Little Tycho Observatory Observations

Observations, listed by increasing right ascension.

Epoch J 2000

Z Peg

0h 0m 6.39s 25° 53m 12.14s Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 10 22:17:20

A 9.7mv pale orange white star.

STF 3053

0h 2m 36.08s 66° 5m 56s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 23 20:51:37

A very nice pair. Pastel orange and blue, like Albireo, but a bit fainter.

SV And

0h 4m 20s 40° 6m 37s Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 22 20:55:30

Below 11.5mv

SU And

0h 4m 36.39s 43° 33m 5s Variable

C-8 B 2006-12-13 19:00:00

A pale red star of about 8 Mv. There is another M star about 50 minutes away from SU in position angle 200 degrees. It appears to be 9Mv. GCVS identifies this as HO And.

STF 3061

0h 5m 44.44s 17° 50m 25s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-16 01:00:00

A nice white pairs of stars, position angle approximately 150 degrees. Struve 3060 is in the same field, and the 2 pairs have similar position angles. WDC: position angle: 148, Sep: 7.6, Mv: 8.4, Mvb: 8.51, Sp: F5V F5V

STF 3060

0h 5m 55.56s 18° 4m 34s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-16 01:00:00

A dull white pairs of stars, position angle approximately 140 degrees. Struve 3061 is in the same field, and the 2 pairs have similar position angles. WDC: position angle: 111, Sep: 3.9, Mv: 9.32, Mvb: 9.65, Sp: K0

AC Cet

0h 10m 58.09s -18° 34' 20.47" Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 22 21:36:46

8.0mv pale red orange star.

STF 8

0h 11m 35.21s -3° 4' 40" Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 28 21:14:34

An OK unequal double. As per the WDC.

AD Cet

0h 14m 27.44s -7° 46' 50.14" Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 22 21:42:15

Looks like a 5mv Betelgeuse. There are no nearby comparison stars to verify this with.

N_55

0h 14m 54s -39° 11' 0" Galaxy

C-8 P 2006-09-17 21:00:00

A large, uniformly bright streak. Impressive.

C-8 Pinnacles 2009 12 16 19:13:40

A large, mottled streak in the sky.

STF 12

0h 14m 58.84s 8° 49m 15s Double

C-8 B 2009-03-15 21:00:00

An OK, unequal double, despite the bright moonlight.

STF 22

0h 17m 24.5s 8° 52m 34s Double

C-8 B 2007-11-27 19:00:00

A very nice, slightly unequal pair. Both light yellow.

STF 24

0h 18m 30.58s 26° 8m 25s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-13 19:00:00

A nice white pair. PA ~120 degrees.

STT 5

0h 18m 42.15s 43° 47m 28s Double

C-8 B 2006-09-17 21:00:00

AKA 30 Ari. A nice double A:6 Mv, B: 7 Mv.

VX And

0h 19m 54.09s 44° 42m 35s Variable

C-8 B 2006-12-08 19:30:00

A brown-red star. Kathie saw it as red.

C-8 B 2006-10-21 20:00:00

A pastel red star. Approximately 8-8.5 Mv.

R And

0h 24m 2s 38° 34m 38s Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 10 22:26:3

A ruddy star of 10mv. In a larger telescope, I suspect it would appear more red.

AQ And

0h 27m 31.79s 35° 35m 15s Variable

C-8 B 2006-12-08 19:30:00

A pale red-orange-brown star. About 7.5 Mv

C-8 B 2008-01-01 19:00:00

An orange star of 8th Mv, despite the GCVS range of 10-12. AAVSO observers peg it at approximately 8.5.

TV Psc

0h 28m 2.38s 17° 53m 35.03s Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 23 22:23:45

Like a 5mv Betelgeuse.

STF 39

0h 34m 29.74s -4° 32' 47" Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 28 20:36:15

A lackluster pair, as per the WDC

N_157

0h 34m 48s -8° 24' 0" Galaxy

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 16 19:18:37

A bright, compact, elliptical smudge. Very nice.

STF 40

0h 35m 9.63s 36° 49m 56s Double

C-8 B 2007-11-27 19:00:00

A yellow-whitish unequal pair. The companion looked reddish at first, but after a few moments of observation, it looked white. An interesting physiological effect.

N_185

0h 39m 0s 48° 20m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-10-30 22:30:00

A faint dwarf elliptical in a rich area of the Milky Way. It appeared granulated, but this was probably due to foreground stars.

STF 47

0h 40m 19.78s 24° 3m 14s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 23 22:30:35

An OK pair with a faint companion. The companion is as faint as the secondary.

N_205

0h 40m 24s 41° 41m 0s Galaxy

C-8 B 2007-01-08 19:00:00

A barely perceptible glow against the brightly glowing background of the light polluted sky. This was the third or forth time I had looked for M 110, and tonight it was finally seen. Swinging the telescope back and forth in RA made the faint glow a bit more apparent.

AI Cet

0h 42m 1.13s -9° 38' 51.63" Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 23 22:44:0

A red-gray star of 9.4mv.

N_224

0h 42m 42s 41° 16m 0s Galaxy

C-8 B 2006-09-26 03:30:00

Only the nucleus of this huge spiral is visible, as a large, low contrast elliptical glow, brighter in the middle.

C-8 B 2007-09-13 00:15:00

I managed to trace the boundaries of this galaxy to 4 degrees along its major axis. The dark lanes just west of the nucleus were glimpsed. The light of the galaxy is uniform, especially towards the center.

N_221

0h 42m 42s 40° 52m 0s Galaxy

C-8 B 2006-09-17 21:00:00

A low contrast ellipse near M 31. M 110 was not seen.

N_246

0h 47m 0s -11° 53' 0" Planetary

C-8 B 2006-09-20 03:30:00

Perhaps seen. Extremely low contrast, if so.

C-8 B 2007-10-13 21:00:00

A faint, large, planetary nebula. I did not see the circular outline as seen in its photos. Rather, it appears 5 faint stars enveloped with nebulosity.

N_247

0h 47m 6s -20° 46' 0" Galaxy

C-8 P 2000-09-17 21:00:00

A faint oval, smaller than NGC 253.

RW And

0h 47m 19s 32° 41m 8s Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 23 22:56:18

9.5mv grey-red star.

N_253

0h 47m 36s -25° 17' 0" Galaxy

C-8 B 2006-12-10 20:00:00

A very faint smudge in the 36x eyepiece, drowned in the light pollution.

C-8 Pinnacles 2007-10-13 21:00:00

A beautiful, bright oval in the sky, somewhat mottled.

C-11 Pinnacles 2009 12 16 19:16:44

The HII regions of the galaxy looked like an embedded star cluster. Superb

STF 61

0h 49m 52.87s 27° 42m 38s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-23 19:30:00

AKA 56 Psc. Exquisite! Two white stars, tinged with yellow and blue.

STN 3

0h 52m 12.87s -22° 37' 0" Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 9 19 3:16:4

A *very* tight pair, 240 pa. Under an arc second sep. It was only split with the 5mm. It looked like a single star at lower powers.

STF 65

0h 52m 45.61s 68° 51m 59s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 9 19 2:49:42

An exqusite pair of white stars, in 30 pa ~3" sep.

N_288

0h 52m 48s -26° 35' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2000-09-17 21:00:00

A large, loose, faint globular cluster, easily resolved, however, when seen.

AG 8

0h 53m 34.65s 68° 35m 8s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 9 19 2:49:42

A swept up double, found while hunting for STF_65. It was found at 0h 52.5m, +68.5d, pa 40d, 15" sep, 9mv-9mv, both white. A bit lackluster.

N_300

0h 54m 54s -37° 41' 0" Galaxy

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 16 19:20:58

A faint, large, mottled, smudge, emeshed in a parallogram of foreground stars.

S 390

0h 58m 9.75s -15° 40' 58" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-01 19:00:00

An exquisite pair of white stars.

STF 79

1h 0m 3.56s 44° 42m 47s Double

C-8 B 2007-11-27 19:00:00

A brilliant white, slightly unequal pair, very nice.

STF 88

1h 5m 41.7s 21° 27m 55s Double

C-8 B 2007-11-27 19:00:00

A bright white, wide pair, tinged with yellow. Quite nice.

STF 90

1h 5m 49.21s 4° 54m 31s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-23 19:15:00

A very pale yellow pair, not bad for a wide double.

STF 91

1h 7m 10.98s -1° 43' 55" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-25 20:00:00

A very nice unequal double

STF 98

1h 12m 52.98s 32° 4m 31s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-23 19:15:00

A nice, unequal double in a fine field.

STF 100

1h 13m 43.8s 7° 34m 31s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-23 19:30:00

AKA Zeta Psc. Yellow white and Pale orange white.

C-8 B 2006-08-20 21:00:00

A nice yellow-white, yellow pair. WDC gives them as A7 and F7.

STFA 3

1h 14m 24.04s -7° 55' 22" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-25 20:00:00

A yellow white - white pair.

Z Psc

1h 16m 4.76s 25° 46m 11.31s Variable

C-8 B 2006-12-23 19:30:00

A pastel more red than orange star of about 7 Mv.

STF 102

1h 17m 50.3s 49° 0m 44s Double

C-8 B 2007-11-27 19:00:00

An OK, unequal pair, the secondary in this pair appeared read on first glance, but then seemed to whiten. A physiological effect. WDC does not list the secondary's spectral type.

N_457

1h 19m 6s 58° 20m 0s Open Cl

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 18 15:23:22

A grand cluster of ~80 stars, many of them appear to be double, and many are quite blue.

STF 113

1h 19m 48.28s -0° 30' 32" Double

C-8 B 2007-11-27 20:00:00

An elongated blob in tonight's poor seeing. This should be revisited on a steadier night.

N_488

1h 21m 48s 5° 15m 0s Galaxy

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 16 19:27:0

A uniform disc with a bright, Seyfert like nucleus. Lovely.

HJ 2043

1h 22m 30.47s -19° 4' 52" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-04 19:00:00

This pair was in the trees but I found it nonetheless. Hardly worth the effort.

STF 124

1h 26m 16.51s -13° 53' 37" Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 28 21:25:26

An OK pair, as per the WDC.

N_584

1h 31m 18s -6° 52' 0" Galaxy

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 16 19:48:39

This E4 looks like an unresolved globular cluster, which it is, of course, on a much larger scale.

HJ 2052

1h 31m 33.96s -19° 1' 22" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-04 21:00:00

A very wide, swept up double in position angle 120 (WDC: 121 d). I saw them as 6th mv, WDC: 6.9 - 7.5

N_598

1h 33m 54s 30° 39m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2006-10-13 23:00:00

A face on Sc. An obvious large smudge in triangulum. Glimpsed with averted vision, naked eye. 7 x 50 Fujinons

C-8 P 2008-11-28 21:00:00

The spiral arms of this galaxy were glimpsed for the first time.

STF 136

1h 34m 51.61s 12° 33m 31s Double

C-8 B 2007-12-31 19:00:00

An wide, lackluster pair.

STF 138

1h 36m 2.85s 7° 38m 42s Double

C-8 B 2007-12-31 19:00:00

A nice, close pair, cleanly split with the 12.5.

N_628

1h 36m 42s 15° 47m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2006-10-13 23:00:00

A face on Sc. Easily seen, as opposed to trying to located it in the glowing skies in my backyard.

C-8 P 2006-09-20 03:30:00

Found with a detailed finder chart. Only the nucleus was visible, the envelope was washed out by the bright sky.

SW Cet

1h 38m 29.26s 1° 21m 45.7s Variable

C-8 B 2006-12-23 19:30:00

2006-12-23 19:30:00

C-8 B 2007-09-18 04:00:00

Not seen

C-8 B 2007-11-27 20:00:00

Confirmed sighting with the PSS plate of the region. Last year's sighting was accurate as well. For an M7 star, it sure looked white.

STF 147

1h 41m 44.84s -11° 19' 28" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-04 21:00:00

I saw an elongation at approximately 250� position

C-8 B 2008-01-25 20:00:00

A very difficult double. Elongated in position angle 310, WDC gives 86�. It's not 3.5" separation, as reported by WDC. I estimate it to be less than 1".

N_650

1h 42m 18s 51° 34m 0s Planetary

C-8 B 2006-09-26 03:30:00

A very low contrast object in these light polluted skies. One can see the "peanut" shape that gives it it's popular name. The LPR filter helped with this one, as did the early hour and clear skies.

STF 150

1h 43m 22.43s -7° 4' 37" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-04 21:00:00

A nice, wide white pair. With the exception of a few averted vision faint stars, the only stars visible in the 24.5 field. A nice effect.

STF 155

1h 44m 15.19s 9° 29m 2s Double

C-8 B 2007-11-27 20:00:00

A pretty pair, forming the base of an isosceles triangle triangle of stars. A nice asterism!

BU 6

1h 44m 43.67s -6° 45' 58" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-09 19:00:00

A very difficult double. The 9th magnitude secondary was almost invisible in the glare of the 6.7 mv primary. PA observed as approximately 170�. WDC: 190�.

STF 156

1h 48m 29.2s 60° 26m 32s Double

C-8 B 2006-09-17 21:00:00

AKA 3 Peg. A nice pair.

STF 174

1h 50m 8.6s 22° 16m 29s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-23 19:30:00

AKA 1 Ari. A gold and blue pair, quite beautiful. Elongated at 80x, Quite nice at 333x, and overdone at 500x.

C-8 B 2006-09-17 21:00:00

A white-orange pair. Very nice.

STF 178

1h 52m 2.53s 10° 48m 38s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 28 21:33:36

An exquisite, close pair of white stars in an empty field. As per the WDC.

STF 179

1h 53m 10.71s 37° 19m 16s Double

C-8 B 2007-11-27 19:00:00

A faint, close pair of white stars, fuzzing in and out in tonight's unsteady seeing. Best in the 12.5. Both the 6 and 8.8 showed blobs, and the 25.4 was not enough magnification.

STF 180

1h 53m 31.76s 19° 17m 38s Double

C-8 B 2006-08-04 21:00:00

AKA Gamma Aries. A lovely double star! Burnham places their separation at 7.8", the WDS gives it as 10.2, and I saw them as approximately 5". B9 and A0.

STF 186

1h 55m 53.8s 1° 50m 59s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-18 03:00:00

A close pair, with the secondary looking much fainter than its listed magnitude. The secondary sat on the primaries first or second diffraction ring, the seeing was fairly unsteady, so the rings were dancing around wildly; position angle approximately 270�. WDC: position angle: 60, Sep: 1.4, Mv: 6.79, Mvb: 6.84, Sp: F9V. It's possible that this was the wrong star.

C-8 B 2008-01-25 20:00:00

A difficult double. I saw 1" separation at position angle 250, WDC: 1.4" at position angle 60.

N_752

1h 57m 48s 37° 41m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2006-12-13 19:00:00

A lovely cluster, festooned with doubles and star chains.

H 5 12

1h 57m 55.7s 23° 35m 45s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-18 03:00:00

AKA Lambda Aries. A nice but wide pair of yellow white stars.

STF 202

2h 2m 2.8s 2° 45m 49s Double

C-8 B 2006-08-20 21:00:00

AKA Alpha Psc. I saw this pair as being separated by 2" and in position angle approximately 270 degrees. WDS give it as 5.1" and position angle 337. Burnham gives it as 1.9" and position angle 292. I find I agree with Burnham. A close double.

HJ 647

2h 2m 38.63s 7° 40m 36s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-23 19:30:00

The primary is like an M star (WDC lists it as M8). The companion is quite faint.

STF 208

2h 3m 39.25s 25° 56m 7s Double

C-8 B 2007-11-27 20:00:00

A barely elongate blob in this unsteady seeing. A revisit is in order.

STF 205

2h 3m 53.91s 42° 19m 47s Double

C-8 B 2006-08-04 21:00:00

AKA Gamma And, Almach. A K3 and an A0, which appear gold and pastel blue. One of the finest in the sky, and always a delight to look at.

STF 224

2h 10m 52s 13° 41m 0s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-18 03:00:00

A faintly yellow pair, average looking. 240� position angle. WDC: position angle: 244, Sep: 6.3, Mv: 8.28, Mvb: 8.9, Sp: G5

STF 222

2h 10m 52.83s 39° 2m 22s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-23 19:15:00

A gorgeous, wide double.

STF 227

2h 12m 22.28s 30° 18m 11s Double

C-8 B 2006-11-25 19:30:00

AKA 6 or Iota Tri. A very nice double!

C-8 B 2006-08-20 21:00:00

A pastel yellow and blue pair. Nice

STF 231

2h 12m 47.54s -2° 23' 37" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-04 21:00:00

A nice, wide pair, of yellow white and white stars. Oddly, the 5.7 mv yellow white star is listed as an F8, whereas the 7.7 mv white one is a G1. The dimmer the star, the harder to see its colors.

STF 232

2h 14m 42.15s 30° 23m 41s Double

C-8 B 2006-08-20 21:00:00

Two exquisite stars, A0, white. position angle approximately 240 degrees.

V Ari

2h 14m 59.69s 12° 14m 24.79s Variable

C-8 B 2008-01-23 19:15:00

An 8 mv grey red star, 2 magnitudes brighter than GCVS's 10th mv maximum.

STF 240

2h 17m 15.74s 23° 52m 24s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-18 03:00:00

A nice pair, albeit a bit faint. They look equally bright. WDC: position angle: 48, Sep: 4.7, Mv: 8.32, Mvb: 8.6, Sp: F0.

STF 239

2h 17m 25.29s 28° 44m 42s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-18 03:00:00

A lackluster pair. I saw position angle as 280 �, WDC: position angle: 209, Sep: 14.4 Mv: 7.09, Mvb: 7.83, Sp: F7V F9V

STF 245

2h 18m 36.26s 40° 16m 43s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-16 01:00:00

A nice yellow-gold pair, approximately 310 degrees position angle. Interesting how the fainter component looks darker, even if they are the same spectral class. WDC: position angle: 292, Sep: 10.7, Mv: 7.26,Mvb: 8.03, Sp: F3V F3V

STF 246

2h 18m 39.74s 34° 29m 15s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-18 03:00:00

A lackluster pair of 135� position angle. WDC: PA: 126, Sep: 10.8 Mv: 7.82, Mvb: 9.26, Sp: G0IV

omi Cet

2h 19m 20.63s -2° 58' 24.13" Variable

C-8 B 2006-09-20 03:30:00

Mira. A yellow orange star of approximately 7 Mv.

STF 250

2h 21m 14.91s 37° 25m 23s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-16 01:00:00

A close, lackluster double. I saw position angle as approximately 130degrees. WDC: position angle: 136, Sep: 3.2, Mv: 9.22, Mvb: 9.69, Sp:A3

STF 249

2h 21m 35.65s 44° 35m 59s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-16 01:00:00

This looked to be a bit closer than WDC's 2.3", and the companion looked fainter than the listed 9 mv. Position angle approximately 180. WDC: position angle: 195, Sep: 2.3, Mv: 7.21, Mvb: 8.99, Sp: A2.

STF 251

2h 21m 44.13s 39° 22m 39s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-16 01:00:00

This was a rather hard to find pair, it's so close and faint. It looked single with the 24.5, and took searching with the 14 wide field to find it. Position angle 270. WDC: position angle: 265, Sep: 2.2, Mv: 9.02, Mvb: 9.63, Sp: G5

ES 1502

2h 24m 4.38s 41° 36m 10s Double

C-8 B 2006-08-05 21:00:00

A "swept up" double. A faint, wide pair of 10-11 Mv stars. I recorded the position angle as approximately 40, WDS gives it as 24. I saw the separation as 8", WDS as 6.7".

STF 269

2h 28m 11.72s 29° 52m 24s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 22 21:19:31

A very close pair. I saw 1.5", 355d pa.

N_949

2h 30m 48s 37° 8m 0s Galaxy

C-8 B 2007-09-18 03:00:00

A very low contrast glow. No detail seen.

STF 274

2h 31m 29.87s 1° 5m 39s Double

C-8 B 2007-12-31 19:00:00

A lovely, wide pair of almost equally bright white stars.

N_981

2h 32m 54s -10° 57' 0" Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-11-28 21:00:00

The dust lane was just seen with averted vision.

STF 280

2h 34m 7.49s -5° 38' 7" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-01 19:00:00

The seeing tonight was terrible. I elongated the star in PA 0.

HJ 3511

2h 35m 59.43s -21° 24' 13" Double

C-8 B 2009-03-17 20:30:00

A lackluster double, at the position angle and

UY And

2h 38m 23.79s 39° 10m 10s Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 23 21:9:42

A gray-red star of 10.5mv.

STF 285

2h 38m 45.9s 33° 25m 8s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-18 03:00:00

A very close pair that looks fainter than their listed magnitudes. 180� position angle. Lackluster. WDC: PA: 177, Sep: 2.2, Mv: 7.48, Mvb: 8.14,Sp: K2III+

STF 287

2h 38m 59.77s 14° 51m 37s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-04 21:00:00

A run of the mill pair. I saw PA as approximately 80, WDC as 74.

N_1024

2h 39m 12s 10° 51m 0s Galaxy

C-8 B 2006-11-25 19:30:00

A 10.5 Mv galaxy 4' x 1', not seen in these light polluted skies.

N_1049

2h 39m 42s -34° 17' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-01-03 20:00:00

Without a finder chart, this would never have been seen. Like IC 1257, it's a small, low contrast smudge in the night sky, barely seen with averted vision. With this cluster, I've seen every globular in the NGC and IC north of -50 declination.

C-11 Pinnacles 2009 12 16 20:12:28

Very faint! barely seen!

N_1023

2h 40m 24s 39° 4m 0s Galaxy

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 23 21:16:32

A bright galaxy, with a bright compact nuclueus. Seen despite a quarter moon and light pollution. A face on Sa?

STF 291

2h 41m 6.81s 18° 47m 59s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-18 03:00:00

A pair of faint white stars, position angle 140�. They look fainter than their listed magnitude. WDC: PA: 119, Sep: 2.9, Mv: 7.66, Mvb: 7.5, Sp: B9.5V

N_1039

2h 42m 0s 42° 47m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2006-11-25 19:30:00

Another rich cluster containing many doubles, especially in the center.

AG 49

2h 42m 21.3s 38° 37m 7s Double

C-8 B 2009-03-15 21:00:00

A swept up double. A:8.5mv, B: 9.5mv, PA 350, sep

STF 292

2h 42m 29.48s 40° 15m 40s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 22 21:25:22

Nice wide pair in a nice field. Just Northwest of 12 Per.

N_1068

2h 42m 42s -0° 1' 0" Galaxy

C-8 B 2006-11-25 19:30:00

Only the center of the galaxy was seen. It looked like a fuzzy star.

C-8 B 2006-09-20 03:30:00

Looks like a fuzzy star. Much easier than M 74, but the outer envelope was quite invisible. The LPR filter was of no help.

STF 299

2h 43m 18.04s 3° 14m 8s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-23 19:30:00

AKA Gamma Cet. Hard to split in this poor seeing. Each member of the pair seems to be about 2 arc seconds in size, the diffraction rings are hardly visible.

C-8 B 2006-09-20 03:30:00

A close pair, approximately 1.5 inch apart, position angle approximately 45 degrees. Burnham gives position angle as 295, WDS as 283.

