1,819 AU weighted separation, 1.5+1.1 Msol, so they are probably binary.
06h 16m 18.79s +30° 04' 34.2" P.A. 70.00 sep 7.7 mag 10.10,11.40

STF 902 AB: 178; 150x: 1 Dm, wide.  WDS says not physical, and there is -92% overlap in parallax ranges, so that's correct.
06h 27m 30.57s +34° 57' 19.4" P.A. 152.00 sep 11.2 mag 9.65,10.48 Sp F8

STF 906 AB: 178; 150x: Not quite 1 Dm, wide.  WDS uncertain, but there is 82% overlap in the parallax ranges, 805 AU weighted separation, 1.3+1.1 Msol, so they are likely binary.
06h 28m 44.86s +37° 22' 50.6" P.A. 337.00 sep 6.5 mag 9.14,10.13 Sp F5

STF 907 AB: 178; 150x: 1 Dm, wide.  WDS says not physical, but there is 27% parallax range overlap, 7,628 AU weighted separation, 2.9+2.1 Msol, so it is possible they could be binary.
06h 28m 09.96s +30° 25' 12.2" P.A. 302.00 sep 11.9 mag 9.40,10.38 Sp A0V

STF 929 AB: 178; 150x: 1 Dm, wide.  WDS uncertain, but there is -69% overlap in the parallax ranges, so they are not binary.
06h 35m 22.03s +37° 42' 55.1" P.A. 24.00 sep 6.5 mag 7.35,8.44 Sp G5 dist. 184.16 pc (600.73 l.y.)

STF 940 AB: 178; 150x: >1 Dm, wide.  WDS says physical, and there is 41% parallax range overlap, 2,585 AU weihted separation, and 2.1+1.4 Msol, so they might be binary.
06h 37m 16.56s +38° 25' 43.6" P.A. 295.00 sep 10.3 mag 8.76,10.29 Sp A5

STF 945 AB: 178; 300x: Subtle notched elongation.  WDS says physical with 2679.33-year period, but there is no parallax data in Gaia.
06h 40m 21.28s +40° 58' 10.9" P.A. 341.20 sep 0.5 mag 7.21,8.33 Sp F2 dist. 110.99 pc (362.05 l.y.)
STF 966 AB: 178; 150x: White and very faint B, 3 Dm, wide.  WDS uncertain, but there is -17% parallax range overlap, so they likely are not binary.
06h 50m 11.85s +39° 57' 11.2" P.A. 112.00 sep 5.2 mag 8.21,10.96 Sp G0 dist. 265.25 pc (865.25 l.y.)

STF 977 AB: 178; 150x: Very nice, faint pair, 2 Dm, closely split, 2".  WDS uncertain, but there is -49% parallax range overlap, so they are not binary.
06h 55m 25.23s +48° 33' 52.1" P.A. 129.00 sep 2.0 mag 8.76,9.88 Sp F2 dist. 176.99 pc (577.34 l.y.)

STF1042 AB: 178; 150x: 2 Dm, wide.  WDs says physical, and there is 19% parallax range overlap, 3,944 AU weighted separation, and 2.0+1.3 Msol.  The radial velocity delta 1.3, is just above the escape velocity, 1.2 -- so this may or may not turn out to be binary.
07h 15m 53.23s +42° 08' 54.8" P.A. 43.00 sep 11.9 mag 9.86,11.05 Sp K0

STF1079 AB: 178; 150x: 1 Dm, well separated. WDS says not physical, but there is 65% parallax range overlap, 1,434 AU weighted separation, and 1.7+1.3 Msol, so it very well may be binary
07h 24m 35.82s +37° 48' 41.0" P.A. 333.00 sep 5.6 mag 9.45,10.40 Sp A5

STF1018 AB: 178; 150x: Wide, 1 Dm.  WDS uncertain, but there is 20% parallax range overlap, 8,223 AU weighted separation, 3.3+2.5 Msol, so it may be binary.
07h 08m 49.93s +35° 53' 55.7" P.A. 18.00 sep 9.6 mag 9.30,10.66 Sp A0

STF 888 AB-C: 178; 150x: 2 Dm, well separated about 3".  Did not see BU 895 AB 0.1".  WDS says physical, but there is no parallax data for A.
06h 19m 58.96s +28° 25' 36.6" P.A. 265.00 sep 2.9 mag 7.46,9.63 Sp A6V dist. 132.98 pc (433.78 l.y.)

BU 1020 AB: 178; 150x: Very finat B is nearly lost in A's diffraction but resolves with seeing.  WDS uncertain, but there is 57% overlap in parallax ranges, 930 AU weighted separation, 3.8+2.1 Msol, so it is likely binary.
06h 23m 23.01s +28° 45' 21.0" P.A. 157.00 sep 1.3 mag 8.43,11.09 Sp B8 dist. 9090.91 pc (29654.55 l.y.)