Friday, May 6, 2022

3 may 2022, supurb night with the 6-inch refractor

Since replacing the motor on the Byers mount and fixing up the 6-inch, I had used it a couple of times for stunning solar views, but not yet at night.  Tuesday night's forecast was for clear skies with ok transparency and good seeing.  So I let the refractor cool down as soon as it was in shadow, and started observing at around 9pm.  Seeing was good to start but steadily improved, to the point I was getting clean airy disks and diffraction rings at high power.  I was completely impressed with what I could resolve.  I spent the time in Ursa Major and Draco, since the northern part of the sky is not convienent with the 20-inch.  

STF 1863 AB: 152; 250x: Hairline split, unequal.  WDS grade 4 orbit with a 538-year period, but there is -24% parallax range overlap, so these are not binary.
14h 38m 00.71s +51° 34' 42.1" P.A. 58.80 sep 0.7 mag 7.71,7.80 Sp F4V dist. 82.17 pc (268.04 l.y.)

STF 1871 AB: 152; 125x: White stars, nice clean split.  WDS grade 4 orbit 3658-year period, but there is no parallax range overlap (-75%), so these are not binary.
14h 41m 35.50s +51° 23' 51.3" P.A. 313.10 sep 1.9 mag 8.02,8.07 Sp F3V dist. 99.3 pc (323.92 l.y.)

STF 1860 AB: 152;125x: Near equal faint wide stars, near a bright orange star in field. WDS uncertain, but there is 93% parallax range overlap, only 182 AU weighted separation, 2.0+1.6 Msol, so these are very likely to be binary.
14h 33m 52.49s +55° 14' 09.6" P.A. 113.00 sep 1.0 mag 7.99,8.97 Sp A5 dist. 152.21 pc (496.51 l.y.)

STF 1831 AB: 152; 125x: Double double with STF 1830 EF.  There is a bright light orange star in the center (the C star), and on opposite sides are double stars of similar delta mag and approximately the same separation from the center star, but one is about half the separation (AB) of the other (EF).  WDS says AB is uncertain, but there is no parallax range overlap (-65%), so they are not binary.
14h 16m 08.47s +56° 42' 45.7" P.A. 138.00 sep 5.8 mag 7.16,9.56 Sp A7IV dist. 156.01 pc (508.9 l.y.)

STF 1830 EF: 152; 125x: Double double with STF 1830 EF. There is a bright light orange star in the center (the C star), and on opposite sides are double stars of similar delta mag and approximately the same separation from the center star, but one is about half the separation (AB) of the other (EF).  WDS says EF is not physical, and there is no (-89%) parallax range overlap, so it is not binary.
14h 15m 44.70s +56° 40' 20.3" P.A. 312.00 sep 10.6 mag 9.33,10.28 Sp G5

STF 1872 AB: 152; 125x: Light yellow A and blue B, 1 Dm, well separated.  WDS grade 5 orbit with a 2,000-year period, and says proper motion indicates physical, however there is -2% parallax range overlap, 424 AU weighted separation, 1.4+1.1 Msol, and the proper motion vector is low.  Doubtful this is binary, but time will tell.
14h 41m 00.84s +57° 57' 28.1" P.A. 50.00 sep 7.4 mag 7.53,8.32 Sp K0 dist. 55.46 pc (180.91 l.y.)

STF 1878 AB: 152; 125x: Low power double double with STF 1882 AB, both are light yellow stars, both A stars have similar magnitude, STF 1882 AB has twice the separation as STF 1878 AB.  WDS grade 5 orbit 1555-year period.  There is 35% overlap of the parallax ranges, only 172 AU weighted 
separation, 1.5+0.8 Msol, so these likely are binary.
14h 42m 03.25s +61° 15' 42.9" P.A. 314.20 sep 4.1 mag 6.33,9.16 Sp F4V dist. 40.67 pc (132.67 l.y.)


STF 1882 AB: 152; 125x: Low power double double with STF 1882 AB, both are light yellow stars, both A stars have similar magnitude, STF 1882 AB has twice the separation as STF 1878 AB.  WDS says parallax indicates physical, however there is no overlap of parallax ranges (-2%), and in spite of 1,135 AU weighted separation and 2.0+1.1 Msol, the radial velocity delta 4.0 exceeds the escape velocity 2.2, so these are not binary.
14h 44m 03.55s +61° 05' 53.7" sep 11.3 mag 6.92,9.23 Sp F3V dist. 82.17 pc (268.04 l.y.)