STF 300

2h 44m 36.84s 29° 27m 36s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-18 03:00:00

A faint, close pair, position angle 330. WDC: position angle: 294, Sep: 2.9, Mv: 7.89, Mvb: 8.08, Sp: F0IV

STF 305

2h 47m 27.34s 19° 22m 20s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-18 03:00:00

A nice pair with approximately 4" separation, position angle 330. WDC: position angle: 333, Sep: 1.6, Mv: 7.52, Mvb: 8.25, Sp: G0V

STF 301

2h 47m 38.75s 53° 56m 35s Double

C-8 B 2009-03-17 20:30:00

A somewhat lackluster double, but badly seen due to

T Ari

2h 48m 19.49s 17° 30m 38.95s Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 9 19 2:32:17

A mildly red orange star, of 8.6 mv.

STF 311

2h 49m 17.8s 17° 27m 50s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-18 03:00:00

Aka Pi or 42 Arietis. An unequal pair, with another

STF 307

2h 50m 41.78s 55° 53m 43s Double

C-8 B 2006-09-20 03:30:00

A lovely orange and blue pair.

STF 323

2h 52m 39.65s 6° 28m 29s Double

C-8 B 2007-12-31 19:00:00

A splendid little pair

STF 326

2h 55m 38.89s 26° 52m 25s Double

C-8 B 2006-08-20 21:00:00

A K2 and a dM1, Burnham gives the brightnesses as 7.5 and 9.5, but the9.5 Mv looked fainter. This is confirmed by the WDS which give it as10.0 Mv. The WDS also lists the primary as a G5.

STF 330

2h 57m 10.61s -0° 34' 28" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-04 21:00:00

A dull pair in position angle 190 (WDC: 191).

STF 333

2h 59m 12.72s 21° 20m 25s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-18 03:00:00

Aka Epsilon or 48 Arietis. A very close pair, at 0.5". Each star is with the other's first diffraction ring, but both Airy discs were seen, boiling in the turbulent atmosphere at 500x in the 4mm, position angle was 30� or 210�. WDC: position angle: 186, Sep: 0.5, Mv: 5.17, Mvb: 5.57, Sp: A2Vs A2Vs

STF 334

2h 59m 22.43s 6° 39m 7s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-01 19:00:00

The seeing tonight was terrible. I elongated the star in PA 300.

STF 336

3h 1m 29.06s 32° 24m 45s Double

C-8 B 2006-11-25 19:30:00

A pastel yellow and blue pair. Nice.

N_1232

3h 9m 48s -20° 35' 0" Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-01-17 22:00:00

Looked like a spiral. It was mottled, with a faint nucleus. Burnham lists it as an Sc.

V0410 Per

3h 13m 37.79s 47° 49m 40.54s Variable

C-8 B 2009-03-17 20:30:00

A dusky, red star of about 9.2 mv.

N_1245

3h 14m 42s 47° 15m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2006-12-23 19:30:00

Needs averted vision to see the stars. A brightening of the milky way in this light pollution.

STF 362

3h 16m 17.36s 60° 2m 7s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 28 21:4:10

A superb pair in a grand field. As per the WDC.

STF 369

3h 17m 11.45s 40° 28m 58s Double

C-8 B 2009-02-16 20:00:00

A superb double.

C-8 B 2009-03-17 20:30:00

An exquisite pair in PA 40.

N_1300

3h 19m 42s -19° 25' 0" Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-01-17 22:00:00

The nucleus was very elongated, and surrounded by a faint envelope. I could not make out the spiral arms.

N_1275

3h 19m 48s 41° 31m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-11-28 21:00:00

A faint, hazy star in a rich field. The spectacular

STF 376

3h 20m 20.64s 19° 43m 49s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-18 03:00:00

A nice, but faint pair of yellow stars, position angle 70 or 250. Both stars appear equally bright. G0? WDC: position angle: 255, Sep: 5.8, Mv: 8.33, Mvb: 8.44, Sp: A2V (Perhaps there a bit of interstellar reddening going on here.)

STF 377

3h 20m 34.14s 19° 10m 49s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-18 03:00:00

I did not split the 8-9th mv pair at 0.8". The other two stars also appeared single, making this system appear to be a single double of separation 25" in position angle 120�. WDC: position angle: 115, Sep:0.8, Mv: 8.78, Mvb: 9.31, Sp: A2.5V.
PA: 220, Sep: 25.2, Mv: 8.26, Mvb: 11.5, Sp: U
PA: 223, Sep: 25.6, Mv: 7.9, Mvb: 11.9, Sp: U

STF 383

3h 24m 14.31s 17° 32m 58s Double

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

A pair of dusky yellow white stars, position angle 135�. WDC: position angle: 120, Sep: 5.7, Mv: 8.48, Mvb: 9.12, Sp: G5

Y Per

3h 27m 41.93s 44° 10m 41.68s Variable

C-8 B 2006-11-25 19:30:00

A red-orange star of about 9.5 Mv.

C-8 B 2008-01-30 19:00:00

Fairly red, but faint, 9.5 mv.

STF 394

3h 28m 1.39s 20° 27m 51s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-18 03:00:00

A nice pale gold (primary) - pale blue (secondary) pair, position angle approximately 165�. WDC: position angle: 163, Sep: 8.5, Mv: 7.05, Mvb:8.16, Sp: A3 G5

STF 391

3h 29m 13.74s 45° 2m 57s Double

C-8 B 2009-03-17 20:30:00

A pretty nice, almost equal double in PA 100.

STF 406

3h 30m 47.65s 5° 9m 9s Double

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

A pair of yellow white stars, position angle 135 degrees. WDC: PA: 124, Sep: 9.3, Mv: 7.56, Mvb: 9.33, Sp: F0

STFA 7

3h 31m 3.46s 27° 43m 53s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-23 19:15:00

A very nice, wide double, forming a spectacular double-double quadruple with st 401. One of the finest double doubles in the sky.

STF 403

3h 31m 13.42s 19° 47m 0s Double

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

A cute little pair, white. WDC: position angle: 182, Sep: 2.9, Mv: 8.71, Mvb: 8.92, Sp: F8

STF 401

3h 31m 20.76s 27° 34m 18s Double

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

A lovely white pair! 300� position angle, WDC: position angle: 270, Sep: 11.1, Mv: 6.58, Mvb: 6.93, Sp: A2V

C-8 B 2008-01-23 19:15:00

An exquisite double, forming a spectacular double-double quadruple with the wide pair STFA 7. One of the finest double doubles in the sky.

STF 414

3h 34m 27.72s 19° 47m 52s Double

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

A nice pair, white. 195� position angle, WDC: position angle: 186, Sep: 7.1, Mv: 8.15, Mvb: 8.28, Sp: A0

N_1380

3h 36m 30s -34° 59' 0" Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-01-03 20:00:00

A nondescript smudge, easily seen with averted vision.

N_1381

3h 36m 36s -35° 18' 0" Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-01-03 20:00:00

Just south of 1380, a bit fainter than 1380.

STF 422

3h 36m 47.29s 0° 35m 15s Double

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

A nice unequal pair, with a yellow primary. The secondary was too faint to discern much color, position angle 290. WDC: position angle: 226, Sep: 5.4, Mv: 6, Mvb: 8.9, Sp: G8V

N_1387

3h 37m 0s -35° 31' 0" Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-01-03 20:00:00

A faint, low contrast brightening of the sky.

N_1389

3h 37m 12s -35° 45' 0" Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-01-03 20:00:00

A faint glow in the fornax cluster.

S 430

3h 38m 18.82s 44° 48m 6s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-25 21:00:00

Anice wide pair, swept up in searching for Y per. I saw 95 - 100�position angle, 40" separation. WDC: 95� position angle, 41.1 sep.

N_1399

3h 38m 30s -35° 27' 0" Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-01-03 20:00:00

The brightest galaxy in the Fornax cluster.

N_1404

3h 38m 54s -35° 35' 0" Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-01-03 20:00:00

A fairly brightest galaxy in the Fornax cluster.

STF 425

3h 40m 7.23s 34° 6m 59s Double

C-8 B 2009-03-17 20:30:00

A swept up double. I saw a pair of 8.5 mv white stars

NoName

3h 40m 29.12s 1640° 34m 24.49s Unknown
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C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

This K7 star looked oddly red, much closer to an M7 or N star than a K7 star. It's probably not a variable.

STF 427

3h 40m 38.77s 28° 46m 24s Double

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

A very nice pair of almost equally bright stars. position angle approximately 30 or 210�. WDC: position angle: 205, Sep: 7.3, Mv: 7.41, Mvb: 7.84, Sp: A1V A2V

STF 429

3h 41m 16.9s 28° 31m 59s Double

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

An easy double to miss. The companion was almost invisible at 83x, and very difficult at 163x, position angle 140�. WDC: position angle: 104, Sep: 16.3, Mv: 9.5, Mvb: 12, Sp: G0

V0466 Per

3h 41m 28.69s 51° 30m 18.75s Variable

C-8 B 2008-01-23 19:15:00

An 8 mv deep red star, with a slightly brownish cast, a full 3 magnitudes brighter than GCVS's 10.9 mv maximum. A very nice sight.

U Cam

3h 41m 47.1s 62° 39m 2.81s Variable

C-8 B 2008-01-25 21:00:00

A lovely red star, brighter than anything else in the field. Approximately 8 mv.

STF 434

3h 43m 58.92s 38° 22m 25s Double

C-8 B 2009-01-16 18:30:00

An OK pair, A: orange, B: white.

N_1435

3h 46m 6s 23° 47m 0s Nebula

C-8 P 2007-01-20 22:00:00

This is the nebula surrounding 23 Tau (Merope) in the Pleiades. It was quite faint, but apparent with the 56 mm eyepiece (36x). It was not seen in the finder.

STF 450

3h 47m 24.41s 23° 54m 52s Double

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

An ordinary sort of pair in the Pleiades, quite overshadowed by the rest of the cluster.

STF 470

3h 54m 17.48s -2° 57' 17" Double

C-8 B 2006-10-29 03:00:00

AKA 32 Eri. A: yellow, B: Pastel green. The green is almost grass green.

C-8 B 2006-09-30 03:30:00

A very nice pair, position angle approximately 350 degrees.

STF 479

4h 0m 56.8s 23° 12m 5s Double

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

A lovely pair of bright white stars, position angle 135�. WDC: , position angle: 128, Sep: 7.2, Mv: 6.92, Mvb: 7.76, Sp: B9V

STF 491

4h 5m 52.89s 10° 58m 23s Double

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

A close, but not difficult pair. Yellow white, position angle 110, WDC: position angle: 111, Sep: 2.7,Mv: 8.58, Mvb: 9.56, Sp: F5

STF 495

4h 7m 41.98s 15° 9m 46s Double

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

An average looking double, position angle 225. WDC: position angle: 216, Sep: 3.6,Mv: 6.11, Mvb: 8.77, Sp: F3V

STF 494

4h 8m 53.5s 23° 5m 55s Double

C-8 B 2006-09-20 03:30:00

An exquisitely matched pair, one slightly redder than the other.

N_1514

4h 9m 12s 30° 47m 0s Planetary

C-8 B 2006-09-30 03:30:00

This faint planetary is washed out to the point of invisibility in these light polluted skies.

C-8 B 2008-01-03 20:00:00

A very low contrast smudge about a 9th mv K star.

STF 515

4h 13m 23.04s 2° 52m 7s Double

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

A nice white pair, position angle 60�. WDC: position angle: 44, Sep: 3.5, Mv: 9.04, Mvb: 9.15, Sp: F5

N_1535

4h 14m 12s -12° 44' 0" Planetary

C-8 B 2008-01-04 21:30:00

A pastel blue planetary nebula, looking like an out of focus star in the 24.5. The sky was becoming cloudy, a clear sky might have shown more detail.

STF 518

4h 15m 17.59s -7° 38' 42" Double

C-8 B 2006-09-30 03:30:00

AKA Omicron or 40 Eri. A: Yellow, B: faint white. I did not split the secondary, but I also did not try. It was enough for this time simply to see the white dwarf! I saw that A-B position angle as approximately 90 degrees.

SY Per

4h 16m 33.09s 50° 37m 49.93s Variable

C-8 B 2006-12-23 21:30:00

A red brown star of around 9 Mv

C-8 B 2006-12-23 19:30:00

A rather red star of about 10 Mv.

T Tau

4h 21m 59.04s 19° 32m 13.24s Variable

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

A 9.5 mv star, found by means of the chart I made. Visually, it does not stand out. The nebula associated with this was located around an arc minute or two NW of the star. It was extremely faint, and if I hadn't know it was there I would not have spotted it.

STF 528

4h 22m 34.93s 25° 37m 45s Double

C-8 B 2009-03-17 20:30:00

An OK double. A is yellow white, B, brown yellow.

STF 535

4h 23m 16.83s 11° 22m 40s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-08 19:00:00

Not seen despite a finder chart.

C-8 B 2008-01-09 19:00:00

The star was found, but not split. The seeing just wasn't good enough. WDC gives the pair as position angle: 355, Sep: 2.0, Burnham at position angle: 300, Sep: 1.1, and lists the separation as "decreasing". It could well be under an arc second. I saw a slight elongation in PA 80�.

STF 534

4h 23m 57.77s 24° 18m 13s Double

C-8 B 2009-03-17 20:30:00

A wide, dull pair.

C-8 B 2009-03-22 21:00:00

An OK pair, WDC data seems accurate.

STT 81

4h 24m 37.42s 33° 57m 35s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-13 03:00:00

AKA 56 Per. An interesting pair. B is quite faint.

STF 546

4h 27m 0.62s 19° 7m 3s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-04 21:00:00

An OK pair. position angle 200. WDC: 189.

STF 545

4h 27m 4.84s 18° 12m 27s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-04 21:00:00

An average pair, position angle 60. WDC: 64.

BU 184

4h 27m 55.31s -21° 30' 14" Double

C-8 B 2008-02-16 20:15:00

An elongated blob, seen through the trees, which did not help in resolving the 1.2" pair. I saw position angle approximately 260, WDC position angle: 271.

STF 552

4h 31m 24.1s 40° 0m 36s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-23 19:30:00

A pair mostly white stars with pastel red and green overtones. Beautiful. The colors are perhaps a bit illusory.

STF 550

4h 32m 0.89s 53° 54m 46s Double

C-8 B 2009-03-21 21:00:00

A nice pair of white stars. PA 350, sep 12.

STF 559

4h 33m 33.04s 18° 1m 0s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-04 21:00:00

A gorgeous close pair of B9 stars. One of the finest in the sky. An under reported pair of gems.

STF 570

4h 35m 14.11s -9° 44' 10" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-30 19:00:00

An exquisite pair of white stars, position angle approximately 260�. WDC position angle: 259.

STF 576

4h 37m 59.75s -13° 1' 44" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-30 19:00:00

A rather nice pair, position angle approximately 175. There was no sign of the pair marked ENO 10 in the WDC which are listed with the same coordinates as Struve 576. Wikisky shows nothing as well. WDC position angle 172�.

STF 590

4h 43m 35.16s -8° 47' 46" Double

C-8 B 2006-10-29 03:00:00

AKA 55 Eri. A: pastel red, B: a very pastel blue green. Nice double.

STF 589

4h 44m 48.22s 5° 17m 22s Double

C-8 B 2006-10-31 03:40:00

A pair of 8 Mv stars. The "dim twins".

C-8 B 2006-11-03 03:30:00

An unimpressive pair of 8 Mv yellow stars.

N_1662

4h 48m 30s 10° 56m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2008-01-08 19:00:00

A loose open cluster, swept up when looking for a double (Struve 535!) with a poorly aligned telescope. Obviously a cluster, but unspectacular.

TT Tau

4h 51m 31.17s 28° 31m 44.1s Variable

C-8 B 2006-11-25 19:30:00

A brick red star of about 8 Mv. It was surprisingly red, given it's faintness.

R Ori

4h 59m 0.83s 8° 7m 58.98s Variable

C-8 B 2009-03-22 21:00:00

Not seen, apparently below 12 mv.

STF 616

4h 59m 15.41s 37° 53m 24s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-13 03:00:00

A nice pair A, yellow white, B dusky orange. A is listed as an A1, so the yellow-white is puzzling. Perhaps interstellar reddening?

R Lep

4h 59m 36.34s -14° 48' 16.34" Variable

C-8 B 2005-12-30 20:00:00

A very red star of 8.5 Mv. Always a stunner

C-8 B 2007-01-10 21:00:00

A very red star! Seen as 10 Mv, perhaps because of poor transparency.

C-8 B 2006-10-29 03:00:00

Red, as always. About 9 Mv

C-8 B 2006-09-20 03:30:00

Red orange, approximately 7 Mv.

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

The star appeared to be 7.5 mv, and looked a bright red orange. I've seen it much more red.

STF 627

5h 0m 33.92s 3° 36m 56s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-30 19:00:00

A wide pair of blue white stars in a nice field.

STF 631

5h 0m 40.52s -13° 30' 13" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-30 19:00:00

An OK pair with position angle approximately 120�. WDC: 105�. The pair is about a degree north of R Lep.

STF 630

5h 2m 0.02s 1° 36m 31s Double

C-8 B 2007-01-10 21:00:00

A pair of white stars in a rich field. Delightful!

STF 636

5h 3m 1.95s -8° 39' 47" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-30 19:00:00

An OK pair, position angle approximately 110. WDC: position angle 102�.

W Ori

5h 5m 23.69s 1° 10m 44.49s Variable

C-8 B 2006-10-29 03:00:00

A red orange N star of approximately 7 Mv.

C-8 B 2006-09-26 03:30:00

The star appears to be more red than R Lep! Approximately 7-8 Mv.

TX Aur

5h 9m 5.21s 39° 0m 13.44s Variable

C-8 B 2007-02-10 21:00:00

A pale, red-brown star. About 9 Mv

C-8 B 2008-02-28 20:00:00

A deep red orange star of approximately 8 mv. AAVSO: 11! Need to revisit this one.

SY Eri

5h 9m 48.28s -5° 30' 49.77" Variable

C-8 B 2008-01-04 21:30:00

A very pale brick red star of approximately 9.5 mv.

STF 644

5h 10m 18.81s 37° 18m 6s Double

C-8 B 2007-02-10 21:00:00

A very close pair, a delicate pale orange and blue in color, It was best seen at 500 power.

HJ 3268

5h 10m 41.78s 16° 30m 43s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-02 21:00:00

"Discovered"in the center of the cluster NGC 1807. 5", position angle 270, 8 - 9mv. WDC: 10", position angle 268, 9.4 - 10.1.

N_1807

5h 10m 42s 16° 32m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2008-02-02 21:00:00

A large, (~ 40 arc minute), loose cluster of 10 or so bright stars. At the center is a double, 5", position angle 270, 8 - 9 mv. WDC identifies it as HJ 3268, 10", position angle 268, 9.4 - 10.1.

STF 646

5h 11m 2.29s 39° 16m 55s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-28 20:00:00

Sweptup while looking for TX Aur. I saw 2 9.8 mv stars at 15" separation,80� position angle. WDC position angle: 73, 15.8 separation, and8.4-9.5 mv.

N_1817

5h 12m 6s 16° 42m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2008-02-02 21:00:00

Too faint for tonight's moisture laden skies.

STF 661

5h 13m 13.87s -12° 56' 28" Double

C-8 B 2008-02-16 20:15:00

Thisdouble was hard to see. The companion was invisible in the 24.5 (83x),but it was plain the the 8.8 (231x). Although the separation was 3.1",the primaries light (4.4 mv) enveloped the secondary (6.8 mv).

N_1851

5h 14m 6s -40° 3' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2007-04-20 22:00:00

A bright globular (Burnham lists it as 9 Mv) with 20 - 30 stars seen with averted vision, granular otherwise. This implies a limiting magnitude of around 14.5 Mv, based on a paper by Walker, 1992.

STF 668

5h 14m 32.27s -8° 12' 5" Double

C-8 B 2006-09-26 03:30:00

Rigel, Beta Ori. Nice double. The companion is just outside of Rigel's brilliant glare. It looks as if it shines by reflected light, and seems almost grey, although it is a B9 star. A bright companion can strongly influence one's perceptions of the secondary.

STF 667

5h 14m 41.3s -7° 4' 18" Double

C-8 B 2006-12-13 03:00:00

Not seen.

STF 664

5h 15m 10.54s 8° 25m 56s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-30 19:00:00

A very nice white pair in position angle 180. WDC reports a position angle of 168.

STF 653

5h 15m 24.38s 32° 41m 15s Double

C-8 B 2009-02-16 20:00:00

A bright, wide, somewhat lackluster pair.

C-8 B 2009-03-22 21:00:00

An OK pair, A: yellow and B: blue-white.

V0431 Ori

5h 15m 56.53s 11° 58m 5.44s Variable

C-8 B 2006-10-31 03:40:00

A pastel red star whose color seemed to diminish at higher powers.

C-8 B 2007-03-08 19:00:00 A very red star of around 9.5 Mv The atmosphere determines the star's perceived color. In the earth's or stars, I can't say.

2007-03-08 19:00:00 A very red star of around 9.5 Mv The atmosphere determines the star's perceived color. In the earth's or stars, I can't say.

STF 670

5h 16m 43.87s 18° 26m 22s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-30 19:00:00

A nice, close pair of white stars.

STF 666

5h 17m 5.79s 33° 19m 47s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-14 19:00:00

A delightful little pair, position angle: approximately 75�. WDC position angle: 75d.

R Aur

5h 17m 17.56s 53° 35m 20s Variable

C-8 B 2007-02-10 21:00:00

A deep red orange, looks like an N star. About 9.5 Mv. Also identified as double star Es(pin) 2610. A wide, and unimpressive double, although R Aur is worth a look.

S 476

5h 19m 17.43s -18° 31' 11" Double

C-8 B 2008-02-16 20:15:00

A nice, wide pair in 205� position angle. WDC position angle: 18�. Seems that we disagree as to which is primary and which is secondary. The stars are 6.3 and 6.5 mv, again, as given by the WDC.

STF 688

5h 19m 20.87s -10° 44' 49" Double

C-8 B 2008-02-27 20:00:00

Lovely pair. Pale yellow, with very faint blue and red overtones. position angle approximately 275 or 95. WDC: 94.

HJ 3752

5h 21m 46.26s -24° 46' 22" Double

C-8 B 2008-02-27 20:00:00

A beautiful pair, even when seen through the trees. There is another 8th mv star, about an arc minute to the east, in the same position angle,(90 d) that adds to the lovely effect. WDC pa: 100 degrees.

UV Aur

5h 21m 48.84s 32° 30m 51.25s Variable

C-8 B 2007-02-10 21:00:00

A deep red star of around 9 Mv. The companion is faint and hard to see.

C-8 B 2006-11-03 03:30:00

A pastel red-orange star of approximately 9 Mv.

STF 696

5h 22m 50s 3° 32m 40s Double

C-8 B 2006-11-03 03:30:00

AKA 23 Ori. Nice. The primary shows a faintly pastel green tint about it.

