Thursday, March 7, 2024

24 february 2024

A clear night but with average seeing and a steady marine haze, so I used the 6-inch.  It took a while to star align, which was frustrating, but eventually settled in for a decent night.  Ended with views of the just-past full moon, with plenty of interesting crates and mountains on the moon.  

STF 834 AB: 152; 125x: Very wide near equal.  -23% PRO, it is not binary.
06h 04m 34.24s +30° 14' 04.0" P.A. 310.00 sep 22.8 mag 8.61,9.38 Sp A dist. 25.52 pc (83.25 l.y.)

STF 845 AB: 152; 125x: Wide, 2 Dm, light orange stars.  19% PRO, 705 AU WS, 2.2+1.9 Msol, RVD 0.7 < EV 3.2, it is probably binary and an orbit should be tried.
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 862 AB: 152; 125x: Faint B seen with averted vision only well split. -45% PRO, it is 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 865 AB: 152; 125x: Extremely faint, fairly close, seen best with averted vision.  97% PRO, 1,956 AU WS, 2.8+1.6 Msol, but the RVD 2.2 > EV 2.0.  An orbit should be tried if only to check the marginal results.
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 872 AB: 152; 125x: Unequal pair, well split.  31% PRO, 872 AU WS, 1.8+1.5 Msol, it is possibly binary and needs an orbit.
06h 15m 39.06s +36° 08' 55.3" P.A. 216.00 sep 11.4 mag 6.89,7.38 Sp F4IV dist. 82.03 pc (267.58 l.y.)

STF 876 AB: 152; 125x: Faint B seen averted vision only, 2 Dm, wide.  -69% PRO, it is not binary.
06h 18m 30.80s +53° 39' 29.0" P.A. 41.00 sep 8.7 mag 9.23,11.80 Sp A5

STF 879 AB: 152; 125x: Extremely faint, seen with averted vision only, wide.  33% PRO, 1,819 AU WS, 1.5+1.1 Msol, it is possibly binary and needs an orbit.
06h 16m 18.79s +30° 04' 34.2" P.A. 70.00 sep 7.7 mag 10.10,11.40

STF 883 AB: 152; 200x: In a number five dice-face asterism, one of the corners.  Need averted vision to pull out the B star, close split even with 200x.  76% PRO, 765 AU WS, 1.7+1.6 Msol, it is likely binary and needs an orbit.
06h 19m 08.03s +39° 46' 28.7" P.A. 265.00 sep 3.5 mag 9.27,9.70 Sp F0

STF 884 AB: 152; 125x: Near equal, well split.  50% PRO, 4,484 AU WS, 2.9+2.7 Msol, it is possibly binary and an orbit should be tried.
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 888 AB-C: 152; 125x: Close, 2 Dm.  No parallax data for the primary.
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.)

STF 890 AB: 152; 125x:  B is very wide, and with averted vision only.  -76% PRO, it is not binary.
06h 21m 40.95s +36° 06' 47.0" P.A. 271.00 sep 17.8 mag 9.71,12.35 Sp A0

STF 896 AB: 152; 125x: B seen with averted vision only.  -96% PRO, it is not binary.
06h 25m 52.92s +51° 52' 31.0" P.A. 81.00 sep 18.2 mag 9.17,9.64 Sp A5

STF 902 AB: 152; 125x: Wide, very faint.  -92% PRO, it is not binary.
06h 27m 30.57s +34° 57' 19.4" P.A. 152.00 sep 11.2 mag 9.65,10.48 Sp F8

STF 903 AB: 152; 125x: Very wide, faint 4 Dm B.  14% PRO, 9,371 AU WS, 4.8+1.8 Msol, it is possibly binary and needs an orbit. 
06h 24m 20.58s -12° 57' 43.0" P.A. 295.00 sep 23.1 mag 6.12,10.49 Sp B5Ve dist. 289.02 pc (942.78 l.y.)

STF 904 AB: 152; 125x: Near equal, faint, well separated.  26% PRO, 1,523 AU WS, 1.6+1.4 Msol, and the RVD 0.5 < EV 1.9, it is likely binary and needs an orbit.
06h 30m 12.03s +51° 46' 58.8" P.A. 165.00 sep 4.9 mag 10.30,11.21 Sp F0

STF 905 AB: 152; 200x: Faint B just seen direct, very closely split. -65% PRO, it is not binary.
06h 28m 53.76s +40° 07' 11.1" P.A. 130.00 sep 1.7 mag 8.21,9.95 Sp A1IV

STF 906 AB: 152; 125x: Close, 1 Dm, averted vision needed to bring out B.  82% PRO, 805 AU WS, 1.3+1.1 Msol, it is likely binary and needs an orbit tried.
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: 152; 125x: 1 Dm faint pair, well separated.  20% PRO, 2.9+2.1 Msol, and the RVD 1.2 > EV 1.1, but only a little.  It is possibly binary and an orbit should be tried.
06h 28m 09.96s +30° 25' 12.2" P.A. 302.00 sep 11.9 mag 9.40,10.38 Sp A0V

STF 908 AB: 152; 125x: Wide, faint, near equal.  -27% PRO, it is not binary.
06h 31m 16.69s +53° 50' 52.4" P.A. 358.00 sep 8.6 mag 10.71,10.70

STF 909 AB: 152; 125x: Wide, faint.  -96% PRO, it is not binary.
06h 28m 43.55s +35° 15' 42.9" P.A. 76.00 sep 15.5 mag 8.50,11.10 Sp F8 dist. 6666.67 pc (21746.68 l.y.)

STF 912 AB: 152; 200x: Faint, very closely split.  43% PRO, 1,037 AU WS, 2.3+1.5 Msol, it is likely binary and needs an orbit.
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.)

STF 917 AB: 152; 125x: Superwide, very faint.  54% PRO, 2,526 AU WS, 1.0+0.7 Msol, but the RVD 1.6 > EV 1.1, it is not binary.
06h 33m 29.89s +52° 30' 25.8" P.A. 231.00 sep 27.7 mag 9.61,11.72

STF 918 AB: 152; 125x: Closely separated, 2 Dm.  -59% PRO, it is not binary.
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 928 AB: 152; 150x: Very close, near equal.  -1% PRO, it is not likely binary.
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.)

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