HU 149 AB: 152; 350x: Overlapping discs at all powers, similar magnitude.  WDS grade 4 orbit, 770-
year period, but unfortunately there is no parallax data for the primary.
15h 24m 35.30s +54° 12' 46.1" P.A. 270.30 sep 0.7 mag 7.48,7.62 Sp K0 dist. 234.74 pc (765.72 l.y.)


BU 946 AB: 152; 250x: ! Light yellow A is fairly bright, B is very faint and an extremely fine point, good close separation.  Burnham discovered it with the 18.5-inch refractor, and called it  "A fine unequal pair in Draco."  The star hop to this star is interesting, three pointed triangle asterisms.  WDS is uncertain, and sadly there is -28% parallax range overlap, so they are not binary. 
15h 47m 37.92s +55° 22' 35.9" P.A. 129.00 sep 2.3 mag 5.91,9.53 Sp A3m dist. 73.8 pc (240.74 l.y.)

STF 1984 AB: 152; 125x: 2 Dm, wide.  WDS uncertain, and there is -17% parallax range overlap, so they are likely not binary.
15h 51m 10.09s +52° 54' 25.2" P.A. 279.00 sep 6.4 mag 6.89,8.94 Sp A1V dist. 127.06 pc (414.47 l.y.)

STT 312 AB: 152; 125x: Bright orange A and very faint, well separated B.  WDS uncertain, but there is 69% parallax range overlap, only 138 AU weighted separation, 2.9+0.7 Msol, so these are likely binary.  
16h 23m 59.51s +61° 30' 50.7" P.A. 142.00 sep 4.7 mag 2.80,8.20 Sp G8IIIab dist. 28.23 pc (92.09 l.y.)

STF 2054 AB: 152; 250x: Hairline split with seeing, 1 Dm, light orange stars.  WDS uncertain, and unfortunatly no Gaia data for the secondary.
16h 23m 47.19s +61° 41' 47.0" P.A. 350.00 sep 1.0 mag 6.15,7.09 Sp G8III dist. 155.28 pc (506.52 l.y.)

STF 2118 AB: 152; 125x: Very fine hairline split, slightly unequal.  WDS grade 3 orbit, 321-year period.  There is 43% overlap of the parallax ranges, 76 AU weighted separation, 1.6+1.5 Msol, so these are binary.  It will tighten considerably to around 0.5" by the 2040s.
16h 56m 25.32s +65° 02' 20.6" P.A. 64.90 sep 0.9 mag 7.07,7.30 Sp F2IV dist. 69.93 pc (228.11 l.y.)

STF 2155 AB: 152; 125x: Well separated 3 Dm.  WDS says physical, and there is 59% overlap of the parallax ranges, 1,560 AU weighted separation, 2.5+1.2 Msol, so it very likely is binary.  
17h 16m 04.88s +60° 42' 49.7" P.A. 113.00 sep 10.0 mag 6.93,9.97 Sp F3III dist. 182.48 pc (595.25 l.y.)

BU 953 AB: 152; 350x: Hint of elongation, but I am tentitive of the observation, the current separation 
is beyond the scope's resolution. WDS grade 3 orbit 220-year period, and there is no Gaia data for the primary.
16h 36m 39.05s +69° 47' 34.7" P.A. 49.70 sep 0.2 mag 8.56,9.27 Sp F2V dist. 106.95 pc (348.87 l.y.)


STF 2241 AB: 152; 125x: Bright yellow stars, 1 Dm, wide. WDS grade 5 orbit with 10,000-year period, proper motion indicates physical.  There is 89% overlap of the parallax ranges, 691 AU weighted separation, 1.7+1.2 Msol, however the radial velocity delta (7.4) exceeds the escape velocity (2.7), so it is not binary.  
17h 41m 56.36s +72° 08' 55.8" P.A. 14.00 sep 29.6 mag 4.60,5.59 Sp F5IV+F8V dist. 22.84 pc (74.5 l.y.)

LDS 5227 AB 152; 125x: Super wide light orange stars, 1 Dm.  WDS says parallax indicates physical. 
17h 29m 44.45s +63° 51' 09.5" P.A. 288.00 sep 193.5 mag 7.67,8.40 Sp F9V+G0 dist. 45.21 pc (147.48 l.y.)