STF 700

5h 23m 5.53s 1° 3m 24s Double

C-8 B 2007-01-10 21:00:00

A pretty pair of white stars, with that special brilliance from the fact they are B9s.

STF 701

5h 23m 18.49s -8° 24' 55" Double

C-8 B 2007-01-10 21:00:00

A very nice pair. A: pastel blue, B: pastel red.

C-8 B 0000-00-00 00:00:00

An unimpressive pair of white stars, position angle is approximately 220 degrees.

STF 697

5h 23m 31.73s 16° 2m 25s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-27 20:00:00

This pair is part of a rather stunning sight. In the

N_1904

5h 24m 30s -24° 33' 0" Globular

C-8 B 2006-11-03 03:30:00

Barely granulated, if at all. The stars in this cluster are 14 Mv or fainter.

C-8 B 2006-10-29 03:00:00

The seeing this morning was horrible, the cluster was not even granulated.

Pinnacles

STF 708

5h 25m 11.38s 1° 55m 24s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-14 19:00:00

I saw position angle approximately 330�, and the separation looked greater than 2". This could have been because the seeing was quite steady. WDC: 232 degrees position angle.

STF 698

5h 25m 12.94s 34° 51m 18s Double

C-8 B 2007-02-10 21:00:00

A wide double, pastel yellow and blue, beautiful!

C-8 B 2006-09-30 03:30:00

A swept up double. A: 7 Mv, B: 8 Mv, Separation:

STF 699

5h 25m 38.49s 38° 2m 41s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-14 19:00:00

Rather dull. It would perhaps be better in a darker sky. Position angle: 350�. WDC position angle: 343�.

HJ 3759

5h 25m 59.82s -19° 41' 43" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

Nice wide pair.

STF 712

5h 26m 31.21s 2° 56m 9s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-30 19:00:00

Anice, little, unequal double, position angle approximately 60�. WDC:50�. Phi Orionis, a 4.6 mv B2 star is in the same field. Quite nice.

S Aur

5h 27m 7.42s 34° 9m 7.57s Variable

C-8 B 2006-09-30 03:30:00

A yellow star? Perhaps this star was not seen?

C-8 B 2007-12-31 19:00:00

Notseen, despite a decent finder chart. I recorded 12th Mv stars with my12.5, but the AAVSO observers find it to be 12.5 - 13.1 Mv

N_1912

5h 28m 42s 35° 50m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2006-09-30 03:30:00

A very nice cluster, approximately 40 arc minutes in size.

STF 716

5h 29m 16.48s 25° 9m 1s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-14 19:00:00

A splendid pair of light blue sparklers. Position angle: 220, WDC position angle: 193�.

STF 721

5h 29m 33.51s 3° 8m 52s Double

C-8 B 2009-02-23 20:00:00

An OK, wide pair. The B5 star is not a brilliant

STF 728

5h 30m 47.05s 5° 56m 53s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-30 19:00:00

The secondary of this bright pair was almost lost in a jumble of diffraction spots caused by tonight's clear, but somewhat unsteady air. The star was not elongated by the 24.5, it took the 4 to show this. PA approximately 45�. WDC gets 218�. I'm off almost 180 d??

DV Tau

5h 31m 6.3s 18° 33m 44.72s Variable

C-8 B 2006-09-20 03:30:00

A yellow orange M6 star. The brighter CE Tau is in the same field.

CE Tau

5h 32m 12.76s 18° 35m 45.93s Variable

C-8 B 2006-09-20 03:30:00

A yellow orange M2 star. The fainter DV Tau is in the same field.

STF 730

5h 32m 14.14s 17° 3m 29s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-30 19:00:00

A splendid pair of blue white stars. Position angle approximately 150�. WDC: 142.

STF 718

5h 32m 20.58s 49° 23m 36s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-27 20:00:00

A splendid pair of almost identical stars, position angle approximately 90�. WDC: 74d.

STF 734

5h 33m 7.34s -1° 43' 2" Double

C-8 B 2008-02-27 20:00:00

A dull double, compared to the rest of the night's viewing. Position angle 245, WDC: 248.

RT Ori

5h 33m 14.01s 7° 9m 20.5s Variable

C-8 B 2008-01-25 21:30:00

A dusky red star whose color is hard to see because of its 9.5 mv faintness.

N_1952

5h 34m 30s 22° 1m 0s Nebula

C-8 B 2006-10-29 03:00:00

The celebrated crab nebula is but a dim smudge from my backyard.

C-8 P 2008-11-28 21:00:00

The delicate filagree strands of expanding gas were seen for the first time with the larger aperture.

STF 745

5h 34m 49.1s -6° 0' 23" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-12 21:00:00

A dull, wide pair, easily overlooked because of its proximity to iota orionis and the great nebula to the north.

STF 747

5h 35m 2.59s -6° 0' 7" Double

C-8 B 2006-11-03 03:30:00

A wide double, southwest of Iota Ori.

STF 738

5h 35m 8.28s 9° 56m 3s Double

C-8 B 2006-09-20 03:30:00

AKA Lambda Ori. A: dazzlingly white, with a bit of pastel blue. B: bright white. A very nice double.

DA 4

5h 35m 23.16s -4° 50' 18" Double

C-8 B 2008-02-16 20:15:00

A very difficult star to split. WDC gives the separation as 2", it seems much closer as the bright primary swamps the secondary. I saw approximately 270� position angle, WDC gives 220�. Wikisky shows about 260�.

N_1976

5h 35m 24s -5° 27' 0" Nebula

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

The great nebula in Orion. It looked GREEN at 36x. This is the first time I've ever seen this color in it, probably due to the low magnification and large exit pupil. The seeing was poor, and I could barely make out the E and F stars in the trapesium at 160x.

STF 752

5h 35m 25.97s -5° 54' 35" Double

C-8 B 2006-11-03 03:30:00

The 2.8 Mv O9 primary is a brilliant blue white, the secondary a meer B9 6.7 Mv star looks almost grey, as though shining by light reflected from the primary. A spectacular double, whose glory is dwarfed by the nearby Orion Nebula, M 42.

C-8 B 2006-09-30 03:30:00

A:4 Mv,B:7 Mv. position angle is 135, separation is 20 arc seconds. All estimates here are just that, estimates!

STF 750

5h 35m 31.06s -4° 21' 50" Double

C-8 B 2007-12-18 02:30:00

Primary appears elongated. A nice unequal double of white stars.

STF 742

5h 36m 26.11s 21° 59m 35s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-14 19:00:00

An exquisite pair, position angle: 295�. WDC position angle: 248�.

STF 761

5h 38m 36.53s -2° 33' 12" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-30 19:00:00

In the same field as Sigma Orionis. A beautiful sight.

STF 762

5h 38m 47.19s -2° 35' 40" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-30 19:00:00

The fabulous Sigma Orionis. A beautiful triple in a field with St 761.

LAL 194

5h 39m 44.71s -20° 26' 6" Double

C-8 B 2008-02-27 20:00:00

Nice pair of brilliant blue stars, position angle approximately 140�. WDC position angle: 123. Burnham lists this pair as Hd 78.

STF 766

5h 40m 18.85s 15° 21m 0s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-14 19:00:00

At the western tip of an equilateral triangle of stars. Pa approximately 280�. WDC: 276�.

STF 774

5h 40m 45.49s -1° 56' 35" Double

C-8 B 2006-10-31 03:30:00

AKA Zeta Ori, Alnitak. The southeastern star of the belt. Due the the brightness of the primary, the 5.5 Mv secondary is hard to see, even at a separation of 2.3 arc seconds. The seeing this morning was very poor. It might be easier on a better night.

C-8 B 2006-09-30 03:30:00

Even with fairly decent seeing (Pickering 7), the pair is difficult. The secondary sits in the third or forth diffraction ring of the primary.

STF 764

5h 41m 20.98s 29° 29m 14s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

Nice wide pair.

N_2024

5h 41m 54s -1° 51' 0" Nebula

C-8 P 2007-01-17 22:00:00

A bright, mottled nebula, overpowered by the glare of zeta Orionis, Alnitak.

H 6 40

5h 44m 27.79s -22° 26' 54" Double

C-8 B 2006-09-30 03:30:00

AKA Gamma Lep. A lovely, wide pair, position angle approximately 15 degrees.

TU Tau

5h 45m 13.65s 24° 25m 18.92s Variable

C-8 B 2008-02-27 20:00:00

An 8 mv deeply tinted red orange star.

Y Tau

5h 45m 39.37s 20° 41m 48.68s Variable

C-8 B 2006-10-31 03:40:00

A red orange star of 7 Mv.

STF 785

5h 45m 55.39s 25° 54m 49s Double

C-8 B 2009-02-22 20:00:00

An OK pair.

STF 790

5h 46m 2.86s -4° 16' 6" Double

C-8 B 2009-02-22 20:00:00

A lovely, unequal pair.

N_2068

5h 46m 42s 0° 3m 0s Nebula

C-8 B 2006-09-26 03:30:00

Very faint, if seen at all.

C-8 B 2006-09-26 03:30:00

A low contrast bit of nebulosity involving 2 stars, about 40" apart, position angle approximately 20 degrees. It was not helped by the LPR filter. Burnham gives the distance as 53", and give the position angle as 18 degrees.

STF 795

5h 48m 0.2s 6° 27m 14s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-14 19:00:00

A nice, but very close pair, easily split in tonight's good seeing. Position angle: 230. WDC: 201.

STF 796

5h 49m 55.52s 31° 47m 8s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-14 19:00:00

A nice little double in position angle approximately 60�. WDC position angle: 61.

N_2099

5h 52m 24s 32° 33m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2006-10-29 03:00:00

The richest, but faintest of the Auriga Messier clusters. Overall, a beautiful cluster that would be better served by darker skies.

STF 816

5h 54m 55.45s 5° 51m 38s Double

C-8 B 2007-03-08 19:00:00

Pale blue and faint orange.

U Ori

5h 55m 49.26s 20° 10m 37.26s Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 12 5:19:5

12mv red star. That color was seen in this faint a star was amazing.

ARG 63

5h 57m 8.58s 10° 13m 45s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-02 21:00:00

Foundwhile searching for NGC 2141. An approximately 40", position angle 70�,7.5 - 8 mv pair. WDC: position angle: 65, Sep: 35.6, Mv: 8.69, Mvb:9.09.

AZ Aur

6h 1m 8.14s 39° 40m 16.27s Variable

C-8 B 2007-02-10 21:00:00

A dull red star of 10 Mv

C-8 B 2008-01-30 19:00:00

A brick red star of 9.5 mv.

STF 825

6h 1m 37.21s 36° 30m 55s Double

C-8 B 2009-01-28 04:50:00

An OK double, as advertised in the WDC

N_2141

6h 3m 6s 10° 26m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2008-02-02 21:00:00

Too faint for tonight's moisture laden skies.

STF 840

6h 6m 28.04s 10° 45m 1s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-02 21:00:00

Swept up while searching for NGC 2147. I saw 7 - 8 mv, 15 " separation, position angle 250. WDC: 7.1 - 9.5, 21.1", position angle 247.

N_XX

6h 6m 54s -6° 12' 0" Open Cl

C-8 B 2008-02-28 20:00:00

Not seen.

N_2158

6h 7m 30s 24° 6m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2006-09-26 03:30:00

A very faint brightening of the sky near M 35. Only seen when the telescope was slewing.

2007-02-10 20:00:00, The companion cluster to M35 was a faint brightening of the sky. M35 itself was a faint brightening of the sky in the finder. Both were barely glimpsed in their respective telescopes.

N_2169

6h 8m 24s 13° 57m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2008-02-02 21:00:00

A bright, loose cluster of around 16 stars. 4' x 6' in position angle approximately 135�.

C-8 B 2008-02-14 19:00:00

A cluster of 10 bright stars (brighter than 10mv), surrounded by about 10 more faint ones (fainter than 11 mv) in the form of an equilateral triangle around 15 arc minutes in size. The triangle is truncated on its southwestern point. The double Struve 848 is close to the center of the cluster.

STF 848

6h 8m 32.01s 13° 58m 1s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-14 19:00:00

A very nice pair, embedded in cluster NGC 2169, a cluster in the shape of an equilateral triangle which is truncated on it's southwestern point. A memorable field.

N_2168

6h 8m 54s 24° 20m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2006-09-26 03:30:00

A field filling cluster of bright stars. Approximately 1 degrees in size.

STF 855

6h 8m 59.7s 2° 29m 47s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-14 19:00:00

A nice, wide pair. Pa approximately 130�. WDC position angle: 113�.

TU Gem

6h 10m 53.14s 26° 1m 0.98s Variable

C-8 B 2007-03-08 19:00:00

A pale red orange star, appeared about 7 Mv

STF 845

6h 11m 36.58s 48° 42m 39s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-28 20:00:00

A delightful pair of A stars. I saw position angle = 0, WDC: 350.

STF 867

6h 11m 39s 17° 22m 39s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-14 19:00:00

Position angle approximately 165�. WDC position angle: 156. Boring.

N_2194

6h 13m 48s 12° 48m 0s Open Cl

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A very loose, dull cluster.

STF 877

6h 14m 42.67s 14° 35m 10s Double

C-8 B 2007-03-08 19:00:00

Lovely, PA ~90 degrees (or 270!)

STF 872

6h 15m 39.05s 36° 8m 55s Double

C-8 B 2007-02-10 21:00:00

A nice yellow and white pair.

GK Ori

6h 17m 42.74s 8° 31m 18.52s Variable

C-8 B 2007-03-08 19:00:00

A pale red 9.5 Mv star

KS Mon

6h 19m 44.19s -5° 17' 2.47" Variable

C-8 B 2008-01-04 21:00:00

A very pale red star of approximately 9 mv.

STF 895

6h 20m 48.34s 5° 44m 26s Double

C-8 B 2007-03-08 19:00:00

A pale orange and faint blue pair, both appearing white at first glance. Lackluster. Not in Burnham

C-8 B 2006-09-26 03:30:00

Perhaps the wide separation caused me to miss this faint (8.3, 9.6 Mv) pair? It is not in Burnham, but Webb raves about it, quoting John Herschel as claiming the pair is full ruby red and green.

V Mon

6h 22m 43.61s -2° 11' 38.24" Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 12 5:31:32

Not seen, but location found on the chart. Below 12mv

STF 899

6h 22m 49.64s 17° 34m 27s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-02 21:00:00

A close, faint pair. I saw position angle 30�, WDC: position angle 20�.

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 12 5:51:21

A close pair, cleanly split in the 5mm. Pa and sep as per the WDC

N_2219

6h 23m 24s -4° 41' 0" Open Cl

C-8 B 2008-01-04 21:00:00

This does not seem to be a cluster at all. More like a chance grouping of 6 or 7 bright (7 - 9 mv) Milky way stars. WikiSky does not list it, and a quick look at the PSS confirms it. One of John Hershel's errors.

STF 900

6h 23m 46.09s 4° 35m 34s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-13 03:00:00

AKA 8 Mon. A nice, wide pair of yellow stars. The double star catalog lists them as an A5 and F5, so perhaps there's a bit of interstellar reddening here.

V Aur

6h 24m 2.96s 47° 42m 31.49s Variable

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

A brick red star, with a bit of pastel gray mixed in. A classic N star which I found to be 9.5 mv.

S 518

6h 24m 21.15s -16° 13' 28" Double

C-8 B 2009-01-28 04:50:00

Lackluster, appears as advertised in the WDC.

BL Ori

6h 25m 28.14s 14° 43m 25.26s Variable

C-8 B 2007-03-08 19:00:00

Looks more like Betelgeuse than your typical N star. About 6.5 Mv

C-8 B 2006-10-31 03:30:00

A red orange star of about 6 Mv

C-8 B 2008-02-28 20:00:00

A bright 7 mv star, pumpkin orange.

STF 910

6h 26m 45.49s 0° 26m 16s Double

C-8 B 2007-03-08 19:00:00

A wide, not very spectacular, double in a very nice field.

STF 915

6h 28m 13.95s 5° 16m 20s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-02 21:00:00

A dull double. Position angle approximately 45�. WDC: position angle 37.

STF 919

6h 28m 49.07s -7° 1' 59" Double

C-8 B 2007-03-08 19:00:00

Also known as Beta Mon. An exquisite triple star. It looks double at 80X, but triple at 160. Three white beauties.

C-8 B 2006-10-06 03:00:00

A lovely triple. Looks double at 50x, indeed, hard to resolve at that power, plainly triple at 133X

C-8 B 2006-09-26 03:30:00

A beautiful triple of stars. Needs high power.

STF 921

6h 31m 9.56s 11° 15m 5s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-02 21:00:00

The companion appeared very faint, approximately 10.5 mv, instead of it's reported 9th mv. This was due to my corrector plate dewing up. I saw a position angle of 0�, WDC:5.

STF 926

6h 31m 40.53s 5° 46m 8s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-13 03:00:00

An unimpressive double.

C-8 B 2008-02-02 21:00:00

This pair might have looked a bit better in darker skies, but it was lackluster tonight. Position angle: 300�, WDC: 287�.

C-8 B 2009-03-04 20:00:00

An OK double, PA and sep as charted by the WDC

STF 924

6h 32m 18.52s 17° 47m 3s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-02 21:00:00

A nice, white bright pair. Pa approximately 220�, WDC: 218�.

N_2244

6h 32m 24s 4° 52m 0s Open Cl

C-8 P 2007-01-20 22:00:00

A large cluster in a rich region. The famous "Rosette nebula" was lost in the sky glow.

WFC 37

6h 33m 51.61s 44° 23m 48s Double

C-8 B 2007-02-10 21:00:00

A "field" double, I guessed it as 6" separation, 90 degrees PA, Double star catalog gives it as 9.7", 247 degrees PA.

STF 918

6h 33m 57.62s 52° 27m 41s Double

C-8 B 2007-02-10 21:00:00

A very nice white pair.

S 524

6h 34m 7.1s 22° 7m 27s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

Wide pair.

CR Gem

6h 34m 23.85s 16° 4m 36.61s Variable

C-8 B 2006-11-03 03:30:00

A very red star, considering its faintness. About 10 Mv. As with many red stars, this one looks dusky.

STF 928

6h 34m 42s 38° 32m 23s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-28 20:00:00

A nice, unequal pair approximately 150� position angle, WDC position angle: 133

RV Aur

6h 34m 44.48s 42° 30m 20.12s Variable

C-8 B 2007-02-10 21:00:00

Not seen, wrong coordinates!

STF 929

6h 35m 22.03s 37° 42m 55s Double

C-8 B 2009-02-17 20:00:00

A nice pair in a starry field.

STF 939

6h 35m 57.07s 5° 18m 26s Double

C-8 B 2007-03-08 19:00:00

A triple forming an almost perfect equilateral

SHJ 73

6h 36m 22.85s -18° 39' 35" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

Nice wide pair.

N_2259

6h 38m 36s 10° 53m 0s Open Cl

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A small, faint cluster of a few 11.5 mv stars and a

R Mon

6h 39m 9.92s 8° 44m 15.34s Variable

C-8 B 2006-12-13 03:00:00

A white star. The celebrated nebula NGC 2261, Hubble's variable nebula, was not seen.

N_2261

6h 39m 12s 8° 44m 0s Nebula

C-8 P 2007-01-20 22:00:00

A faint, cone shaped nebula with considerable mottling. It holds magnification well. Lovely.

V0641 Mon

6h 40m 28.59s 9° 49m 10.78s Variable

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

A pale orange star, 7 mv.

U Lyn

6h 40m 46.61s 59° 52m 9.85s Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 12 6:13:53

Not seen, and the chart does not seem to fit the sky.

N_2264

6h 41m 6s 9° 53m 0s NGC?

C-8 B 2006-10-06 03:00:00

A lovely group of sparklers. The Xmas tree cluster, and looks it.

STF 953

6h 41m 9.4s 8° 59m 5s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-13 03:00:00

An exquisite pair of white stars, just south of NGC 2264, the Christmas tree cluster.

VW Gem

6h 42m 8.69s 31° 27m 24.66s Variable

C-8 B 2006-11-03 03:30:00

A dark red orange star, almost brown. About 9 Mv. Cool star, in more ways than one!

N_2266

6h 43m 12s 26° 58m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

Too faint for these skies.

CZ Mon

6h 44m 41.6s 3° 19m 3.07s Variable

C-8 B 2008-03-29 21:30:00

Aruddy orange red star of 9.5 mv, as determined by comparison stars of8.6 and 9.7 mv. NGC 2270, also in the field was not seen.

AGC 1

6h 45m 9.25s -16° 42' 47" Double

C-8 B 2009-03-04 20:00:00

AKA Sirius, Alpha CMj. The "pup" was perhaps glimpsed

STF 957

6h 45m 10.02s 30° 49m 33s Double

C-8 B 2R009-02-17 20:00:00

A difficult pair due to the faint secondary. This

STF 948

6h 46m 14.34s 59° 26m 30s Double

GO CMa

6h 46m 15.5s -12° 52' 48" Variable

C-8 B 2008-02-16 21:30:00

A dull red star, even at 10.5 mv. The GCVS and AAVSO report the maximum magnitude of the star is 13 mv. I saw 10.5, and Wikisky gives 10.27, identifying the star as TYC 5387-1068-1. AAVSO give the spectrum as C(N). I suspect that the star is a "late" one, perhaps N5, as it was quite red.

RT Gem

6h 46m 34.9s 18° 36m 56.27s Variable

C-8 B 2007-03-11 19:30:00

Probably too faint to be identified as an N star by its color?

C-8 B 2006-12-10 20:00:00

Very pastel red ~ 10 Mv. Hard to see the color in this faint a star.

C-8 B 2006-11-25 05:00:00

A very pastel red star. The color is hard to see at this faintness, which is about 10 Mv.

N_2287

6h 47m 0s -20° 44' 0" Open Cl

C-8 P 2008-02-10 19:00:00

A large, loose cluster of bright white stars. Nice.

N_2301

6h 51m 48s 0° 28m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2008-02-28 20:00:00

A fine spray of stars, in approximately position angle 30d, with a branch at 20�. About 20 arc minutes long.

W Mon

6h 52m 21.62s -7° 8' 42.63" Variable

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

A pale orange star, approximately 8mv.

GY Mon

6h 53m 11.39s -4° 34' 28.96" Variable

C-8 B 2008-02-28 20:00:00

An 8 mv orange star.

STF 985

6h 53m 56.06s -4° 23' 32" Double

C-8 B 2008-02-28 20:00:00

A pair close to GY Mon. I saw position angle 150, 25", WDC: position angle 323, 32.3". Initially they looked like the K stars they are, but after staring at them for a while, they looked more like F stars. Stellar color is a very subjective thing, sans photoelectric devices.

EZ CMa

6h 54m 13.04s -23° 55' 38.02" Variable

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

A bright yellow star (6 mv).

STF 982

6h 54m 38.58s 13° 10m 40s Double

C-8 B 2009-03-22 21:00:00

A lovely, unequal double. A: yellow, B: orange. PA

STF 997

6h 56m 6.65s -14° 2' 36" Double

C-8 B 2008-02-02 21:00:00

Not seen.

