Saturday, May 18, 2024

12 may 2024

It was a pretty frustrating night.  Seeing was forecast to be good.  I optimistically started with some close pairs from Burnham at full 20-inch aperture, but it really wasn't good enough, so I masked to 8-inches.  I tried to observe only the reasonably close pairs which have a chance of being binary.  I was a bit random and observed all over the sky.  It got kind of cold so the temperature change from the hot day might explain the poorer seeing.  The marine layer was threatening on the western horizon, and finally came through at 11:30pm, when I closed up.

BU 1430 AB: 508; 140x: Very pretty, light orange A, with two 2 Dm fainter stars nearby, one close and one twice as far, forming a pointed triangle.  AB is -80% PRO, not binary.  The far companion is STF 1498 AC, which has 8% PRO but the RVD 3.9 far exceeds the EV 0.9, it is not binary.  
11h 01m 35.83s +66° 26' 59.1" P.A. 13.00 sep 8.6 mag 7.95,11.41 Sp K0 dist. 320.51 pc (1045.5 l.y.)

BU  793 AB: 508; 280x: Faint close pair, needed averted vision to flash B into sight.  46% PRO, 209 AU WS, 0.8+1.0 Msol, it is likely binary and needs an orbit.
11h 43m 38.01s +06° 33' 49.4" P.A. 100.00 sep 1.5 mag 10.80,11.50 Sp G0

STF1548 A-BC: 178; 140x: White, wide, 1 Dm.  No Gaia parallax data for the companion.
11h 32m 06.63s -03° 31' 52.9" P.A. 127.00 sep 10.9 mag 8.76,9.81 Sp K0

STF1556 AB: 178; 140x: Faint near equal pair, well separated.  55% PRO, 1,116 AU WS, 1.0+1.0 Msol, and the RVD 0.2 < EV 1.8, it is likely binary and needs an orbit.
11h 36m 17.58s +12° 07' 50.4" P.A. 52.00 sep 9.1 mag 10.69,10.77 Sp G5

STF1558 AB: 508; 280x: With seeing and foveal coaxing, faint B appears very close to A. No Gaia parallax data.
11h 36m 41.28s +21° 28' 13.6" P.A. 168.00 sep 1.3 mag 9.92,10.24 Sp G5

STF1565 AB: 178; 140x: Wide, white, nearly 1 Dm.  -20% PRO, it is not binary.
11h 39m 36.50s +18° 59' 48.3" P.A. 304.00 sep 22.2 mag 7.26,8.41 Sp F4IV dist. 16.29 pc (53.14 l.y.)

STF1564 AB: 178; 140x: 1 Dm, well split.  41% PRO, 3,118 AU WS, 3.4+2.7 Msol, it is possibly binary and needs an orbit.
11h 39m 37.84s +26° 57' 23.7" P.A. 87.00 sep 5.0 mag 8.81,9.33 Sp A3V dist. 431.03 pc (1406.02 l.y.)

STF1566 AB: 178; 200x: Close pair, nearly 1 Dm.  44% PRO, 396 AU WS, 1.8+1.3 Msol, and RVD 1.7 < EV 3.7, it is possibly binary and needs an orbit.
11h 40m 38.67s +21° 02' 11.3" P.A. 349.00 sep 2.4 mag 8.71,9.98 Sp G5 dist. 512.82 pc (1672.82 l.y.)

STF1577 AB: 178; 200x: Faint, nearly 1 Dm.  -45% PRO, it is not binary.
11h 53m 19.61s +20° 19' 11.1" P.A. 10.00 sep 8.6 mag 10.11,11.30 Sp F5

STF1582 AB: 178; 140x: Nearly 1 Dm, wide 
11h 56m 00.86s +21° 58' 54.8" P.A. 76.00 sep 12.3 mag 8.09,9.53 Sp F7IV dist. 160.51 pc (523.58 l.y.)

STF1596 AB: 178; 140x: Pretty yellow-white stars, significant delta, well split.  70% PRO, 387 AU WS, 2.4+1.7 Msol, it is likely binary and needs an orbit.
12h 04m 16.60s +21° 27' 33.0" P.A. 234.00 sep 3.4 mag 6.18,7.48 Sp F0IV-V dist. 101.01 pc (329.49 l.y.)

STF1633 AB: 178; 140x: Equal brilliant white stars, wide. 64% PRO, 746 AU WS, 1.8+1.7 Msol, it is likely binary and needs an orbit.
12h 20m 41.37s +27° 03' 16.4" P.A. 245.00 sep 9.0 mag 7.04,7.13 Sp F3V+F3V dist. 91.83 pc (299.55 l.y.)

BU  928 AB: 178; 200x: Wonderful close pair, 1 Dm.  -73% PRO, it is not binary.
13h 03m 22.64s -06° 25' 58.6" P.A. 319.00 sep 2.5 mag 8.71,9.62 Sp F0

BU  929 AB: 178; 420x: Elongated N-S only.  No Gaia parallax data.  SOC grade 4 orbit, 438-year period.
13h 03m 54.42s -03° 39' 47.3" P.A. 188.00 sep 0.4 mag 7.12,7.65 Sp F0V dist. 155.04 pc (505.74 l.y.)
BU  114 AB: 178; 200x: Light yellow-orange stars, nice clear split with seeing.  25% PRO, 90 AU WS, 1.3+1.2 Msol, it is possibly binary and needs an orbit.
13h 34m 17.72s -08° 37' 07.4" P.A. 172.00 sep 1.3 mag 8.05,8.18 Sp F8V

STF1645 AB: 178; 200x: Unequal pair, pretty closely separated.  -1% PRO, 443 AU WS, 1.2+1.1 Msol, and the RVD 0.5 < EV 3.0, it might binary.  SOC grade 5 orbit, 3477-year period -- though I think given the parallax these might be line of sight only.
12h 28m 04.45s +44° 47' 39.5" P.A. 156.00 sep 9.8 mag 7.49,8.08 Sp F9V+KV dist. 43.61 pc (142.26 l.y.)

STF1702 AB: 178; 140x: Near equal, wide.  -79% PRO, it is not binary.
12h 58m 31.97s +38° 16' 43.6" P.A. 83.00 sep 35.9 mag 8.72,9.41 Sp G5V+G6V dist. 44.21 pc (144.21 l.y.)

STF1688 AB: 178; 140x: 2 Dm, wide.  No parallax data for the companion.
12h 53m 35.26s +37° 58' 20.9" P.A. 344.00 sep 14.1 mag 9.24,11.06 Sp G0 dist. 448.43 pc (1462.78 l.y.)

STF1723 AB: 178; 140x: >1 Dm, wide.  -42% PRO, it is not binary.
13h 08m 13.49s +38° 44' 20.2" P.A. 12.00 sep 6.1 mag 8.67,10.08 Sp G2IV-V dist. 73.05 pc (238.29 l.y.)

STF1642 AB: 178; 200x: Very pretty close pair, 1 Dm.  -33% PRO, it is not binary.
12h 25m 45.00s +44° 44' 04.4" P.A. 180.00 sep 2.5 mag 8.80,9.40 Sp F5 dist. 244.5 pc (797.56 l.y.)

STF1638 AB: 178; 140x: Faint near equal, wide.  -30% PRO, it is not binary.
12h 24m 13.24s +43° 03' 37.1" P.A. 282.00 sep 8.3 mag 10.29,10.70 Sp F5

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