STF 2218 AB: 152; 350x: Appears as a very squat snowman, so it must be very closely separated with significant Dm.  WDS grade 4 orbit, 1051-year period.  But there is no overlap of the parallax ranges, -74%, so there is no possibility of these being binary.
17h 40m 18.07s +63° 40' 31.4" P.A. 306.80 sep 1.4 mag 7.08,8.37 Sp F8V dist. 68.49 pc (223.41 l.y.)

STF 2130 AB: 152; 125x: Light yellow-orange stars, wide, 1 Dm.  WDS grade 3 orbit, 424-year period.  There is 63% parallax range overlap, a mere 63 AU weighted separation, 1.4+1.4 Msol, so likely binary.
17h 05m 20.20s +54° 28' 14.3" P.A. 357.30 sep 2.6 mag 5.66,5.69 Sp F7V dist. 27.43 pc (89.48 l.y.)

STF 2146 AC: 152; 125x: Super wide, hald Dm.  
17h 13m 06.26s +54° 08' 20.9" P.A. 235.00 sep 89.3 mag 8.36,8.87 Sp F0+G5 dist. 108.81 pc (354.94 l.y.)

STF 2078 AB: 152; 125x: AC is a superwide split of light yellow stars, finder split.  AB is a closer split, around 3", 1 Dm.  WDS asserts it is physical, but there is no -29% overlap of the parallax ranges, so it is not binary.
16h 36m 13.72s +52° 55' 27.8" P.A. 104.00 sep 3.2 mag 5.38,6.42 Sp B9.5V dist. 126.42 pc (412.38 l.y.)

STF2199 AB: 152; 125x: Excellent, close split, near equal white stars.  WDS grade 4 orbit, 1126-year period.  But there is no -88% overlap of the parallax ranges, it is not binary.  
17h 38m 38.32s +55° 45' 34.9" P.A. 53.50 sep 2.0 mag 8.03,8.60 Sp F8V dist. 121.21 pc (395.39 l.y.)


STF2278 BC: 152; 125x: Nice 2+1 set, all the similar magnitude, white.  BC is around 6" separation, and the AB is very wide.  WDS asserts physical, and there is 27% overlap of the parallax ranges, 1,253 AU weighted separation, 2.1+1.9 Msol, so it likely is.
18h 02m 54.92s +56° 26' 12.4" P.A. 147.00 sep 6.0 mag 8.14,8.53 Sp A0 dist. 187.62 pc (612.02 l.y.)

STF2261 AB: 152; 125x: Light yellow A and blue B, 1 Dm.  WDS asserts physical, but there is no -59% overlap of the parallax ranges, they are not binary.
17h 58m 05.37s +52° 13' 06.0" P.A. 261.00 sep 9.6 mag 7.56,10.02 Sp A2 dist. 113.64 pc (370.69 l.y.)

STF 2180 AB: 152; 125x: Excellent near equal white stars, very closely separated.  WDS uncertain, but there is 82% overlap in their parallax ranges, 355 AU weighted separation, and 1.8+1.7 Msol, it is likely binary.
17h 28m 58.17s +50° 52' 13.0" P.A. 260.00 sep 3.0 mag 7.79,8.06 Sp A7IV dist. 110.99 pc (362.05 l.y.)

STF2189 AB: 152; 125x: Faint B appears with averted vision and can then hold direct, wide, >3 Dm.  AC is 1 Dm, super wide.  WDS says AB is physical, but there is -25% parallax range overlap, it is not binary.
17h 32m 49.72s +47° 53' 19.2" P.A. 99.00 sep 21.2 mag 7.83,11.24 Sp A2V dist. 213.22 pc (695.52 l.y.)

STF2142 AB: 152; 125x: White A and blue B, 2 Dm, around 2" separation.  WDS asserts physical, and there is 57% overlap in parallax ranges, 467 AU weighted separation, 2.3+1.0 Msol, so it is likely binary.
17h 11m 40.26s +49° 44' 46.7" P.A. 110.00 sep 4.9 mag 6.18,9.35 Sp A5III dist. 94.88 pc (309.5 l.y.)

BU 627 A-BC: 152; 250x: Perfect airy disks, bright A a little blue-green color, B is very faint, 4 Dm, close to A.  Excellent!  WDS grade 5 orbit 870-year orbit.  Unfortunately there is no Gaia data for the secondary. 
16h 49m 14.21s +45° 58' 59.9" P.A. 42.40 sep 2.0 mag 4.84,8.45 Sp A1V dist. 55.25 pc (180.23 l.y.)

I ended the night with M92, which filled the eyepiece and was resolved to the core.  It was dim, but the contrast provided by the scope was able to bring it forth.

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