N_2309

6h 56m 12s -7° 12' 0" Open Cl

C-8 B 2008-02-28 20:00:00

An approximately 5 arc minute cluster of faint stars (10mv and below). Swept up while looking for W mon. Burnham gives 4 arc minutes, and stars 12mv and below.

STF 991

6h 57m 1.26s 24° 57m 27s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-16 20:15:00

A close, unequal pair, position angle 170. WDC position angle: 172.

RV Mon

6h 58m 21.52s 6° 10m 6.9s Variable

C-8 B 2006-12-13 03:00:00

A red-orange star of about 7 Mv

STF 1010

7h 1m 27.04s -3° 7' 3" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

Swept up while searching for V0614 Mon. A wide, OK pair.

C-8 B 2007-09-04 20:00:00

A lackluster little pair, at approximately 90 degrees position angle. WDC: position angle: 252, Sep: 3.2, Mv: 9.17, Mvb: 9.69, Sp: F0

N_2323

7h 3m 12s -8° 20' 0" Open Cl

C-8 P 2008-01-03 20:00:00

A large (15-20 arc minute), loose cluster of star chains. Whether this effect was due to actual stellar formations as chains or an illusion of my visual processing is unknown. The cluster is in a very rich region of the milky way. A splendid wide field view.

STF 1009

7h 5m 40.05s 52° 45m 27s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-29 21:30:00

This pretty pair looked decidedly lackluster through a layer of cloud. Warrants a revisit, as in clear skies it's probably exquisite.

RY Mon

7h 6m 56.31s -7° 33' 20.41" Variable

C-8 P 2008-01-03 20:00:00

Perhaps redder than R Lep. Approximately 9 mv.

W CMa

7h 8m 3.49s -11° 55' 18.46" Variable

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

A pale orange star, in a star spangled field.

R CMi

7h 8m 42.75s 10° 1m 31.52s Variable

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

A pale orange star, 8 mv.

STF 1035

7h 12m 1.05s 22° 16m 44s Double

C-8 B 2007-03-11 19:00:00

Delicate pastel blue. Nice.

VX Gem

7h 12m 48.43s 14° 36m 4.77s Variable

C-8 B 2008-04-02 21:30:00

An interesting approximately 8mv star. It looks like a gray star seen through a red filter.

STF 1037

7h 12m 49.07s 27° 13m 30s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-16 20:15:00

A rather close double (1.2"), position angle 300�. WDC: 338�. This would rate as a nice one if it wasn't so hard to split. Tonight's excellent seeing made it possible.

STF 1044

7h 17m 8.96s 47° 39m 18s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-16 20:15:00

A discordant double. WDC gives it as 7.75 - 7.86 A, separated by 12.4" in position angle 167�. I did not see the pair, and Wikisky does not show it either. Burnham gives it as a pair of 8.5 A stars. The Simbad site gives a detailed description of the star, and Webb records it as well. The PSS photo of the star shows no elongation. There is a pair of 10th mv stars 10 arc minutes east of the star that are in position angle 165 (my guess) WDC identifies these stars as ARN 68. Weird.

N_2362

7h 18m 48s -24° 57' 0" NGC?

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A lovely grouping of around 20 bright (10 mv or

STF 1065

7h 22m 15.11s 50° 8m 55s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-10 20:00:00

AKA 20 Lynx. A pair of 8 Mv stars. White.

STF 1081

7h 24m 8.93s 21° 27m 28s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-16 20:15:00

This unequal pair looked closer than the 1.3" given by WDC, perhaps because of the brightness difference between the two components.

STF 1083

7h 25m 35.3s 20° 29m 42s Double

C-8 B 2007-12-18 02:30:00

Exquisite, the only bright stars in the field.

N_2392

7h 29m 12s 20° 55m 0s Planetary

C-8 B 2006-09-30 03:30:00

A medium sized, bright planetary nebula. I was able to make it "blink". Very nice!

STF 1104

7h 29m 21.97s -14° 59' 53" Double

C-8 B 2009-02-16 20:00:00

A difficult double, the primaries' disc is twice the

STF 1102

7h 30m 26.25s 13° 51m 54s Double

C-8 B 2009-03-04 19:30:00

An OK double, PA and Sep as reported by the WDC.

STF 1103

7h 30m 33.6s 5° 15m 16s Double

C-8 B 2007-12-18 02:30:00

A nice, unequal pair PA approximately 270. WDC gives 245.

NQ Gem

7h 31m 54.76s 24° 30m 19s Variable

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

A pale orange star of 8.5 mv. There is an 8.6 mv yellow star (K7) just 3 arc minutes north west of NQ.

H N 19

7h 34m 18.61s -23° 28' 25" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

A wonderful pair of yellow stars, with faint overtones of green and red, much like 95 Her. Burnham lists this as S 552 and Hh 269.

STF 1116

7h 34m 32.01s 12° 18m 16s Double

C-8 B 2007-12-18 02:30:00

A nice, close pair

STF 1110

7h 34m 36s 31° 53m 19s Double

C-8 B 2007-03-11 19:00:00

Castor: A brilliant pair of white stars, gorgeous.

STT 174

7h 35m 56s 43° 1m 51s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-16 20:15:00

I saw position angle approximately 80�. WDC position angle: 183�. The companion was almost overwhelmed from the glare of the primary. This 1.6" pair requires good seeing to split.

STF 1121

7h 36m 35.71s -14° 29' 0" Double

C-8 B 2007-12-18 02:30:00

A splendid pair in the cluster M47. A superb field.

N_2420

7h 38m 30s 21° 34m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

I could make out 4 or 5 11th-12th mv stars, emmersed in a very faint cloud of dimmer ones.

STF 1140

7h 48m 22.61s 18° 20m 12s Double

C-8 B 2009-03-04 19:40:00

A very nice pair, observed as the WDC reported

W CMi

7h 48m 45.61s 5° 23m 41.42s Variable

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

A pale orange 7 mv star.

C-8 B 2007-09-18 04:00:00

Mars was distinctly gibbous, with very low contrast brown markings on a crisply delimited disc. The north polar cap perhaps glimpsed, if at all. It was tiny. There was a faint (~11th mv) star about 2 Mars diameters to the east of the planet.

C-8 B 2007-10-21 03:00:00

The planet looked slightly gibbous, and mostly light
orange brown in color. There were some dusky markings of low contrast south of the equator, which extended over 60% of the planet's diameter. The north pole region was a bit brighter that the rest of the planet, but no white areas were seen.

C-8 B 2007-12-18 02:30:00

The north polar cap was evident, but the "albedo" features were of very low contrast.

C-8 B 2008-01-23 19:15:00

Tonight's steady seeing allowed the best ever view of Mare Acidalium and the polar cap.

STF 331

3h 0m 52.18s 52° 21m 6s Double

C-8 B 2009-03-17 20:30:00

A splendid, wide, somewhat unequal double.

C-8 B 2009-03-22 20:30:00

A lovely pair, pale yellow and pale blue. PA about

STF 797

5h 48m 28.2s 4° 42m 14s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-14 19:00:00

A rather dull pair, position angle: 15�. WDC: 16�.

UU Aur

6h 36m 32.9s 38° 26m 51.71s Variable

C-8 B 2007-02-10 21:00:00

A bright, yellow orange star.

BE CMi

7h 36m 28.07s 2° 4m 20.9s Variable

C-8 B 2008-04-02 21:30:00

A dull, orange brown star of 8.4 mv

N_2422

7h 36m 36s -14° 30' 0" Open Cl

C-8 B 2007-12-18 02:30:00

A sparse, but bright open cluster containing the exquisite double Struve 1121.

N_2419

7h 38m 6s 38° 53m 0s Globular

C-8 P 2007-01-20 22:00:00

A faint glow in the sky, only the faintest hint of granulation.

N_2440

7h 41m 54s -18° 13' 0" Planetary

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

Like a fuzzy, our of focus star at low power (115x,

STT 179

7h 44m 26.86s 24° 23m 53s Double

C-8 B 2007-03-11 19:00:00

AKA Kappa Gem. Bright yellow, faint blue. Nice

STF 1138

7h 45m 29.14s -14° 41' 25" Double

C-8 B 2007-12-18 02:30:00

A nice, wide pair. A bright star, 5 mv is also in the field.

STF 1146

7h 47m 56.71s -12° 11' 33" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

Found, but not split. WikiSky shows this as 5 Pup, with separation 1.2" and PA about 25 degrees. WDC gives the separation as 3.3"

N_2467

7h 52m 36s -26° 23' 0" NGC?

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

Looks like a large, faint planetary. Probably a stromgen sphere. In a rather starry field. Quite nice.

N_2506

8h 0m 12s -10° 47' 0" Open Cl

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

Not seen.

STF 1182

8h 5m 24.42s 5° 49m 38s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-24 21:15:00

A nice, unequal double.

STF 1181

8h 5m 24.55s 8° 11m 58s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-27 03:45:00

A faint, lackluster pair of yellow stars.

STF 1177

8h 5m 37.05s 27° 31m 46s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-27 03:45:00

Exqusite little pair, both white.

STF 1183

8h 6m 27.41s -9° 14' 40" Double

C-8 B 2008-04-12 21:30:00

A wide, pretty pair.

RU Pup

8h 7m 29.88s -22° 54' 41.16" Variable

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

A ruddy 8.5 mv star.

STF 1196

8h 12m 13.26s 17° 38m 51s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

A very nice, bright pair of yellow stars. WDC reports several bright stars here, I see only 2.

N_2537

8h 13m 12s 46° 0m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A faint, round smudge. A few of the brightest stars

N_2548

8h 13m 48s -5° 48' 0" Open Cl

C-8 B 2007-03-11 19:30:00

A large, loose cluster, best at low power.

C-8 B 2006-12-20 04:00:00

Appears sparse in these light polluted skies. There

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

This would be stunning in a dark sky, as it is, it's

RY Hya

8h 20m 6.55s 2° 45m 58.14s Variable

C-8 B 2008-04-02 21:30:00

An 8mv star looking a pale, dusky red.

T Lyn

8h 22m 43.25s 33° 31m 14.77s Variable

C-8 B 2007-01-10 21:00:00

2007-01-10 21:00:00

C-8 B 2008-01-30 19:00:00

Probably seen. It was a 13th Mv star. Not seen in the 24.5, but glimpsed with the 12.5.

STT 191

8h 24m 49.17s 20° 9m 10s Double

C-8 B 2006-10-08 20:00:00

A wide double with delicate yellow-blue colors. Identified in the WDS list as H 5 137.

STF 1224

8h 26m 39.81s 24° 32m 3s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-27 03:45:00

AKA 24 Cnc. A nice pair of yellow white stars

STF 1245

8h 35m 51.05s 6° 37m 13s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-27 03:45:00

White, yellow pair. Nice.

STF 1255

8h 39m 44.69s 5° 46m 14s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-24 21:15:00

An OK, wide double.

N_2632

8h 40m 6s 19° 59m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2007-03-08 19:00:00

A large, sparse, cluster of bright stars, many of them double

STF 1260

8h 40m 41.4s -12° 10' 8" Double

C-8 B 2006-12-20 04:00:00

A nice, but faint, pair of white stars. They looked the same brightness to me, and the Double star catalog lists them as 7.86 and 8.07 Mv.

STF 1258

8h 43m 25.4s 48° 51m 41s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

A splendid pair of pale yellow stars.

STF 1270

8h 45m 20.79s -2° 36' 3" Double

C-8 B 2006-12-20 04:00:00

A pair of F2 subgiants. Both look yellow. Nice.

STF 1268

8h 46m 41.81s 28° 45m 35s Double

C-8 B 2007-03-11 19:00:00

AKA Iota Cnc. Wide, bright, yellow and pale blue. Beautiful!

STF 1273

8h 46m 46.65s 6° 25m 8s Double

C-8 B 2009-03-22 21:00:00

A tight, difficult pair. The primary appears to be

STF 1283

8h 49m 55.86s 14° 50m 0s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-24 21:15:00

A nice, wide double.

N_2682

8h 50m 24s 11° 49m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2006-12-27 04:00:00

Approximately 30 bright stars, the rest fainter. The cluster is lacking in doubles. .

C-8 B 2006-11-25 04:00:00

A lovely cluster with only a few doubles. Half fills the 80x field.

STF 1282

8h 50m 44.28s 35° 4m 15s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

A close but lovely pair of white stars.

HJ 460

8h 52m 28.6s 28° 15m 33s Double

C-8 B 2009-01-28 04:50:00

A lackluster pair, near rho cnc.

N_2683

8h 52m 42s 33° 25m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A wonderful edge on Sc, large, a bit mottled with no

STF 1288

8h 52m 45.13s 28° 27m 29s Double

C-8 B 2009-01-28 04:50:00

A faint but pretty pair, 10.1 - 10.1 mv (wdc). Swept up while sweeping near iota cnc.

N_2681

8h 53m 30s 51° 19m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A faint, round haze surrounding a bright, compact,

STF 1291

8h 54m 14.7s 30° 34m 45s Double

C-8 B 2007-03-11 19:00:00

AKA 57 Cnc. A close double. Burnham gives the separation at 1.5". Each star is in the other's first diffraction ring.

X Cnc

8h 55m 23.03s 17° 13m 56.68s Variable

C-8 B 2007-03-11 19:30:00

An orange star of around 6 Mv

C-8 B 2006-12-27 03:45:00

A red orange star of about 6.5 Mv.

STF 1295

8h 55m 29.59s -7° 58' 15" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-01 21:00:00

A close but exquisite pair of white stars.

T Cnc

8h 56m 40.33s 19° 51m 0.71s Variable

C-8 B 2006-12-27 04:00:00

A pale, red-brown star about 10Mv

C-8 B 2006-11-25 04:00:00

Very pastel red ~ 10 Mv. Hard to see the color in this faint a star.

C-8 B 2006-11-03 03:30:00

A rather red star. About 9 Mv.

STF 1298

9h 1m 24.13s 32° 15m 8s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-27 03:45:00

AKA 66 Cnc. A lackluster pair, but in a nice field.

STF 1311

9h 7m 27s 22° 58m 51s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-27 03:45:00

Two yellow white stars in a rich field. Very nice.

N_2775

9h 10m 18s 7° 2m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A bright, lackluster E0-E2. (Burnham lists this as

N_2784

9h 12m 18s -24° 10' 0" Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

Bright, with a round nucleus and an elliptical

STF 1332

9h 17m 19.2s 23° 39m 9s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-27 03:45:00

Two faint pale yellow stars. Nice.

RT UMa

9h 18m 25.35s 51° 24m 8.69s Variable

C-8 B 2006-12-27 03:45:00

A very pale red star of about 9 Mv.

STF 1355

9h 27m 16.69s 6° 13m 59s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-16 03:00:00

This was elongated in position angle 130�. WDC gives 328�. Burnham gives 345, and claims it's a common proper motion pair. Worth another look.

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 12 6:33:9

A lovely, but very close pair. Needs good seeing to split it.

STF 1357

9h 28m 20.51s -9° 59' 12" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-16 03:00:00

The companion was quite faint, as advertised. This would be a challenge in a smaller telescope.

STF 1365

9h 31m 31.26s 1° 27m 55s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-16 03:00:00

A close little pair, alternatively split and elongated in tonight's winds. Pa approximately 170, WDC: position angle 162�.

STF 1367

9h 32m 11.77s -10° 50' 37" Double

C-8 B 2008-01-16 03:00:00

A rather dull double.

C-8 B 2008-01-16 03:00:00

A rather dull double. PA approximately 190�. WDC: position angle 183.

N_2903

9h 32m 12s 21° 30m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

C-8 @ 80x: Large, bright, with a mottled envelope, bright nucleus, and somewhat abrupt edge. Lovely!

STF 1369

9h 35m 23.62s 39° 57m 26s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-02 21:30:00

A wide, dull pair in an interesting field, with a star about an arc minute north, and two bright stars south of it, 42 Lynx and HD82741. Best at low power, 36x.

STF 1374

9h 41m 21.88s 38° 57m 1s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 12 6:40:29

A nice unequal pair, quite close. Sep~ 3", pa 310d.

R Leo

9h 47m 33.6s 11° 25m 49.01s Variable

C-8 B 2008-04-02 21:30:00

A deep orange red 7.6 Mv star. Its red was stronger than many N stars, it's the reddest M star I've ever seen.

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 12 6:25:34

7.9mv, compared to a star 1 degree south.

CW Leo

9h 47m 57.64s 13° 16m 48.09s Variable

C-8 B 2008-04-02 21:30:00

The field was found, but CW Leo was too faint for me to see.

W Sex

9h 50m 58.59s -2° 1' 43.54" Variable

C-8 B 2006-12-27 03:45:00

Not seen. Also not seen on 2006-12-20 4:00.

C-8 B 2008-01-16 03:00:00

A dusky red star of 8.9 mv. It looked like a yellow star seen through a dark, red brown filter.

Y Hya

9h 51m 3.53s -23° 0' 59.3" Variable

C-8 B 2008-04-12 21:30:00

A gray-deep orange star of ~7 mv. It was in the cherry tree, and quite alone in the 36x field. None of the stars in the finder chart were visible, because of foliage and light pollution.

S 605

9h 54m 6.69s 4° 56m 43s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-12 21:30:00

A somewhat dull, wide pair.

N_3031

9h 55m 36s 69° 4m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

7x50 Binoculars: A tiny smudge. M82 visible as well.

N_3034

9h 55m 48s 69° 41m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

7x50 Binoculars: A tiny, mottled, smudge. M81 visible as well.

STF 1399

9h 57m 2.2s 19° 45m 44s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-16 03:00:00

An easy, lackluster pair. PA 180. WDC position angle 175

SHJ 110

10h 4m 2.83s -18° 6' 5" Double

C-8 B 2008-04-24 21:15:00

A very nice, wide double.

N_3115

10h 5m 12s -7° 43' 0" Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

Bright Nucleus surrounded by a fuzzy envelope, a pronounced streak along the axis of the disk augmented the galaxy's core.

N_3166

10h 13m 48s 3° 26m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

E0 or Sa (Burnham: Sa)? Next to NGC 3169.

N_3169

10h 14m 12s 3° 28m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

Looks like an Sa (Burnham: Sb). Near 3166.

STF 1421

10h 18m 5.53s 27° 31m 27s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-27 03:45:00

An average sort of double, in a field of a few other stars.

N_3184

10h 18m 18s 41° 25m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A large, face on Sc with a small, faint nucleus.

STF 1424

10h 19m 36.25s 19° 52m 11s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-20 05:00:00

AKA Gamma Leo, Algeiba. A close pair of bright stars, Yellow orange and deep yellow. One of the best in the sky. Always a delight.

N_3198

10h 19m 54s 45° 33m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A faint, mottled, smudge. (Burnham: edge on Sc)

STF 1426

10h 20m 32.32s 6° 25m 47s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-16 03:00:00

A nice, unequal pair. PA approximately 75�. WDC: position angle 9. Quite a difference! There is a 5.6 mv M3 star, DE Leonis, 5 arc minutes west. Overall, a pretty field.

N_3226

10h 23m 24s 19° 54m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

Makes a nice pair with NGC 3226. E2

N_3227

10h 23m 30s 19° 52m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

The expected bright nucleus of this Seyfert was quite faint.

N_3242

10h 24m 48s -18° 38' 0" Planetary

C-8 P 2007-01-20 23:00:00

Very nice. Like NGC 7662 in Andromeda. Round, no central star seen.

C-8 P 2007-04-20 21:00:00

Bright, slightly mottled, a pale blue.

C-8 P 2008-04-12 21:30:00

A light blue featureless disk with fuzzy edges. It appeared to be about20" in diameter to me. The outer envelope was not seen. This was observed through the foliage of the cherry tree, so it is not too surprising that little was seen.

STT 219

10h 30m 11.48s 50° 59m 36s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-24 21:15:00

A non existent double. There is a 7.5 mv star in the marked position (10h 30m 11.4s, +50 59' 36",J2000) but it is not double. Confirmed by Wiki sky, Burnham and K stars.

STF 1441

10h 30m 58.77s -7° 38' 15" Double

C-8 B 2008-04-29 21:45:00

The companion appears very faint in tonight's hazy skies. The pair appears to be separated by approximately 4-5 diffraction ring widths.

STF 1450

10h 35m 2.16s 8° 39m 1s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-20 04:00:00

AKA 49 Leo. A close pair. The companion is quite faint. The primary is TX Leonis, an eclipsing binary.

U Hya

10h 37m 33.09s -13° 23' 0.19" Variable

C-8 B 2007-03-11 19:00:00

An orange star of about 7 Mv.

N_3310

10h 38m 42s 53° 30m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

This looks more like a planetary nebula than a

STF 1466

10h 43m 20.9s 4° 44m 51s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-16 03:00:00

AKA 35 Ser. A very nice pair of yellow stars, position angle approximately 230�. WDC: position angle 239�.

N_3344

10h 43m 30s 24° 55m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A large, lovely, face on Sc. Several bright stars

N_3351

10h 44m 0s 11° 42m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

Bright nucleus, faint disk, no sign of the bar.

N_3368

10h 46m 48s 11° 49m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

Bright nucleus, faint disk

STF 1474

10h 47m 40s -15° 14' 39" Double

C-8 B 2008-04-24 21:15:00

A triple, as there is a 6.8 mv star about an arc

N_3379

10h 47m 48s 12° 35m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

M105 is a lackluster elliptical, but makes a grand view with both NGC 3384 and NGC 3389 in the same field.

N_3384

10h 48m 18s 12° 38m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

A grand view, as M105 and NGC 3389 are in the same field

N_3389

10h 48m 30s 12° 32m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

C-8 @80x. A grand view, as M105 and NGC 3384 are in the same field. NGC 3389 is a mottled, faint streak.

V Hya

10h 51m 37.24s -21° 14' 59.74" Variable

C-8 B 2006-12-20 04:30:00

As red a star as I've ever seen. Approximately 9 Mv.

C-8 B 2008-01-16 03:00:00

A deep red star with a touch of brown. Approximately 9 mv. A beautiful sight. AAVSO lists the maximum mv as 10.9. It was brighter than this.

S 617

10h 53m 24.96s -2° 15' 18" Double

C-8 B 2008-04-12 21:30:00

A lackluster pair.

STF 1487

10h 55m 36.8s 24° 44m 59s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-20 04:00:00

AKA 54 Leo. A very nice pair of yellowish stars. Odd, as they are listed as A1 and A2. One would expect them to look white.

N_3521

11h 5m 48s -0° 2' 0" Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

A bright nucleus surrounded by a uniform envelope.

N_3556

11h 11m 30s 55° 40m 0s Galaxy

C-11 LB 2009-05-12 22:15:00

Not Seen!! The corrector plate was dewed.

HO 50

11h 13m 40.08s 41° 5m 19s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-02 21:30:00

A close double that was not split, despite a careful examination at 400x. It's unlikely that the pair is separated by WDC's declared 3.1 arc seconds.

N_3587

11h 14m 48s 55° 1m 0s Planetary

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

The "owl" nebula. A faint planetary. It's surprising that Messier found it at all. The "eyes" were barely visible. Had I not known they were there, I would not have seen them.

STF 1520

11h 16m 4.03s 52° 46m 23s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-02 21:30:00

A nice, wide pair.

N_3607

11h 16m 54s 18° 3m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

With N 3608, a couple of bright spots.

N_3608

11h 17m 0s 18° 9m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

With N 3607, a couple of bright spots.

STF 1523

11h 18m 10.92s 31° 31m 45s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-02 21:30:00

A bright, close pair. Two Airy discs enveloped in a shimmering envelope of diffraction rings.

N_3623

11h 18m 54s 13° 5m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

A bright streak in the sky, like M 66

N_3627

11h 20m 12s 12° 59m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

A bright streak in the sky, like M 65

N_3628

11h 20m 18s 13° 36m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

A faint streak in the sky, like M 65 and M 66, but considerably fainter.

N_3631

11h 21m 0s 53° 10m 0s Galaxy

C-11 LB 2009-05-12 21:15:00

A faint, face on Sc. The transparency was not good

STF 1536

11h 23m 55.36s 10° 31m 46s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-08 02:45:00

A difficult pair. The secondary, while not faint at 6.7 mv, was hidden in the bubbling diffraction pattern of the bright (4 mv) primary. It appeared to lie on the third diffraction ring, but the seeing was not perfect, and the rings were dancing madly about.

N_3675

11h 26m 6s 43° 35m 0s Galaxy

C-11 LB 2009-05-12 22:15:00

An elongated galaxy with a bright nucleus. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies.

STF 1540

11h 26m 45.75s 3° 0m 45s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-16 03:00:00

Avery nice wide pair. Pastel yellow, white. position angle approximately150�. WDC: 145�. A wider double, STFA 19, is south and east of this.

STFA 19

11h 27m 56.23s 2° 51m 22s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-16 03:00:00

A very wide double. In the same 83x (24.5mm) field as Struve 1540.

STF 1547

11h 31m 44.93s 14° 21m 52s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-20 04:00:00

AKA 88 Leo A nice, wide double.

H 3

11h 32m 16.4s -29° 15' 39" Double

96 5.73 F8VF8V

2007

C-11 LB 2009-05-12 21:15:00

An exquisite pair, observed as the WDC reported it.

N_3718

11h 32m 36s 53° 4m 0s Galaxy

C-11 LB 2009-05-12 22:15:00

A very faint smudge. The transparency was not good

N_3718

11h 32m 36s 53° 4m 0s Galaxy

C-11 LB 2009-05-12 22:15:00

A small, bright galaxy. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies.

N_3726

11h 33m 18s 47° 2m 0s Galaxy

C-11 LB 2009-05-12 22:15:00

A faint patch, with very little detail visible. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies.

STF 1552

11h 34m 42.5s 16° 47m 48s Double

C-8 B 2008-01-16 03:00:00

AKA 90 Leonis. A close, but exquisite pair. A real gem.

STF 1555

11h 36m 17.94s 27° 46m 52s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-29 21:45:00

A very close pair. The two airy discs were almost touching, and the pair was surrounded by a faint envelope of intertwined, indistinct diffraction rings. I saw the position angle as 150�. WDC: 339�. We're almost 180� off!

STF 1561

11h 39m 0.22s 45° 6m 31s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-24 21:15:00

The 6.5-8.2 pair was seen, the 6.5-9.4 pair was not

N_3838

11h 44m 12s 57° 57m 0s Galaxy

C-11 LB 2009-05-12 22:15:00

A very faint face on (Sc?) there was only a very small nucleus. Burnham: Sc. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies.

STF 1575

11h 51m 57.56s 8° 49m 48s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-08 02:45:00

A wide, very pale yellow and blue pair with a position angle of 210�. WDC: 214�.

N_3953

11h 53m 48s 52° 20m 0s Galaxy

C-11 LB 2009-05-12 21:15:00

A faint, uniform smudge. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies.

N_3983

11h 56m 24s 23° 53m 0s Galaxy

C-11 Little Bennett 2009-05-12 22:15:00

A faint smudge. Me: Barred spiral? Burnham: Sc. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies.

N_3992

11h 57m 36s 53° 23m 0s Galaxy

C-11 LB 2009-05-12 22:15:00

Large, faint ellipse, with a small, bright nucleus.

N_3998

11h 57m 54s 55° 27m 0s Galaxy

C-11 LB 2009-05-12 22:15:00

Small, with a bright nucleus. An E3? E2 or S0: Burnham. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies.

N_4030

12h 0m 24s -1° 6' 0" Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

Small, brighter nucleus surrounded by a uniform envelope.

N_4038

12h 1m 54s -18° 52' 0" Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

With 4039, the "antenna" galaxies in Corvus. No sign

N_4039

12h 1m 54s -18° 53' 0" Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

With 4039, the "antenna" galaxies in Corvus. No sign

N_4051

12h 3m 12s 44° 32m 0s Galaxy

C-11 LB 2009-05-12 22:15:00

A faint face on SC. Burnham: Sb/Sc. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies.

STF 1596

12h 4m 16.6s 21° 27m 33s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-17 03:00:00

A very nice unequal pair. The unsteady diffraction

N_4088

12h 5m 36s 50° 33m 0s Galaxy

C-11 LB 2009-05-12 22:15:00

A faint, elongated smudge. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies.

N_4111

12h 7m 6s 43° 4m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A lovely little edge on. With a bright small

N_4147

12h 10m 6s 18° 33m 0s Globular

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A globular cluster, about 5 arc minutes in diameter.

N_4151

12h 10m 30s 39° 24m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

An obvious Seyfert, with a bright, starlike nucleus.

N_4156

12h 10m 48s 39° 28m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A faint galaxy NE of NGC 4156.

S 634

12h 11m 22.92s -16° 47' 27" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-17 03:00:00

A lackluster pair, position angle approximately 310�, WDC position angle: 280�.

tvb1212+3605

12h 12m 0s 36° 5m 0s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-17 03:00:00

A "new" double, swept up while searching for NGC 4214. Not in the WDC or Burnham, but in Wiki sky. 8.9 - 9.8, position angle 30�, separation 40".

N_4179

12h 12m 54s 1° 18m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

Not seen.

N_4192

12h 13m 48s 14° 54m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

This looks like an edge on Sc (Burnham: Sb), with a

STF 1615

12h 14m 6.6s 32° 47m 3s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-17 03:00:00

A lackluster pair, pale yellow and white.

I3061

12h 15m 6s 14° 2m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A faint smudge 10' NW of N 4212.

N_4206

12h 15m 18s 13° 2m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

Not in Burnham.

N_4214

12h 15m 36s 36° 20m 0s Galaxy

C-8 B 2008-03-17 03:00:00

Not seen.

N_4212

12h 15m 42s 13° 54m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A faint, elongated galaxy, looks like an Sc

N_4216

12h 15m 54s 13° 9m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

A lovely, diaphanous, faint streak of light with a bright, almost stellar nucleus.

STF 1622

12h 16m 7.54s 40° 39m 36s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-02 21:30:00

A pretty, unequal colored pair, orange and light blue.

N_4244

12h 17m 30s 37° 49m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

A faint streak in the sky, with almost uniform brightness throughout. It was slightly brighter towards the middle, but not nearly as much so as other spirals. The nucleus is hardly visible.

STF 1627

12h 18m 9.56s -3° 56' 55" Double

C-8 B 2008-04-02 02:00:00

An OK wide pair of white stars.

N_4254

12h 18m 48s 14° 25m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

An elliptical patch in the sky. The nucleus is indistinct, and the patch is mottled.

N_4258

12h 19m 0s 47° 18m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

An almost edge on Sc(?). Stellar nucleus barely seen. Burnham lists this as being an Sb, and as NGC 4258, not M 106.

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

An almost (~ 70� tilt) edge on Sb spiral, with only a hint of mottling in the arms.

N_4261

12h 19m 24s 5° 49m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A bright, round, elliptical. Burnham: E2.

N_4260

12h 19m 24s 6° 6m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A dim streak in position angle approximately 45�. (Burnham: SBc)

N_4264

12h 19m 36s 5° 51m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A faint blob.

N_4269

12h 19m 48s 6° 1m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A fuzzy 13th mv star, just south of a 7.7 mv field star. Not in Burnham. Looks like an elliptical in its Sloan photo.

N_4278

12h 20m 6s 29° 17m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A small galaxy with a very bright nucleus. N 4283 is

N_4283

12h 20m 18s 29° 19m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A faint galaxy NE of NGC 4278. Both are

STF 1633

12h 20m 41.36s 27° 3m 16s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-17 03:00:00

A lovely pair of nearly identical yellow white stars.

N_4303

12h 21m 54s 4° 28m 0s Galaxy

C-8 B 2008-03-17 03:00:00

M 61

N_4321

12h 22m 54s 15° 49m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

An almost face on Sc. It has a bright nucleus, and a fainter, uniform disk, with the 24.5mm Ultrawide.

N_4338

12h 23m 6s 28° 55m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

Bright Elliptical in Virgo in a spectacular field with M84, M86 and N4387.

N_4333

12h 23m 24s 6° 2m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A faint spot.

N_4342

12h 23m 36s 7° 3m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A faint, small smudge, with a brighter nucleus than NGC 4370

N_4339

12h 23m 36s 6° 5m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

An elliptical, position angle approximately 70�. (This position angle estimate is wrong).

N_4343

12h 23m 42s 6° 57m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A faint smudge.

N_4337

12h 23m 54s -58° 8' 0" Open Cl

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

Bright Elliptical in Virgo in a spectacular field with M84, M86 and N4388.

N_4341

12h 24m 0s 7° 7m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A dim, small patch, barely glimpsed.

FK Vir

12h 24m 11.54s 5° 58m 18.26s Variable

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

An orange white star of approximately 7 Mv.

N_4361

12h 24m 30s -18° 48' 0" Planetary

C-8 P 2007-04-20 10:30:00

Faint, the central star was barely visible. It looks like a face on Sc galaxy through the 12.5mm Orthoscopic

N_4365

12h 24m 30s 7° 19m 0s Galaxy

C-8 B 2008-03-17 03:00:00

An almost imperceptible smudge in tonight's moonwashed skies.

C-8 B 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A bright, compact, round E0. Sloan photos show the outer regions to be elliptical.

N_4370

12h 24m 54s 7° 27m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A faint, small smudge. A 45� spiral? No. An edge on with a huge dust lane, like NGC 5128.

N_4374

12h 25m 6s 12° 53m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

Bright Elliptical in Virgo in a spectacular field with M86, N4338 and N4387.

SS Vir

12h 25m 13.61s 0° 46m 10.69s Variable

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

Quite red, seemed almost as red as V Hyd. About 8 Mv. Appeared red orange, a bit less red on May 11.

2007-06-06 22:00:00 703 Backyard A very nice red orange N star. Approximately 7.5 Mv

A very nice red orange N star. Approximately 7.5 Mv

N_4382

12h 25m 24s 18° 11m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

AKA M85. M85 is a tilted spiral with a mottled disc.

N_4387

12h 25m 42s 12° 49m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

An edge on spiral, with a bright middle.

N_4385

12h 25m 42s 0° 34m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

Very faint, NW of an 8th Magnitude star. K stars

N_4394

12h 25m 54s 18° 13m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A faint spiral just East of M 85.

N_4402

12h 26m 6s 13° 7m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A small edge on, very faint.

N_4406

12h 26m 12s 12° 57m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

Bright Elliptical in Virgo in a spectacular field with M84, N4338 and N4387.

N_4435

12h 27m 42s 13° 5m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A bright, small elliptical. Forms a pair with NGC 4438.

STF 1645

12h 28m 4.45s 44° 47m 39s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-06 22:00:00

A very nice double!

N_4446

12h 28m 12s 13° 55m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

This galaxy, along with NGC 4447 which is almost on top of it, (perhaps they are interacting?) is the faintest galaxy I saw tonight. They were but a persistent glowing patch of sky background. HNGC lists them as 13.8 and 14 mv. I only located them because of their proximity to NGC 4459, and it's 8 mv star just south east.

N_4449

12h 28m 12s 44° 6m 0s Galaxy

C-8 B 2007-06-06 22:00:00

A faint brightening of the sky glow. I was suprised I saw this irregular at all!

N_4458

12h 29m 0s 13° 15m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

Makes a pair with the brighter ngc 4461. HNGC lists this as 11.8 mv, but it looks fainter than that. It also lists it as an elliptical, but it was too faint for me to guess.

N_4459

12h 29m 0s 13° 59m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A bright spiral that blinks with the 8.1 mv K star just south east of it. When you look at the star the galaxy vanishes, when you look away from it, the galaxy appears to be only a bit dimmer than the star. The "blinking" galaxy!

N_4461

12h 29m 0s 13° 11m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

AKA NGC 4443. A small, bright elliptical (Burnham: S0). A pair with the fainter ngc 4458.

N_3c 273

12h 29m 6s 2° 3m 0s NGC?

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

Looks like a 12th Magnitude star. Too faint to detect the blue color. This needed the AAVSO finder chart to identify it.

N_4464

12h 29m 24s 8° 10m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A faint, fuzzy starlike object. Brighter than 4467. Not in Burnham, but HRNGC lists it as a spiral. In the sloan survey photo, it looks like an S0.

N_4469

12h 29m 30s 8° 45m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A medium bright streak, in position angle approximately 70�. Burnham lists it as an edge on Sb.

N_4467

12h 29m 30s 8° 0m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

An extremely faint smudge. HRNGC lists it as 14th mv! Surprising I saw it at all, but it's an elliptical, and these look like fuzzy stars, rather than extended nebulae.

N_4473

12h 29m 48s 13° 26m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A small elliptical with a bright middle.

N_4472

12h 29m 48s 8° 0m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

AKA NGC 4472. A bright, compact elliptical. (E4, Burnham)

N_4476

12h 30m 0s 12° 21m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

In the same field as M 87. An elliptical, but about four magnitudes fainter than M87.

N_4477

12h 30m 0s 13° 38m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A small elliptical with a faint middle.

C-8 B 2007-08-06 22:00:00

Jupiter, at this low altitude and seen through very hazy skies, exibits a red tinge around its south pole, and a blue tinge around its north pole.

STF 1108

7h 32m 50.63s 22° 53m 15s Double

C-8 B 2007-01-17 22:00:00

Light yellow, barely discernable bluish, which is suprising from an F8 star. Perhaps it's an illusion caused by the redder K0 primary.

STF 1223

8h 26m 47.07s 26° 56m 7s Double

C-8 B 2006-12-27 03:45:00

AKA Phi-2 Cnc. Very nice, like a pair of distant, pale yellow headlights.

N_4438

12h 27m 48s 13° 1m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A faint, large, edge on spiral.

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

An Sa peculiar, with a diaphanous outer envelope.

N_4468

12h 29m 30s 14° 3m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

An extremely faint galaxy, HNGC lists it as a 12.7 mv elliptical.

N_4470

12h 29m 36s 7° 49m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A faint, but distinct patch. A face on S0? Not in Burnham. NASA extragalactic Database lists it an an Sa(?).

N_4474

12h 29m 54s 14° 4m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A small, round, faint galaxy. HRNGC lists it as 11.5 mv, "pretty faint". In the same field as NGC 4459 and NGC 4468.

N_4479

12h 30m 18s 13° 35m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A very faint, small galaxy.

N_4478

12h 30m 18s 12° 20m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

In the same field as M 87. An elliptical, but about three magnitudes fainter than M87.

N_4486

12h 30m 48s 12° 24m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-04-20 22:00:00

A bright spherical blob, brighter towards the middle.

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A bright elliptical with a small envelope. AKA M 87.

N_4488

12h 30m 54s 8° 22m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

An extremely faint, 5 arc minute diameter glow. The Sloan photo shows an edge on spiral, with distended outer arms.

N_4492

12h 31m 0s 8° 5m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A faint ellipse, position angle approximately 60�, with an 11.5 mv field star on top of it.

N_4501

12h 32m 0s 14° 25m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-03-20 10:30:00

A minature M31, but a bit less tilted. Quite nice. There is a double of 11th or 12th Mv stars just south that looks like another galaxy.

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A bright spiral like NGC 253, with a bright middle. AKA M 88.

N_4506

12h 32m 12s 13° 25m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

Another faint spiral, beyond the C-8. HNGC lists it as 12.8 mv.

N_4516

12h 33m 6s 14° 34m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

HNGC lists this as a 12.5 mv spiral. It's too faint for the C-8.

N_4519

12h 33m 30s 8° 39m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A 3 arc minute, dim, round blob. (Burnham: SBc)

N_4526

12h 34m 0s 7° 42m 0s Galaxy

C-8 B 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A bright, large almost face on Sc spiral (?) with a small nucleus, between 2 7 mv stars. position angle approximately 120. (the faint outer arms, easily seen in photos, were washed out by the stars) (Burnham: E7/ S0)

N_4535

12h 34m 18s 8° 12m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A large, dim, globular. The stars were resolved with averted vision. Wrong! It's a face on SBc spiral (Burnham)! The patchy arms looked starlike.

N_4531

12h 34m 18s 13° 5m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A very faint smudge. HNGC lists it as "faint", 11.7 mv. In general, spirals without bright middles are hard to see.

STF 1657

12h 35m 7.76s 18° 22m 37s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-06 22:30:00

iAKA 23 Coma. A glorious double. Primary yellow, secondary blue green. Reminds me of Albireo.

N_4548

12h 35m 24s 14° 30m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A large, face on Sc, with a bright middle. Burnham: an SBb. Wiki Sky lists this as M 91.

N_4554

12h 35m 42s 11° 11m 0s NGC?

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A very faint glow. WikiSky shows a pair of 13th mv stars here. Probably an NGC error, and a very easy one to make. I saw but a glow, with averted vision, and no double star. Other internet sources confirm that this is indeed an NGC error.

N_4552

12h 35m 42s 12° 33m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A small, bright round elliptical with a bright middle. AKA M 89.

STF 1659

12h 35m 43.75s -12° 1' 30" Double

C-8 B 2008-04-12 21:30:00

A very interesting pair of stars, 8 and 8.5 mv (WDC), (they looked 7.5 and 8 to me). They are between two 6th mv stars, which are themselves about 6 arc minutes apart. The entire group is listed as Struve 1659. It was swept up while looking for M 104, NGC 4594, which was obliterated by Washington's light pollution.

N_4559

12h 36m 0s 27° 58m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A large irregular blob. dim but quite mottled, with no distinct nucleus. Burnham: Sc.

N_4565

12h 36m 18s 25° 59m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

80x: A faint but distinct streak, with sharp edges. Bright middle, and the dust lane was barely visible with averted vision.

C-8 Pinnacles 2007-04-20 10:30:00

80x: A faint but distinct streak, with sharp edges. Bright middle, and the dust lane was barely visible with averted vision.

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

This superb edge on gives the illusion of having the edges of its spiral arms appear to be spread out, which photos prove does not happen.

N_4564

12h 36m 24s 11° 26m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A small, uniformly bright spot. It looks like a faint planetary nebula. Burnham lists it as an E6, and its WikiSky photo confirms this. The nucleus does look round. Next time more power than 36x needs to be applied.

N_4568

12h 36m 36s 11° 14m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A pair of galaxies, with NGC 4567 an arc minute to the north. At 36x, these looked like a single galaxy. They need to be re-examined with higher power.

N_4569

12h 36m 48s 13° 10m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

An Andromeda like spiral, but much smaller! Bright middle. AKA M90.

N_4570

12h 36m 54s 7° 15m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A streak with a bright middle, position angle approximately 170�. Sb spiral? (Burnham: E8/S0)

N_4579

12h 37m 42s 11° 49m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

AKA M 58. A bright, face on Sb/Sa/E0/? Burnham lists it as an Sb.

N_4584

12h 38m 18s 13° 7m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

Too faint for my C-8. HNGC lists it as 12.8 mv spiral, but that's spread over a couple of square arc minutes of sky.

R Vir

12h 38m 30.1s 6° 59m 17.1s Variable

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

An orange white star of approximately 6.5 Mv.

N_4590

12h 39m 30s -26° 45' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A globular cluster, 3' in diameter. Approximately 50 stars were seen with averted vision, 5-10 with direct. This suggests that my averted vision is reaching 14.5 mv, direct 13th.

N_4596

12h 39m 54s 10° 11m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A spiral with a bright middle, half a degree west of 5th magnitude Rho Vir. Burnham lists it as an S0/SBa. NGC 4608 is between Rho and NGC 4596.

N_4594

12h 40m 0s -11° 37' 0" Galaxy

C-8 B 2008-04-15 03:15:00

AKA M 104. A difficult object in tonight's moonwashed skies. I missed it altogether two nights ago. It was a faint, small (7 arc minute) streak slightly brighter towards the middle. It would be superb in dark skies.

N_4606

12h 41m 0s 11° 55m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A faint, small, smudge. It looks like an Sb in it's WikiSky photo. There was no sign of the companion galaxy, NGC 4607, an edge on Sc of 13th mv.

N_4608

12h 41m 12s 10° 9m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A spiral between NGC 4596 and Rho Vir. Burnham lists it as an A0/Sba. It's nucleus is fainter than NGC 4596's.

STF 1669

12h 41m 16.02s -13° 0' 50" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-17 03:00:00

An exquisite pair of identical yellow stars.

STF 1670

12h 41m 39.59s -1° 26' 57" Double

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

AKA Gamma Virginis. This double is at periastron. Burnham's diagram show its separation as being 0.5". It was elongated, but not split.

N_4621

12h 42m 0s 11° 39m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

AKA M 59. Like a fuzzy star. Small but bright. I suspected it was a Seyfert, Burnham notes it is a massive elliptical, but considerably smaller than the milky way.

N_4638

12h 42m 48s 11° 26m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A faint, almost star like, galaxy. There was no sign of the much fainter NGC 4637. Both galaxies appear to be spirals on WikiSky's photographic atlas, although HNGC lists NGC 4638 as an elliptical. Burnham lists it as an E5/S0.

N_4649

12h 43m 42s 11° 33m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

AKAM 60. A bright elliptical, with fainter NGC 4647 just 3 arc minutes or so away to the north west. I suspect that the two are interacting, but photos do not show any significant distortion of the outer envelopes. A chance line up? Hard to tell. I saw both galaxies as spirals, but only NGC 4647 is. Burnham lists it as an Sc.

N_4654

12h 44m 0s 13° 8m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A large, diffuse galaxy. Burnham lists it as an Sc.

STF 1677

12h 45m 17.34s -3° 53' 17" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-10 03:00:00

A nice, wide double, position angle 355. WDC position angle:349.

STF 1678

12h 45m 26.16s 14° 22m 24s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-15 03:15:00

A wide, dull pair.

RU Vir

12h 47m 18.73s 4° 8m 42.85s Variable

C-8 B 2008-02-08 02:45:00

A very red star, despite its faintness. I estimated it was between 10.5 and 11 mv, AAVSO gave it 10.2.

N_4712

12h 49m 36s 25° 28m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A very faint, medium sized blob. Burnham: Sb.

N_4725

12h 50m 24s 25° 30m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-04-20 10:30:00

This galaxy has a uniform disk, which is slightly mottled. The nucleus is almost stellar.

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A medium sized slightly elliptical face on Sb (?). Burnham: SBb.

N_4736

12h 50m 54s 41° 7m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

Bright nucleus, pale disc, a hint of spiral structure seen.

C-8 P 2008-04-02 23:00:00

A fuzzy star surrounded by a faint envelope in

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

2008-05-2823:00:0. Pinnacles, Celestron Ultima 8. A round galaxy (elliptical?) with a very bright nucleus. There was a bit of granularity in the outer parts. An illusion? No. It's a face on Sb, the granularity was the spiral arms.

N_4747

12h 51m 48s 25° 47m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A very faint, medium sized blob. In its Sloan photo, it looks like an Sc than has undergone a collision.

STF 1685

12h 51m 54.79s 19° 10m 19s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-10 03:00:00

A lovely, wide, pair.

N_4754

12h 52m 18s 11° 19m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A bright, edge on spiral. Burnham lists it as an S0.

N_4762

12h 52m 54s 11° 14m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

A bright, edge on spiral, brighter than NGC 4754, with its outer envelope somewhat irregular.

STF 1687

12h 53m 17.77s 21° 14m 42s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-17 03:00:00

The 30 arc second pair was seen, the 1.4 was not. This pair is not in WikiSky.

STF 1689

12h 55m 30.32s 11° 29m 46s Double

C-8 P 2008-05-04 22:30:00

Nicepair. The primary is a red orange M star, the secondary looks like an For G. I guessed the separation was 25", WDC give it as 28.1". 7 - 9 mv.

STF 1692

12h 56m 1.67s 38° 19m 6s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-08 02:45:00

Aka Cor Caroli. A gorgeous pair of stars, one white, the other pale yellow.

STF 1690

12h 56m 15.01s -4° 51' 50" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-17 03:00:00

An OK pair of unequal stars.

STF 1695

12h 56m 17.64s 54° 5m 58s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-17 03:00:00

An close but pretty pair of yellow stars.

N_4826

12h 56m 42s 21° 41m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

The weird spiral with a dust cloud in its disk. It looked like its pictures with averted vision.

C-11 LB 2009-05-12 21:15:00

Barely saw the dust cloud. The transparency was not good tonight. Heavy dew. This might have looked better in darker skies.

STF 1702

12h 58m 31.96s 38° 16m 43s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-08 02:45:00

Swept up while centering on Cor Caroli. A wide, lackluster double. I saw a 50" separation with a 75� position angle, WDC: sep: 35.7, position angle: 83�.

TT CVn

12h 59m 22.93s 37° 49m 2.67s Variable

C-8 B 2008-03-10 03:00:00

Only a degree or so east of Cor Caroli, this dusky red star seemed to be 8.5 mv.

N_4889

13h 0m 6s 27° 58m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

The brightest member of the Coma cluster. For the

STF 1707

13h 1m 14.19s 15° 51m 45s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-10 03:00:00

A wide, lackluster pair, about a degree east of Cor Caroli.

STF 1719

13h 7m 19.74s 0° 35m 6s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-10 03:00:00

A lone pair of bright stars, with only a few 10 - 12 mv stars in the field.

N_5005

13h 10m 54s 37° 3m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

Bright, looks like a miniture M31.

N_5024

13h 12m 54s 18° 10m 0s Globular

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

A well resolved, bright, globular cluster at 80x, and nicely granulated at 36x.

N_5033

13h 13m 24s 36° 36m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A medium sized, somewhat faint edge on Sb.

SHJ 151

13h 13m 26.82s -18° 49' 35" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-10 03:00:00

A nice, close pair, despite being in the branches of the cherry tree.

N_5055

13h 15m 48s 42° 2m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-05-11 23:00:00

Bright, spindle shaped, brighter towards the middle,

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

An Sc titled at 45�, with lots of mottling in the arms. (Burnham: Sb). A superb sight on a dark night.

N_5053

13h 16m 24s 17° 42m 0s Globular

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

A large, brightening of the sky. *Very* faint. I saw a few stars in it, and "granulated" around 100 more. The brightest star in the cluster is 13.8 Mv.

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A large, very faint globular cluster. Around 20

STF 1740

13h 23m 39.15s 2° 43m 24s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-15 03:15:00

A nice, wide, pair of pale yellow stars. These are G5s and one would have thought they would look yellower, like sunlight, which spectrally they closely resemble. Their faintness and the grey-blue cast of the moonlit, light polluted skies renders them as pale yellow.

STF 1744

13h 23m 55.41s 54° 55m 31s Double

C-8 B 2008-02-08 02:45:00

Mizar and Alcor, one of the most famous multiple systems, and the first discovered. A lovely triple of white stars, with a slight bit of yellow. I guessed type F. BS makes them out as A1 - A1 - A5. So much for visual spectrascopy! Imprecise.

N_5170

13h 29m 48s -17° 58' 0" Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A rather faint edge on Sc.

N_5194

13h 29m 54s 47° 12m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-04-20 22:00:00

80x: This is a glorious galaxy in dark skies. Even

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

Never seen it better! Spiral arms easily seen.

STF 1755

13h 32m 22s 36° 49m 5s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-10 03:00:00

A nice, close, unequal pair, position angle ~ 150 degrees.

N_5236

13h 37m 0s -29° 52' 0" Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

C-8@80x: An oval blob surrounding a bright, round nucleus.

STF 1768

13h 37m 27.7s 36° 17m 41s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-25 03:00:00

Hardto split because of the bright primary, position angle approximately100�. WDC position angle: 82. The secondary sat on the primary's 2nddiffraction ring.

N_5248

13h 37m 30s 8° 53m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A large, faint elliptical haze surrounding a round,

STF 1764

13h 37m 44s 2° 22m 56s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-12 21:30:00

A dull double.

N_5272

13h 42m 12s 28° 23m 0s Globular

C-8 B 2006-12-27 03:45:00

A glittering sphere of stars, surrounded by haze with direct vision, a spangled globe with averted vision.

2007-06-06 22:00:00
Very nice, even in the light pollution.

STF 1777

13h 43m 3.7s 3° 32m 16s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-17 03:00:00

A dull pair, despite the bright primary.

STF 1785

13h 49m 4s 26° 58m 47s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-10 03:00:00

The stars seem to be almost equal in brightness than the 7.36 - 8.15 values given in the WDC indicate. A very pretty pair of K stars.

STF 1788

13h 54m 58.3s -8° 3' 31" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-10 03:00:00

This pair seemed to be wider than WDC's measure of 2.8". I saw the position angle as being 100�, and WDC gives 52�.

N_5363

13h 56m 6s 5° 15m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

An E4? The center of a cluster? There seems to be

N_5364

13h 56m 12s 5° 1m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A very faint mottling to the south of NGC 5053.

STF 1793

13h 59m 5.25s 25° 48m 57s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-10 03:00:00

A nice pair of white stars, position angle approximately 250�.

N_5457

14h 3m 12s 54° 21m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A large blob, with a faint, indistinct nucleus. There are streamers of nebulosity spinning off of it (the spiral arms).

C-11 P 2009-04-18 22:30:00

Faint, large, looks like it's Hubble pictures.

N_5466

14h 5m 30s 28° 32m 0s Globular

C-8 B 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A faint, large globular, but ~100 stars were seen with averted vision

STF 1821

14h 13m 29.01s 51° 47m 23s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-25 03:00:00

A nice, unequal pair, position angle 240. WDC position angle: 240.

STFA 26

14h 16m 10.06s 51° 22m 1s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-25 03:00:00

Wide and dull.

STF 1825

14h 16m 32.83s 20° 7m 18s Double

C-8 B 2008-05-29 22:00:00

I recorded a position angle of 166.5 and separation of 4.8 arc seconds. WDC: 187� position angle, 4.0 arc seconds.

STF 1833

14h 22m 38.69s -7° 46' 11" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-10 03:00:00

Exquisite! Position angle approximately 180�. WDC 168�.

STF 1835

14h 23m 22.73s 8° 26m 47s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-17 03:00:00

A nice, unequal pair of white stars.

STF 1838

14h 24m 5.75s 11° 14m 49s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-10 03:00:00

These stars look equally bright, despite WDC's 7.47 - 7.73 mv listings. A pretty pair.

RX Boo

14h 24m 11.57s 25° 42m 12.95s Variable

C-8 B 2008-06-02 22:00:00

A red brown star of 6.8 mv (using comparison stars), quite nice to look at.

STF 1837

14h 24m 40.84s -11° 40' 10" Double

C-8 B 2008-04-02 02:00:00

Found, but not split, in tonight's windy skies.

SHJ 179

14h 25m 29.91s -19° 58' 11" Double

C-8 B 2008-04-15 03:15:00

A wide, OK pair, seen through the cherry blossoms. They would probably look better without the foliage.

STF 1850

14h 28m 33.29s 28° 17m 25s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-10 03:00:00

A wide pair of white stars.

C-8 B 2008-06-02 22:00:00

I recorded position angle 267�, WDC gives position angle of 262.

N_5634

14h 29m 36s -5° 59' 0" Globular

C-8 B 2008-03-25 03:00:00

Not seen in tonight's moon washed skies.

C-8 B 2008-07-03 00:00:00

This looked smaller than its listed 9 arc minutes. The cluster was well granulated, but not resolved. Tonight's seeing is poor, but the skies are very transparent. There is a light but gusty wind.

STF 1864

14h 40m 43.55s 16° 25m 5s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-17 03:00:00

AKA pi Bootes. A splendid pair of bright white stars.

STF 1872

14h 41m 0.84s 57° 57m 28s Double

2009 8 23 21:33:35

A pretty pair, PA ~50.

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 9 2 21:58:41

6.5 - 8.0 mv, exquisite! pa 60d sep 10".

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 9 21 20:37:53

A lovely pair. PA 45. Sep ~10"

STF 1873

14h 44m 48.13s 7° 42m 4s Double

C-8 B 2008-06-12 01:30:00

A nice pair, not in Burnham. I record 7.3 arc seconds separation and position angle 97�. WDC: 6.5 arc seconds separation and position angle 94�.

N_5746

14h 44m 54s 1° 57m 0s Galaxy

C-11 P 2009-04-17 22:30:00

A faint edge on. Looks like a dusty Sc. Nucleus not

STF 1877

14h 44m 59.25s 27° 4m 27s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-06 22:00:00

AKA Epsilon Bootes. A very close, but delightful double.

STF 1881

14h 47m 5.35s 0° 58m 15s Double

C-8 B 2008-05-29 22:00:00

I recorded a separation of 4 arc seconds, WDC: 3.6 arc seconds.

BU 106

14h 49m 19.08s -14° 8' 56" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-25 03:00:00

Surprising lackluster at 400x. PA 0�, WDC position angle: 340�.

STF 1890

14h 49m 41.36s 48° 43m 15s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-10 03:00:00

A lovely, close pair.

STF 1886

14h 51m 2.3s 9° 43m 25s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 9 21 20:43:34

A lackluster double, the secondary is fairly faint. PA and seperation agreee with the WDS.

STF 1888

14h 51m 23.04s 19° 6m 6s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-06 22:00:00

AKA Xi Bootes. An exquisite double. Yellow and yellow with an orange tinge.

SHJ 191

14h 59m 34.57s 53° 51m 36s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-15 03:15:00

Nice wide pair with position angle approximately 150�. WDC position angle: 342.

STF 1909

15h 3m 47.29s 47° 39m 14s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-06 22:00:00

AKA 44 Bootes. A very close double star. Not clearly split. At 500x, the airy discs were touching, and the diffraction disks formed shimmering rings around the two stars.

STF 1904

15h 4m 6.44s 5° 29m 34s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-15 03:15:00

A lovely pair, position angle approximately 355�. WDC position angle: 347.

C-8 B 2008-06-12 01:30:00

An OK pair. I record 8.9 arc seconds separation and position angle 351�.WDC: 10.8 arc seconds separation and position angle 347�.

STF 1910

15h 7m 32.95s 9° 13m 33s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-06 22:00:00

A close pair of yellow stars. They look fainter than their stated 7 Mv.

STF 1921

15h 12m 0s 38° 40m 12s Double

2009 8 1 21:50

A lackluster pair, wide, pale yellow and blue.

STF 1919

15h 12m 43.48s 19° 17m 9s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-02 02:00:00

A wide, pale yellow and greyish pair. A bit lackluster.

N_5907

15h 15m 54s 56° 19m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A lovely edge on spiral. A streak of light with whispy ends, which is perhaps an optical illusion, and a small, bright nucleus.

N_5897

15h 17m 24s -21° 1' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

3-5 stars were seen with direct vision, 30-50 with averted. There was strong granulation as well. Still, a fairly faint cluster.

N_5904

15h 18m 36s 2° 5m 0s Globular

C-8 B 2007-06-06 22:00:00

A most glorious Globular cluster, even when viewed in the light pollution of my backyard. Approximately 30-50 stars were visible with direct vision, and hundreds with averted vision.

C-8 B 2007-05-11 22:00:00

A dazzler, as always. Wow! This old globular has some unexpectedly bright blue stars in it.

STF 1930

15h 19m 18.79s 1° 45m 55s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-02 02:00:00

Aka 5 Serpens. The secondary is rather faint, WDC reports it as 10.11 mv, although it looked 9 mv to me. A truly dull double, noticeable only because it's 15 arc minutes south of M5.

BU 32

15h 21m 2s 0° 42m 55s Double

C-8 B 2008-06-12 01:30:00

A very difficult pair, the primary swamps the secondary, rendering the latter almost invisible. I record 1.4 arc seconds separation and position angle 275�.WDC: 3.0 arc seconds separation and position angle 30�.

SHJ 202

15h 28m 12.2s -9° 21' 29" Double

C-8 B 2008-04-15 03:15:00

An OK very wide pair. General comment. A double's colors seem to change subtly as a function of where they are imaged on one's retina.

LAL 123

15h 33m 9.52s -24° 29' 25" Double

C-8 B 2008-07-25 22:00:00

An OK pair, washed out by the aurora commercialis. I record 9.5 arc seconds separation position angle 297�. WDC: 9.2", position angle 298�.

C-8 P 2006-08-01 11:15:00

A nice pair.

STF 1954

15h 34m 48.18s 10° 32m 19s Double

C-8 B 2007-05-11 22:00:00

Not Seen.

C-8 B 2007-06-09 22:00:00

AKA Delta Serpens. An exquisite little double. At first glance, both stars look white, but more careful examination reveals that the primary is a very pastel yellow green, and its companion is very pastel green.

STF 1964

15h 38m 12.96s 36° 14m 48s Double

C-8 B 2008-06-02 22:00:00

A swept up double, near Zeta CrB. I record position angle 87, separation 14.9 arc seconds, WDC gives position angle 85, separation 16.8 arc seconds.

STF 1962

15h 38m 40.07s -8° 47' 29" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-25 03:00:00

A pretty pair.

STF 1965

15h 39m 22.67s 36° 38m 9s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-22 23:00:00

AKA Zeta CrB, an exquisite pair of bright white (B7 - B9) stars. A good show object for a moonlit night. One of the best.

C-8 B 2008-06-02 22:00:00

I record a position angle of 302 d, sep 6 arc seconds. WDC: 296 d, 5.5 arc seconds.

STF 1970

15h 46m 11.21s 15° 25m 18s Double

C-8 B 2007-07-06 23:00:00

Swept up while looking for R ser. I saw the primary as an A star, 3-8 Mv, separation 50 position angle 270, WDC gives 3.7-10 separation 24, position angle 267, with the primary as an A2.

R CrB

15h 48m 34.38s 28° 9m 20.71s Variable

C-8 B 2008-03-25 03:00:00

A pale yellow 6 mv star.

V CrB

15h 49m 31.31s 39° 34m 16.18s Variable

C-8 B 2008-03-10 03:00:00

A 7.4 mv pale red orange star.

STF 1984

15h 51m 10.09s 52° 54m 25s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 9 21A 20:50:15

A pretty pair, pa an sep as per WDS. Primary brilliannt white, secondary, hard to tell.

STF 1985

15h 55m 54.62s -2° 9' 51" Double

C-8 B 2007-06-06 22:00:00

A a pale yellow, B a dusky blue.

STF 1988

15h 56m 45.52s 12° 28m 40s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-15 03:15:00

A nice, close pair, cleanly split at 400x. The outer diffraction patterns overlapped a bit, as this is a fairly bright pair of 7.6 - 7.8 mv stars; the WDC puts them at 2.9 arc seconds apart.

C-8 B 2008-06-02 22:00:00

I record a separation of 2.2 arc seconds, WDC gives 2.9

STF 1987

15h 57m 14.92s 3° 24m 19s Double

C-8 B 2008-06-12 01:30:00

An OK double. I record 9.5 arc seconds separation and position angle 323�. WDC: 12.5 arc seconds separation and position angle 320�.

RR Her

16h 4m 13.3s 50° 29m 52.7s Variable

C-8 B 2007-06-22 23:00:00

A very pale red star approximately 8.5 Mv, slightly brighter than the 8.8 Mv star in the AAVSO finder chart.

STF 1998

16h 4m 22.14s -11° 22' 23" Double

C-8 B 2008-04-02 02:00:00

Aka Xi Sco. Found but not split in tonight's turbulent skies. Struve 1999 is in the same field, making a sort of double double.

STF 1999

16h 4m 26.7s -11° 27' 0" Double

C-8 B 2008-04-02 02:00:00

A dim pair just south of Xi Sco.

H 3 7

16h 5m 26.23s -19° 48' 19" Double

C-8 B 2008-07-25 22:00:00

A bright, nice, unequal pair washed out by the aurora commercialis. The stars were bright enough to show considerable atmospheric refraction, their tops appeared blue, their bottoms were red. I record 13 arc seconds separation position angle 16�. WDC: 14.4", position angle 25�.

STF 2007

16h 6m 2.82s 13° 19m 15s Double

C-8 B 2008-05-14 01:00:00

The position angle was measured at 315�, and the separation was 39". WDC: position angle 329, sep: 31.9"

STF 2010

16h 8m 4.54s 17° 2m 49s Double

C-8 B 2007-05-22 23:00:00

AKA Kappa Herc. A wide light yellow and yellow pair, noteworthy because it is a rare optical double.

H 5 6

16h 11m 59.74s -19° 27' 38" Double

C-8 B 2008-04-15 03:15:00

A nice, unequal pair, seen through the Cherry's branches.

C-8 B 2008-04-18 21:30:00

A lackluster double, position angle 30�, measured with the reticle eyepiece (~ +/- 5 d). WDC gives 32.

STF 2021

16h 13m 18.45s 13° 31m 37s Double

C-8 B 2007-07-31 22:00:00

Swept up this exquisite double while looking for Struve 2007. Burnham gives the spectra as K0, but that's unlikely, both look like A stars to me. I saw 0 degrees pa, recent observations at U of South Alabama give a position angle of 356. I saw 5 arc second separation, they 4. I saw 7Mv, they saw 7.3 - 7.7 Mv. A very nice pair.

STF 2032

16h 14m 40.84s 33° 51m 31s Double

C-8 B 2007-05-22 23:00:00

AKA Sigma CBr. Pale yellow and yellow. Like a distant pair of headlights. A nice double.

STF 2031

16h 16m 19.68s -1° 38' 53" Double

C-8 B 2008-06-12 01:30:00

A non existent double! I saw no double here, WikiSky and Kstars do not show one either. Burnham lists it. There is a 7th magnitude star at the listed position.

N_6093

16h 17m 0s -22° 59' 0" Globular

C-8 B 2008-07-25 22:00:00

AKA NGC 6903. A faint ball of mist, awash in the light pollution of our urban, southern sky. Needs a revisit in dark skies, this is a spectacular cluster there.

NP Her

16h 17m 9.53s 25° 51m 19.06s Variable

C-8 B 2008-03-17 03:00:00

The star hardly displayed any color at all. White with a tinge of red. It's perhaps the faintness, as it was as bright as a 10.5 mv (Tycho) or 11.4 (Hipparcos) star.

N_6121

16h 23m 36s -26° 32' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A large, bright, loose cluster. Approximately 50 stars were seen with direct vision. There is a distinct bar of stars, running through the center of the cluster, in position angle 10�.

H 2 19

16h 25m 35.11s -23° 26' 49" Double

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

AKA Rho or 5 Oph. A triangle of bright stars enveloped in faint nebulosity, which appeared to be a reflection nebula. It was brighter and smaller than the Merope nebula.

V Oph

16h 26m 43.66s -12° 25' 42.85" Variable

C-8 B 2007-06-09 22:00:00

A very red star of approximately 8.5 Mv. Nice.

N_6144

16h 27m 18s -26° 2' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

This was fainter than expected, but the skies were perhaps not totally dark, and the cluster was still in the eastern dome of commercial light. A few stars were seen with averted vision. Between Antares and M4

STF 2052

16h 28m 52.67s 18° 24m 50s Double

C-8 B 2008-06-02 22:00:00

I record a separation of 2.7 arc seconds and a position angle of 128�, WDC gives 2.7 arc seconds, position angle 109�.

GNT 1

16h 29m 24.46s -26° 25' 55" Double

C-8 B 2008-08-09 09:30:00

AKA Antares. It was elongated in position angle approximately 270. This is probably the elusive companion. The elongation was invisible in the 30mm, barely discernable in the 12.5, and obvious in the 5mm. In the 5, it looked as if Antare's diffraction pattern had a permanent spike in it at position angle 270.

STF 2063

16h 31m 47.22s 45° 35m 53s Double

C-8 B 2008-08-16 23:30:00

A nice, unequal pair whose colors appear to be white and pastel orange.

N_6171

16h 32m 30s -13° 3' 0" Globular

C-8 B 2008-06-12 01:30:00

AKA NGC 6171. Not seen. Perhaps a finder chart would show it. The deep sky does not do well in light polluted skies.

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

~ 100 stars seen with averted vision. Not bright

C-11 P 2009-04-18 22:30:00

Faint, looks like its pictures

STF 2078

16h 36m 13.73s 52° 55m 27s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-25 03:00:00

An exquisite pair of 5.4-6.4 mv stars. There is another 5 mv star about 1.5 arc minutes south. A very nice sight.

STF 2079

16h 39m 36.32s 23° 0m 6s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 9 21 20:55:58

A lovely, wide pair of white stars. PA ~95d, sep ~15".

STFA 31

16h 40m 38.68s 4° 13m 11s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-09 22:00:00

A swept up double. A pair of white stars of 5 - 6 Mv, 80" apart, position angle not recorded. Also known as 36 and 37 Her. They are listed as an A1 and A3, but look pastel yellow and blue. WDS gives separation as 67.8, and position angle as 233.

N_6205

16h 41m 42s 36° 28m 0s Globular

C-8 B 2007-06-22 23:00:00

A glorious sight, despite the moonlight. Hundreds of stars, in a glow of thousands, like spilled sugar.

C-8 B 2008-05-28 23:00:00

This cluster was truly dazzling, as when observed with my well dark adapted eye, it looked extremely bright with hundreds of stars enveloped in a bright nebulosity of all the fainter ones.

STF 2087

16h 42m 34.82s 23° 40m 1s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-09 22:00:00

"Discovered" this rather nice double while sweeping. A pair of 9 Mv stars. WDS lists them as G5s, but I saw them as white, with a tinging of red. Approximately 4" sep and position angle = 300 degrees. (WDS: 6.5", 293).

N_6207

16h 43m 6s 36° 50m 0s Galaxy

C-8 P 2008-05-28 23:00:00

A streak in position angle 30�. Sb? Burnham: Sc. Just NE of M 13.

STF 2094

16h 44m 10.57s 23° 31m 2s Double

C-8 B 2008-06-08 02:30:00

Aclose but pretty double, I recorded 1.4 arc seconds separation and 80�position angle, WDC: 1.6 arc seconds separation and 83 position angle.

N_6210

16h 44m 30s 23° 49m 0s Planetary

C-8 B 2007-06-09 22:00:00

A round, slightly fuzzy at the edges disc. It's bright, small, and pastel blue.

N_6204

16h 46m 30s -47° 1' 0" Open Cl

C-8 P 2007-09-12 21:30:00

A large cluster, not at bright as M 10, but much more compact, with much fainter stars. It looked a bit elongated to me, in position angle 70 degrees. The cluster was easily granulated, but individual stars were hard to see. It's brightest stars are 14 mv, with most under 20th (Kogon, et al, Astronomical Journal, Vol. 79, p. 387 (1974))

C-8 P 2008-07-25 22:00:00

AKA NGC 6402. Invisible in the aurora

N_6229

16h 47m 0s 47° 32m 0s Globular

C-8 B 2007-06-22 23:00:00

Looks like a bright elliptical galaxy. There was the slightest bit of mottling in the cluster, visible with averted vision and 163x. It looked more condensed than its class VII type indicates. Early observers (Herschel, Webb) saw this as a planetary nebula. The brightest stars are reported as 15.5 Mv, it's not suprising that I didn't resolve this one!

N_6218

16h 47m 12s -1° 57' 0" Globular

C-8 B 2008-04-02 02:00:00

As large as M5, but more sparse. This cluster needs rural skies to be seen to full advantage.

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A large, loose cluster. Approximately 75 stars were seen with direct vision.

STF 2104

16h 48m 41.47s 35° 55m 19s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 8 23 21:40:6

A delightful, unequal pair, pa ~50 degrees. Yellow and white?

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 9 21 21:0:16

A lovely pair, a bit faint, the primary

S Her

16h 51m 53.74s 14° 56m 25.04s Variable
2009 8 14 21:02:08 mv: , C1: , C2:
badseeing, barelyseen, bizarre, BriteSky, compprob, fuzzymv, haze, NonAAVSO, outburst, staridprob,
10.5 mv, very little color seen

STT 318

16h 56m 39.66s 14° 8m 24s Double

2009 7 14 7:21:52

companion quite faint, lackluster

SHJ 240

16h 57m 4s -19° 32' 23" Double

C-8 B 2008-07-24 10:30:00

An exquisite pair of B6 - B7 stars. I record 5.42", position angle 234�. WDC: 5.6", position angle 227�.

C-8 B 2008-08-16 23:30:00

A nice, unequal pair.

N_6254

16h 57m 6s -4° 6' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2007-09-12 21:30:00

A large, loose globular. It's quite bright. A few 12-13 mv stars, the rest a granulated mass of fainter stars. (Brightness from Hurley et al, Astronomical Journal, vol. 98, Dec. 1989, p. 2124-2145)

STF 3107

16h 58m 50.28s 3° 58m 1s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-22 23:00:00

Not seen. Need a finder chart!

C-8 B 2007-07-02 22:00:00

A rather faint double, 2 9th magnitude stars in Ophiuchus. With the 56mm eyepiece, the star looked single, with the 24.5, it was barely elongated, with the 6mm, it was cleanly split. The stars were faint enough that the diffraction rings were almost invisible.

N_6266

17h 1m 12s -30° 7' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A bright, well granulated cluster. A few stars were visible with averted vision. The cluster's south east portion was obscured.

N_6273

17h 2m 36s -26° 16' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A large, bright, and rich cluster. 3-5 stars were visible with direct vision, and around 100 with averted. In a rich area of the Milky Way.

N_6284

17h 4m 30s -24° 46' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A small cluster, barely granulated with averted vision.

N_6287

17h 5m 12s -22° 42' 0" Globular

C-11 pinnacles 2009 9 13 21:39:21

A faint, loose, small GC, I managed to

STF 2130

17h 5m 20.12s 54° 28m 12s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-02 02:00:00

A lovely, close pair, barely split in tonight's bad seeing.

N_6293

17h 10m 12s -26° 35' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A nice cluster, which looks like spilled sugar with averted vision.

STF 2135

17h 12m 6.06s 21° 13m 44s Double

C-8 B 2008-06-08 02:30:00

A dull double, I recorded 9.5 arc seconds separation and 195� position angle, WDC: 6.7 arc seconds separation and 166 position angle.

N_6304

17h 14m 30s -29° 28' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A small faint patch, smaller than it's listed 8 arc minute diameter.

STF 2140

17h 14m 38.85s 14° 23m 24s Double

C-8 B 2007-05-22 23:00:00

AKA Alpha Her. The primary is a pale orange, the secondary appears faintly greenish, but hardly the "Emerald Green" claimed by Mary Proctor. A striking pair.

C-8 B 2007-07-06 23:00:00

A grand colored double, I see them as orange and white with strong green tinging, perhaps caused by the strong reddish color of the primary. This 3.1 Mv star is barely visible from my backyard.

C-8 B 2008-06-08 02:30:00

AKAStruve 2140. I record 5.4 arc seconds separation and 102.5� position angle, WDC: 4.7 arc seconds separation and 112 position angle.

C-8 B 2008-08-09 10:00:00

The seeing is very good tonight, Pickering 3-4. The secondary appears to be a pale blue in the 5mm.

N_6316

17h 16m 36s -28° 8' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A faint cluster, barely granulated. It's smaller than it's listed 9 arc minutes.

N_6341

17h 17m 6s 43° 8m 0s Globular

C-8 B 2007-06-09 22:00:00

Partially resolved at 80x. A color-magnitude graph found online shows that most of the stars are fainter than 14 Mv. Weird. I saw at least 30 of them, and granulation indicating many more. I suspect that Burnham, who mentions that the stars are 12th and below is correct. A most magnificient assemblage of stars.

N_6325

17h 18m 0s -23° 46' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

This cluster looks like a faint, diffuse E0 galaxy. There was no granulation.

H 3 25

17h 18m 0.7s -24° 17' 12" Double

C-8 B 2008-07-24 10:30:00

AKA Omicron or 39 Oph. A pretty pair of bright stars. I record 10.8 arc seconds separation position angle 355�. WDC: 10", position angle 357�.

N_6333

17h 19m 12s -18° 31' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A bright, glowing mass of stars. Approximately 100 seen with averted and direct vision. Averted vision was washed out by the brightness of the mass of stars.

BU 126

17h 19m 53.35s -17° 45' 23" Double

C-8 B 2008-03-25 03:00:00

A close pair, lackluster. Hardly worth the trouble of finding it.

N_6342

17h 21m 12s -19° 35' 0" Globular

C-11 pinnacles 2009 9 13 21:44:46

A rather small GC, the stars are faint, I only glimpsed ~4 of them. The center was fairly bright.

N_6356

17h 23m 36s -17° 49' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A small, bright cluster. It looked granulated, despite the HRNGC's assertion that the stars were 20th Mv and below.

STF 2161

17h 23m 40.96s 37° 8m 45s Double

C-8 B 2007-05-22 23:00:00

AKA Rho Her. Exquisite! A lovely pair of white stars.

I_1257

17h 27m 6s -7° 6' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2007-09-12 21:45:00

One of the faintest objects I've ever seen. It was a

N_6366

17h 27m 42s -5° 5' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2007-09-12 21:45:00

A faint, diffuse object at the southern end of a 4 star chain. Hard to see.

STF 2166

17h 27m 52.24s 11° 23m 25s Double

C-8 B 2008-06-12 01:30:00

An OK pair, I record 27.1 arc seconds separation and 285� position angle, WDC: 27.5� and 283� position angle.

STF 2180

17h 28m 58.16s 50° 52m 13s Double

C-8 P 2006-08-01 11:15:00

An exquisite pair of white stars.

N_6369

17h 29m 18s -23° 46' 0" Planetary

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

Like a small, round version of M 57, the ring.

TW Oph

17h 29m 44.06s -19° 28' 30.74" Variable

C-8 B 2008-03-25 03:00:00

A lovely, deep red star, like an ember in a fireplace. It was the brightest star in the field, at approximately 6.8 mv. This was much brighter than GCVS's listed range of 11.6-13.8.

C-8 B 2008-08-09 10:00:00

The star is the same brightness as HD 157301, about 1.6� west of TW. It is 8.044 mv (WikiSky), 8.0 (SAO), and 8.086 (Tycho) mv.

STFA 34

17h 34m 36.68s 9° 35m 12s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-25 03:00:00

A wide pair, lackluster.

STF 2186

17h 35m 50.43s 0° 59m 47s Double

C-8 B 2007-07-31 22:00:00

An exquisite double, 2 bright white stars of almost equal brightness.

N_6402

17h 37m 36s -3° 15' 0" Globular

C-11 pinnacles 2009 9 13 21:49:36

AKA M 14. A large, bright, well resolved GC.

N_6401

17h 38m 36s -23° 55' 0" Globular

C-11 Pinnacles 2009 9 13 21:56:8

A faint cluster, very close to the horizon.

STF 2191

17h 39m 47.28s -4° 58' 4" Double

C-8 B 2008-06-12 01:30:00

An OK pair, I record 27.1 arc seconds separation and 268� position angle, WDC: 26.5� and 268� position angle.

STF 2218

17h 40m 18.06s 63° 40m 31s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 9 21 21:17:17

A real challage to resolve! Looks closer than its listed 2.8 ". PA ~ 290d. Only split in the 5mm.

STF 2202

17h 44m 34.08s 2° 34m 45s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-22 23:00:00

AKA 61 Oph. A nice, wide pair of white stars.

SZ Sgr

17h 44m 56.4s -18° 39' 32.61" Variable

C-8 B 2008-07-25 22:30:00

A pastel red star, the brightest star within several fields of the star itself, leading to a lack of suitable comparison stars. I'm guessing it was about 8.5 mv.

C-8 B 2008-08-09 00:40:00

This star was about as bright as HD 161681, which is listed as visual magnitude 9.2 by AAVSO, 9.25 by WikiSky, 8.9 by SAO, and 9.4 by Tycho.

N_6440

17h 48m 54s -20° 22' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A small, faint cluster, not granulated.

C-8 P 2007-04-20 10:30:00

Saw the 4 easily visible moons, Dione, Tethys, Rhea, and Titan. Enceladus was glimpsed.

C-8 P 2008-04-29 21:45:00

Enceladus was barely glimpsed, as I knew where it was. Titan and Rhea were easy, and Dione was unusual, as there was a star just above it, the same brightness as Dione, and separated from it by about a Saturn diameter. The star was not found on Wikisky or Kstars.

STF 2232

17h 50m 15s 25° 17m 27s Double

C-8 B 2008-05-14 01:00:00

I measured 140� position angle, and 7 arc second separation. WDC: position angle: 143, separation: 6.5"A lackluster double.

STF 2245

17h 56m 24.41s 18° 19m 37s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-22 23:00:00

A lovely pair of A2 stars, cleanly split even at 80x. They were as yellow as F stars, I suspect a bit of interstellar reddening causes this.

SV Oph

17h 56m 24.78s 3° 22m 33.4s Variable

C-8 B 2007-06-09 22:00:00

A red orange star of approximately 8 Mv, seen while sweeping. Not in SAO. Seen at 17h 57m 30s, +2 degrees 42'. Burnham (precessed to 2007) gives 17h 56m 46.07s, 3d 22m 29.36s. I saw the star as approximately 8.5 Mv, Burnham says it's 9.4 to 13 Mv. The AAVSO chart seems to reflect the field in which I saw the star.

N_6543

17h 58m 36s 66° 38m 0s Planetary

C-8 P 2007-09-12 22:00:00

A bright, pale blue disc. Not at all like it's HST photos!

STF 2259

17h 59m 3.63s 30° 2m 56s Double

C-8 B 2008-07-24 10:30:00

A mundane sort of double. I record 20.3 arc seconds separation position angle 277.5�, WDC: 18.3", position angle 275�.

STF 2273

17h 59m 13.71s 64° 8m 33s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 9 21 21:29:7

An OK. wide, pair of white stars.

STF 2264

18h 1m 30.41s 21° 35m 44s Double

C-8 B 2006-05-24 04:00:00

AKA 95 Her. One of the best in the sky. Two yellow stars, delicately tinted red and green. A splendid sight.

C-8 B 2008-06-08 02:30:00

I record 6.2 arc seconds separation and 262�. WDC: 6.1 arc seconds separation and 266� position angle.

N_6514

18h 2m 18s -23° 2' 0" NGC?

C-8 P 2006-10-13 23:00:00

Just north of M8, the nebulosity is more uniform that M8's, and fainter. The "Trifid" nature is not so apparent, as it's difficult to see the dark lanes cutting the nebula into 3 parts. It looks more like a cloud crossed by some slightly darker lines. There is a concentration of stars about the nebula, but the entire field looks like a cluster, which, in a way it is: the Sagittarius arm cluster!

STF 2262

18h 3m 4.9s -8° 10' 48" Double

C-8 B 2007-07-31 22:00:00

Also known as Tau Oph. A very close double, each component sits at about 130% of the other's first diffraction ring.

STF 2277

18h 3m 11.09s 48° 27m 35s Double

C-8 B 2008-05-14 01:00:00

I measured 130� position angle, and 29.4 arc second separation. WDC: position angle: 118, separation: 27.6". A lackluster double.

N_6522

18h 3m 36s -30° 2' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A small, faint cluster, not granulated. In the same field as N 6528, both of which are north of Gamma Sgr.

N_6523

18h 3m 48s -24° 23' 0" Nebula

C-8 P 2006-10-13 23:00:00

One of the glories of Sagittarius, a constellation that harbors may of them. Bright nebulosity illuminated by glittering stars. Always a beautiful, moving sight. Visible to the naked eye.

STF 2266

18h 4m 21.86s 3° 29m 5s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 10 11 20:4:32

A lackuster, unequal double, pa ~ 210, 15" sep.

N_6530

18h 4m 48s -24° 20' 0" Open Cl

C-8 P 2008-07-03 02:30:00

This is the cluster associated with M8. About 20 bright stars, embedded in the nebula. A spectacular sight, overall.

N_6528

18h 4m 48s -30° 3' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A small, faint cluster, not granulated. In the same field as N 6522, both of which are north of Gamma Sgr.

STF 2272

18h 5m 17.8s 2° 30m 0s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-09 22:00:00

AKA 70 Oph. A lovely pair, yellow and gold.

AC 15

18h 7m 1.61s 30° 33m 42s Double

C-8 B 2007-05-25 23:00:00

AKA 99 Her. This is a very difficult double. The companion is a slight brightening of the first diffraction ring of the primary.

N_6544

18h 7m 18s -25° 0' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A small, faint cluster, barely granulated, with a couple of foreground stars in front of it.

STF 2280

18h 7m 49.56s 26° 6m 4s Double

C-8 B 2007-05-22 23:00:00

AKA 100 Her. A nice pair, both white.

T Her

18h 9m 6.19s 31° 1m 11.52s Variable

N_6558

18h 10m 18s -31° 46' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A small, very faint cluster, not granulated. It was not easy at 163x, and was almost invisible at 36x

N_6572

18h 12m 6s 6° 51m 0s Planetary

C-8 B 2007-05-22 23:00:00

Like a star that never focuses well. A pale blue or

SHJ 264

18h 18m 43.25s -18° 37' 10" Double

C-8 B 2008-04-15 03:15:00

A nice pair in a rich field.

N_6611

18h 18m 48s -13° 47' 0" NGC?

C-8 B 2008-09-01 21:15:00

This looks like a meer loose open cluster in this light pollution. The wonderful nebulosity is not visible.

FO Ser

18h 19m 21.78s -15° 36' 52.95" Variable

C-8 B 2008-08-15 21:30:00

A faint, red orange star in a crowded field.

N_6613

18h 19m 54s -17° 8' 0" Open Cl

C-8 P 2007-09-12 22:00:00

A large, loose cluster, enveloped in faint nebulosity. In a starless region of the sky, this grouping would be spectacular, but towards the center of the milky way, it hardly stands out.

N_6618

18h 20m 48s -16° 11' 0" NGC?

C-8 P 2007-09-12 22:00:00

"The swan" seems to swim northwards through the milky way. One of the most beautiful nebula in the sky.

N_6624

18h 23m 42s -30° 22' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A cluster with a bright center. There was a small bit of granulation.

N_6626

18h 24m 30s -24° 52' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

AKA NGC 6626 A grand sight. There were 30-50 stars seen directly, hundreds with averted vision. In a rich area of the milky way.

STF 2313

18h 24m 42.98s -6° 36' 13" Double

C-8 B 2008-06-12 01:30:00

A nice pair, I record 6.8 arc seconds separation and 194� position angle, WDC: 6.1 arc seconds separation and 199� position angle.

STF 2316

18h 27m 12.51s 0° 11m 46s Double

C-8 B 2008-05-14 01:00:00

I measured 320� position angle, and 5 arc second separation. WDC: position angle: 315, separation: 3.5". An unequal pair.

N_6633

18h 27m 42s 6° 34m 0s Open Cl

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A loose grouping of bright stars (~ 20 - 40) in a very rich part of the milky way.

SS Sgr

18h 30m 25.93s -16° 53' 59.88" Variable

C-8 B 2008-07-25 23:30:00

An 8.5 (by comparison with HD 170349) red star. Stars of 10 mv and fainter were quite hard to see in the urban brightness.

N_6638

18h 30m 54s -25° 30' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A faint, compact cluster, granulated with averted vision.

STF 2333

18h 31m 6.94s 32° 14m 43s Double

C-8 B 2008-06-12 01:30:00

A OK pair, I record 7.9 arc seconds separation and 335� position angle, WDC: 6.4 arc seconds separation and 336� position angle.

TY Oph

18h 31m 23.7s 4° 22m 48.11s Variable

C-8 B 2007-06-09 22:00:00

Need a better finder chart!

N_6642

18h 31m 54s -23° 29' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A small patch in the sky, that gets much brighter in its middle. No real granulation seen.

N_6645

18h 32m 36s -16° 54' 0" Open Cl

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A large, loose cluster.

STF 2339

18h 33m 45.61s 17° 43m 55s Double

2009 8 23 21:50:58

A rather close double, it looked more like 2 arc seconds sep, not 2.9. PA: 275 deg.

STF 2348

18h 33m 56.69s 52° 21m 12s Double

C-8 B 2008-09-01 21:45:00

A lackluster pair, the bright primary overwhelms the faint secondary.

STF 2342

18h 35m 36.47s 4° 56m 9s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 8 20:36:24

A dull double. Thrre are better "field doubles".

STF 2351

18h 36m 12s 41° 16m 41s Double

C-8 B 2008-06-08 02:30:00

An exquisite pair! I record 6 arc seconds separation and 162�. WDC: 6.0 arc seconds separation and 160� position angle.

N_6656

18h 36m 24s -23° 54' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2006-10-13 23:00:00

The brightest of the Sagittarius globulars. Its brilliance is a bit overshadowed by the brightness of the milky way that forms a background to the cluster. The cluster is easily resolved with direct vision, and seemingly hundreds of stars are in plain view. Averted vision shows a luminous mass of stars, looking like a pile of spilled sugar.

N_6664

18h 36m 42s -8° 13' 0" Open Cl

C-8 B 2008-08-09 00:40:00

A very loose grouping of about 10 10-12 mv stars in a bright area of the milky way.

RX Sct

18h 37m 3.6s -7° 36' 18.35" Variable

C-8 B 2008-08-09 00:40:00

A faint pastel red star as bright as HD 171979, mv 8.8 SAO, 9.31 Wikisky.

STF 2362

18h 38m 25.7s 36° 3m 11s Double

C-8 B 2007-07-06 23:00:00

Swept up this pair while sweeping through Lyra. It looked like the components were 8-9 Mv, 3" sep, and 180 degrees position angle. WDC gives 8-9 Mv, 3.9 sep, and 179 position angle.

STF 2367

18h 41m 16.35s 30° 17m 40s Double

C-8 B 2008-09-01 21:45:00

A nice, unequal pair.

STF 2372

18h 42m 8.08s 34° 44m 46s Double

C-8 B 2008-04-02 02:00:00

A nice, wide pair in a fine field, best at low power (36x).

HK Lyr

18h 42m 50.36s 36° 57m 28.76s Variable

C-8 B 2007-09-01 22:00:00

A dusky red star of approximately 7.5 Mv.

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 22 19:36:6

A red-orange star of ~8mv. Not an ultra red, but passible

STF 2380

18h 42m 55.42s 44° 55m 30s Double

C-8 B 2008-09-01 21:45:00

An OK, wide pair. I record a PA of 6�, and a separation of 27.1 arc seconds.

STF 2382

18h 44m 20.33s 39° 40m 12s Double

C-8 B 2006-06-03 03:00:00

The famous double double. One pair is in position angle 90, the other in position angle 0. Approximately. They are elongated at 50x, and well resolved at 230x.

RV Sct

18h 44m 25.22s -13° 12' 53.08" Variable

C-8 B 2008-08-21 23:08:00

The star was fainter than the comparison stars.

C-8 B 2008-08-21 23:08:00

The star was fainter than the comparison stars.

STFA 38

18h 44m 46.34s 37° 36m 18s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-21 03:00:00

AKA Zeta Lyrae. A nice wide pair of bright yellow stars.

STF 2375

18h 45m 28.35s 5° 30m 0s Double

C-8 B 2008-03-25 03:00:00

A nice, close pair. They looked white, probably A or early F. WDC lists the spectra as unknown(?). SAO spectrum: A0, BS: A1.

T Aql

18h 45m 43.7s 8° 44m 31.36s Variable

C-8 B 2007-08-06 22:00:00

This red star looked weird in tonight's haze. A bright grey core was surrounded by a red halo.

C-8 B 2007-08-17 22:00:00

A pale red-brown star, approximately 10.75 Mv. Not very red, despite Burnham's describing it as so.

STF 2390

18h 45m 49.82s 34° 31m 6s Double

C-8 B 2008-07-24 10:30:00

A nice, unequal pair. I record 4.9 arc seconds separation position angle 158�, WDC: 4.5" position angle 158�.

STF 2373

18h 45m 51.33s -10° 29' 34" Double

C-8 B 2008-09-01 21:15:00

A close, nice, pair. I record a PA of 340�, and a separation of 3.3 arc seconds.

STF 2379

18h 46m 28.57s -0° 57' 41" Double

C-8 B 2007-08-06 22:00:00

AKA 5 Aql. A very nice pair, pale yellow and pale blue. Worth a second look in better skies.

DR Ser

18h 47m 20.53s 5° 27m 21.01s Variable

C-8 B 2008-07-24 10:30:00

A rather red star, considering it was but 10.7 mv, by comparison with WikiSky's chart.

STF 2401

18h 48m 57.82s 21° 10m 1s Double

C-8 B 2007-07-21 22:30:00

These stars looked fainter than their 7 - 8.5 Mv, as

STFA 39

18h 50m 4.79s 33° 21m 45s Double

C-8 B 2006-10-08 20:00:00

AKA Beta Lyra. Both stars appear brilliantly white against the twilight glow in which they were observed, at 19:15. This is, of course, the famous eclipsing binary, the enigma of Lyra.

S Sct

18h 50m 19.98s -7° 54' 32.26" Variable

C-8 B 2008-03-25 03:00:00

A pale red 7.0 mv star. It was the brightest in the area. T Sct was not seen. S Sct sits at the western point of an equilateral triangle of 7-8 mv stars. A nice geometric figure.

STF 2404

18h 50m 45.54s 10° 58m 35s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-24 03:00:00

"Discovered" while sweeping the least hazy part of

C-8 B 2007-08-06 22:00:00

A lovely orange - yellow pair of 7th Mv stars.

N_6705

18h 51m 6s -6° 16' 0" Open Cl

C-8 P 2006-10-13 23:00:00

A large, rich cluster. Perhaps 100 stars are visible

STF 2420

18h 51m 12.01s 59° 23m 17s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 8 20:43:48

A very unequal, wide double. I see ~ 315 pa and 60' sep. An Ok double

N_6712

18h 53m 6s -8° 42' 0" Globular

C-8 B 2008-06-08 02:30:00

Not even a discernable smudge in tonight's hazy skies.

N_6720

18h 53m 36s 33° 2m 0s Planetary

C-8 B 2008-06-12 01:30:00

This was never seen better from the backyard. At 183x, some structure was seen in the ring as helical loops in it. No central star was seen.

ES 2028

18h 54m 29s 36° 55m 20s Double

C-8 B 2006-10-09 20:00:00

A pastel blue and orange pair in a beautiful field. This is not a double listed by the WDS. While both components are members of the same cluster, they are too widely separated to be considered to be a double.

STF 2415

18h 54m 32.84s 20° 36m 55s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 10 11 20:17:32

A close double, pa ~ 320d, ~2" sep.

SHJ 282

18h 54m 52.51s 33° 58m 6s Double

C-8 B 2007-07-31 22:00:00

Found while sweeping around the other double double. I saw 5-6 Mv, position angle 5, and 30" separation. WDS: 6-7.5 Mv, position angle 351, and 45" sep.

N_6715

18h 55m 6s -30° 29' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

AKA 6715. A bright, well granulated cluster, with a few stars seen with averted vision.

N_6717

18h 55m 6s -22° 42' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A faint cluster, with an 11th Mv star about 10 arc

R Lyr

18h 55m 19.94s 43° 56m 39.15s Variable

C-11 LBRP 2009 11 15 19:56:22

A bright yellow star with orange tinging.

T Sct

18h 55m 27.17s -8° 11' 17.42" Variable

C-8 B 2008-04-15 03:15:00

A 9.5 (by comparison stars) pale red star. Star colors at this faintness are very hard to discern.

C-8 B 2008-08-15 22:15:00

About 9.15 mv tonight.

STF 2421

18h 56m 1.68s 33° 47m 8s Double

C-8 B 2007-07-31 22:00:00

Found while sweeping around the other double double. I saw 7-8 Mv, position angle 70, and 15" separation. WDS: 8-9 Mv, position angle 69, and 21.2"sep.

STF 2417

18h 56m 14.63s 4° 12m 7s Double

C-8 B 2008-05-14 01:00:00

AKA theta serpentis. A very fine pair.

UV Aql

18h 58m 32.22s 14° 21m 45.51s Variable

C-8 B 2007-08-06 22:00:00

This red star looked weird in tonight's haze. A grey core was surrounded by a red halo. About 8 Mv, hard to see in the horrible transparency. See also T Aql.

AG 369

18h 58m 38.28s 12° 41m 32s Double

C-8 B 2008-09-01 23:00:00

A swept up double. The components appear 9-10 mv. A nice, close pair. I record a PA of 225�, and a separation of 5.1 arc seconds.

N_6723

18h 59m 36s -36° 38' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A large, loose, faint, and well resolved cluster

STF 2426

18h 59m 58.75s 12° 53m 24s Double

C-8 B 2008-09-01 23:00:00

Primary is light orange, secondary a pastel blue. A nice, wide pair. I record a PA of 263�, and a separation of 16.2 arc seconds.

ST Sgr

19h 1m 28.45s -12° 45' 40.24" Variable

C-8 B 2008-08-21 23:08:00

As bright as the comparison star.

C-8 B 2008-08-16 23:30:00

As bright as the comparison star.

STF 2450

19h 2m 7.03s 52° 15m 40s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-04 20:00:00

An unequal pair. The 9.1 Mv companion looked much fainter than the listed brightness. Lackluster.

N_6741

19h 2m 36s -0° 27' 0" Planetary

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 28 19:31:17

Tiny, but bright enough to see in tonight's moonlit, light polluted skies, thanks to the finder chart and a well aligned telescope.

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 28 20:14:56

Found it via the finder chart. It does indeed look stellar!

STF 2441

19h 2m 41.26s 31° 23m 58s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 28 19:37:10

An OK unequal pair. As in WDC.

STF 2434

19h 2m 44.39s -0° 42' 39" Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 28 19:25:40

Lackluster pair. As per WDC.

V Aql

19h 4m 24.23s -5° 41' 11.29" Variable

C-8 B 2007-08-17 22:00:00

A coppery red star, like sunlight glinting off of a newly minted penny. Approximately 7 Mv.

STF 2445

19h 4m 38.5s 23° 19m 45s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 9 21 21:44:19

A wide, OK pair in a sar festooned field.

SHJ 286

19h 4m 57.67s -4° 1' 53" Double

C-8 B 2008-06-12 01:30:00

A nice, wide pair. I record 39.8 arc seconds separation and 211 position angle, WDC: 33.3 arc seconds separation and 206� position angle.

STF 2446

19h 5m 47.7s 6° 32m 49s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 10 11 20:23:11

A nice, unequal double, pa 150d, sep ~12".

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 28 19:46:15

An OK, unequal double. As per WDC.

N_6751

19h 5m 54s -6° 0' 0" Planetary

C-8 B 2006-10-21 20:00:00

Extremely faint in the light pollution of downtown

STF 2449

19h 6m 23.04s 7° 9m 20s Double

C-8 B 2008-06-12 01:30:00

An exquisite pair in a very nice field. I record 8.1 arc seconds separation and 292� position angle, WDC: 10.2 arc seconds separation and 292� position angle.

N_6755

19h 7m 48s 4° 14m 0s Open Cl

C-8 P 2008-10-30 22:30:00

Faint, medium sized cluster, barely granulated, but in a rich region of the Milky Way. The brightest stars in it are 14 mv. It's a type X.

SV Sge

19h 8m 11.47s 17° 37m 38.5s Variable

C-8 B 2008-08-21 23:08:00

As bright as the comparison star.

STF 2473

19h 8m 32.35s 37° 55m 50s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-08 22:00:00

A swept up pair of faint stars. I saw 10.5-10.5 Mv, ~2.5", 300 degrees position angle, WDC: PA: 293, Sep: 6.2, Mv: 10.29, Mvb: 10.45, Sp: U

STF 2470

19h 8m 45.2s 34° 45m 37s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-21 03:00:00

With it's companion pair, 2474, one of the finest double star sights in the heavens.

C-8 B 2008-08-09 10:00:00

I record 13.6 arc seconds separation 271� position angle. WDC: 13.1 arc seconds separation, 272� position angle.

STF 2474

19h 9m 4.35s 34° 35m 59s Double

C-8 B 2006-10-21 20:00:00

It'sa better sight in a C8 telescope that Epsilon. The fainter star in each pair is slightly redder than it's white primary. A delight!

C-8 B 2007-06-21 03:00:00

With it's companion pair, 2470, one of the finest double star sights in the heavens.

C-8 B 2008-08-09 10:00:00

I record 16.3 arc seconds separation 265� position angle. WDC: 17.1 arc seconds separation 260� position angle.

V Lyr

19h 9m 4.42s 29° 39m 31.31s Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 22 19:44:53

Faintr that 12.0mv.

N_6760

19h 11m 12s 1° 2m 0s Globular

C-11 pinnacles 2009 9 13 22:4:35

A medium sized GC, stars faint, ~5-10

KK Sge

19h 11m 17.27s 17° 51m 45.47s Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 22 19:51:28

Below 12.5 mv.

STF 2480

19h 11m 45.03s 26° 14m 57s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 1 21:6:7

Swept up double. The southernmost star of a

STF 2486

19h 12m 5.03s 49° 51m 20s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-24 03:00:00

A nice pair of yellow stars in a beautiful field,

STF 2487

19h 13m 45.48s 39° 8m 45s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-08 22:00:00

AKA Eta Lyra. A nice unequal double. I saw 4.2-7 Mv, 30", 80 degrees position angle, WDC: position angle: 84, Sep: 29.3,Mv: 4.38, Mvb: 8.58, Sp: B2.5IV

N_6779

19h 16m 36s 30° 11m 0s Globular

C-8 B 2006-10-08 20:00:00

Nebulous at 50x, a few stars are resolved at 133x.

C-8 B 2007-06-21 03:00:00

A low contrast clump of faint stars, rather loose, as it was resolved to it's core. Resolution was tricky with the bright sky plus the milky way.

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

~ 25 stars were seen with direct vision, 100+ with averted. In a rich part of the milky way.

N_6774

19h 16m 36s -16° 16' 0" Open Cl

C-8 B 2008-07-15 02:00:00

A very coarse grouping of 8 - 9 mv stars, looking like a random grouping of milky way stars and not a true cluster.

S 715

19h 17m 39.96s -15° 58' 1" Double

C-8 B 2008-07-15 02:00:00

A pretty double, 23 arc minutes west of V1942 Sgr, and swept up while observing the variable. I record 9.5 arc seconds separation 13� position angle, WDC: 8.4 arc seconds separation, 16� position angle.

C-8 B 2008-08-15 22:15:00

A brilliant pair, and with S 716, superb. Very like Struve 2470 and 2474, in that their position angles are close to equal.

S 716

19h 18m 5.55s -15° 57' 13" Double

C-8 B 2008-08-15 22:15:00

Aclose and beautiful pair, and with S 715, superb. Very like Struve 2470and 2474, in that their position angles are close to equal.

V1942 Sgr

19h 19m 9.64s -15° 54' 35.48" Variable

C-8 B 2008-07-15 02:00:00

A pale red star of approximately 7.0 mv.

C-8 B 2008-08-15 22:15:00

Around 6.3 mv tonight. The star is near S 715 and S 716, an superb pair of doubles.

STF 2497

19h 20m 1.09s 5° 35m 15s Double

2009 7 4 0:30:3 30 5

Lackluster in tonight's steady, but washed out hazy skies.

U Lyr

19h 20m 3.94s 37° 52m 23.84s Variable

C-8 B 2007-06-21 03:00:00

Apparently fairly faint at this time. AAVSO puts it at around 12th Mv for now.

C-8 B 2007-06-22 23:00:00

A faint approximately 10 Mv star, quite red, but hard to see in this moon washed sky.

N_6791

19h 20m 42s 37° 51m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2006-09-02 20:30:00

A faint, but rich, open cluster.

C-8 B 2007-06-21 03:00:00

A very low contrast brightening of the sky between 2 6 Mv stars approximately 15 arc minutes apart in position angle of approximately 45 degrees. No stars were seen. Faint.

ES 2490

19h 20m 50.49s 37° 39m 18s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-21 03:00:00

A pair of 10th magnitude stars I happened upon while trying to find U Lyr. There are several pairs in this region, and this was the first I happened upon. WDS lists the position angle as 40 degrees, I saw it as 315 degrees.

N_6790

19h 23m 12s 1° 31m 0s Planetary

C-8 P 2008-10-30 22:30:00

A faint blue green dot. The color was very pastel. This was found only using a finder chart

C-8 B 2006-10-21 20:00:00

A faint, pale blue disk at 500x. It looks star like at 50x.

STF 443

3h 47m 2.1s 41° 25m 38s Double

C-8 B 2006-11-25 19:30:00

Two yellow stars. A second pair, listed as 11 - 13.5 Mv, was not seen. Lovely pair.

Y CVn

12h 45m 8.12s 45° 26m 23.2s Variable

C-8 P 2007-03-18 10:30:00

A yellow orange star, redder than Betelgeuse, that does indeed show very dark bands in the green portion of it's spectrum. Spectrascopically, it is wonderful, visually, it might be the brightest of the N stars, but it is lackluster.

C-8 P 2007-06-06 22:00:00

A bright yellow star with orange tinging. Approximately 5 Mv. One of the least red M stars.

STF 1935

15h 20m 13.27s 30° 41m 44s Double

C-8 B 2007-07-06 23:00:00

Sweptup this pair while looking for S CrB. It looked to me as position angle300, separation 5", 9.5 - 10 Mv. WDC gives 290 pa, 8.4 separation, and10-10 Mv.

SHJ 243

17h 15m 21.5s -26° 36' 4" Double

C-8 B 2008-08-16 23:30:00

A splendid pair of yellow orange stars with

STF 2276

18h 5m 43.29s 12° 0m 13s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-22 23:00:00

A nice pair in a rich field. Beautiful.

N_6569

18h 13m 36s -31° 50' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

A compact cluster whose stars made resolution difficult.

N_6637

18h 31m 24s -32° 21' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2008-07-03 00:00:00

AKA NGC 6637. A compact, well granulated cluster, a few stars were visible with averted vision within the glowing mass of stars.

T Lyr

18h 32m 20.1s 36° 59m 52.42s Variable

C-8 B 2006-10-09 20:00:00

A very red star, as red as R Lep. Approximately 9 Mv.

C-8 B 2007-06-09 22:00:00

A very red star, as red as anything else in the sky. Approximately 9.5Mv. The longer one stares at it, the redder it seems to get. Perhaps the "Purkinje" effect?

C-8 B 2007-06-21 03:00:00

A stunningly red star, approximately 8 Mv. The brightest in the field.

C-8 B 2008-06-12 01:30:00

This star is always stunningly red. It as bright as a K star, HD 172006, about a degree east of T. The K star's brightness is given as 7.5 by Wikisky, 7.3 by SAO, and 7.7 by Tycho.

C-8 B 2008-08-09 09:30:00

Deep red, the star was as bright as HD 170896. Visual magnitude 8.151 (WikiSky),7.5 (SAO) 8.256 (Tycho)

C-8 B 2008-08-21 22:45:00

A deep, burnt orange red tonight.

STF 2382

18h 44m 20.33s 39° 40m 12s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 10 11Th 20:11:8

The double double. Reconcile this with previous observaions.

N_6694

18h 45m 12s -9° 24' 0" Open Cl

C-8 B 2008-09-01 21:15:00

A few 9th and 10th mv stars, with about 20-30 fainter ones. Lackluster in this light pollution.

STF 2492

19h 18m 32.48s 1° 5m 6s Double

C-8 B 2008-06-12 01:30:00

A very difficult pair, with the primary swamping the close secondary. It needs superb seeing to be seen well, which I did not have. I record 3.3 arc seconds separation and 10 position angle, WDC: 3.5 arc seconds separation and 18� position angle.

N_XXXX

19h 25m 24s 20° 11m 0s Open Cl

STF 2522

19h 25m 48.01s 28° 45m 34s Double

C-8 B 2007-08-17 22:00:00

A nice pair of faint stars.

STF 2523

19h 26m 48.37s 21° 9m 46s Double

C-8 B 2007-08-17 22:00:00

A nice pair of faint stars.

C-8 B 2007-09-04 20:00:00

An exquisite pair, in a nice grouping of stars. WDC: position angle: 149, Sep: 7.0, Mv: 7.95, Mvb: 8.05, Sp: B3V B7V

C-8 B 2008-08-09 10:00:00

Beautiful. I record 6.2 arc seconds separation 331� position angle. WDC: 7.0 arc seconds separation, position angle 149�. Either I or the WDC observer reversed the primary and secondary in this pair, for my reading minus 180 gives 151�, making the two readings two degrees apart.

STF 2527

19h 27m 20.85s 20° 40m 8s Double

C-8 B 2008-08-09 10:00:00

Swept up while locating Struve 2523. It's about 40' south of the brighter pair. I record 4.6 arc seconds separation, position angle 14�. WDC: 4.2arc second separation, 21� position angle.

STF 2534

19h 27m 40.63s 36° 31m 44s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 28 19:54:17

A pretty pair. As per WDC. This might be better in dark skies.

AW Cyg

19h 28m 47.64s 46° 2m 36.59s Variable

C-8 B 2008-08-15 22:15:00

An orange red star of about 8.6 mv.

C-8 B 2008-08-15 22:15:00

A bright orange star of 7.2mv, near AW cyg.

V0374 Aql

19h 30m 14.74s -0° 49' 51.91" Variable

C-8 B 2008-07-24 10:30:00

A red orange star, 9.0 mv, by comparison with WikiSky's chart.

STFA 43

19h 30m 43.29s 27° 57m 34s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-21 03:00:00

AKA Albireo, Beta Cyg. This famous double is possibly better in the Questar than the C8. The larger aperature overwhelms the colors, and they appear pale gold and blue in sharp focus. A bit of defocusing allows the colors to become more pronounced.

AQ Sgr

19h 34m 19.05s -16° 22' 32.61" Variable

C-8 P 2007-10-13 21:00:00

A red orange star of approximately 10 mv

AG 232

19h 34m 38.55s 35° 17m 56s Double

C-8 B 2007-07-31 22:00:00

Found while sweeping around the other double double. I saw 9-10 Mv, position angle 70, and 6" separation. WDS: 9.21-10.37 Mv, position angle 279,and 10.6 sep.

STF 2545

19h 38m 43.36s -10° 9' 23" Double

C-8 B 2007-08-06 22:00:00

An unequal double 7-8.5 Mv. Lackluster, especially in these extremely hazy skies.

N_6809

19h 40m 0s -30° 58' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2007-10-13 21:00:00

A bright, large, loose globular with quite a few bright stars involved with it. I estimated these to be 11.5 mv. Oddly, the color magnitude diagram shows only 1 or 2 12th magnitude stars, and quite a few 14th and below stars. The cluster was easily resolved.

TT Cyg

19h 40m 56.98s 32° 37m 1.7s Variable

C-8 B 2007-06-21 03:00:00

A yellow star with strong brown overtones. A weird color for a star, like a tungsten light bulb seen through a brown filter. Approximately 7.5 Mv.

STFA46

19h 41m 49.09s 50° 31m 31s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-21 03:00:00

AKA 16 Cyg. Found this while examining the skies around NGC 6826. They share the same declination, and are a little over a degree apart. I saw a position angle of approximately 135, WDS reports the position angle is 141. The two yellow stars looked a bit like distant headlights. My separation was approximately 30 d, WDS, 37 degrees.

C-8 B 2008-06-08 02:30:00

AKASTFA 46. I record 39.3 arc seconds separation and 135� position angle, WDC: 37 arc seconds separation and 141� position angle.

STF 2562

19h 42m 45.86s 8° 22m 57s Double

C-8 B 2008-07-15 02:00:00

A lackluster double, I record 28.5 arc seconds separation, and position angle 252�. WDC: 28 arc seconds, with a position angle of 252�.

N_6818

19h 44m 0s -14° 9' 0" Planetary

C-8 P 2007-09-12 22:00:00

A bright, pale blue doughnut. The "ring" shape of this nebula was barely apparent, it's central region was much brighter than M57's. When I looked directly at the nebula, it seemed to vanish, as my fovea could not see it.

N_6826

19h 44m 48s 50° 31m 0s Planetary

C-8 B 2006-10-08 20:00:00

A small, bright planetary. "Blinks" nicely at 133x. It appears grey, I could not see any green or blue color.

C-8 B 2007-06-21 03:00:00

The "blinking" planetary appeared as a fuzzy star surrounded by nebulosity. I couldn't make it blink much, perhaps due to the brightness of the surrounding sky. One of the brighter planetaries.

C-8 B 2008-06-08 02:30:00

I saw the central star, but could not make it "blink". It takes darker skies for that. A nice deep sky object for urban skies, however.

N_6822

19h 44m 54s -14° 48' 0" Galaxy

C-8 P 2007-09-12 22:00:00

This galaxy appears to be a star cloud in the milky way. It's very low contrast, and seems to be oriented in north-south direction, position angle approximately 0 degrees. It is very hard to see, even at 36x.

STF 2579

19h 44m 58.43s 45° 7m 50s Double

C-8 B 2008-07-25 22:30:00

A nice, unequal pair of B9 stars. I record 2.7 arc seconds separation position angle 218.5�. WDC: 2.3", position angle 72�. This star has moved 146� since it was measured in the WDC!

STF 2578

19h 45m 39.65s 36° 5m 27s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-24 03:00:00

A very pale yellow and blue pair. Burnham and bright star list the primary as a B9. To make it appear yellow, there must be a bit of interstellar reddening.

STF 2580

19h 46m 25.6s 33° 43m 39s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-21 03:00:00

AKA 17 cyg. A nice double is a beautiful field.

UW Sgr

19h 46m 26.18s -18° 9' 12.45" Variable

C-8 B 2008-09-23 23:30:00

A dusky red, glowing in the light pollution.

STF 2603

19h 48m 10.34s 70° 16m 4s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 8 20:59:19

A difficul double, not helped by being in he trees and not fully clearing the observatory dome.Position angle and separation as given ty he WDC.

STF 2588

19h 49m 0.9s 44° 22m 45s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-24 03:00:00

Tonight's hazy skies caused what should have been a nice pair in a beautiful field to be lackluster.

C-8 B 2007-08-31 23:00:00

This pair was much nicer in tonight's skies, even with the waning gibbous moon than it was previously.

khi Cyg

19h 50m 33.94s 32° 54m 49.48s Variable

C-8 B 2006-06-03 03:00:00

A yellow orange star. I didn't record the magnitude.

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 1 20:23:23

~ about 5.5mv. Yellow star.

HJ 1448

19h 52m 0.36s 38° 1m 54s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-08 22:00:00

Aswept up double. I saw: 8.5 mv, 345 degrees position angle, 8"separation, WDC: position angle: 168, Sep: 12.0, Mv: 9.72, Mvb: 9.83,Sp: K

STT 388

19h 52m 19.59s 25° 51m 43s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-04 20:00:00

Two equally bright stars, a bit faint, but very nice in the 12.5.

N_6838

19h 53m 48s 18° 47m 0s Globular

C-8 B 2006-09-17 21:00:00

15-20 stars were seen with averted vision, emeshed in the granulated haze of the rest of the cluster.

C-8 B 2007-08-17 22:00:00

Perhaps a slight brightening of the sky, pretty much invisible in tonight's washed out skies.

STF 2594

19h 54m 37.65s -8° 13' 38" Double

C-8 B 2008-07-15 02:00:00

A nice, wide double. I record 36.6 arc seconds separation with a position angle of 170�, WDC: 29.5 arc seconds separation, position angle: 172�.

SMA 111

19h 55m 18s 37° 44m 0s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-08 22:00:00

A faint, swept up double. I saw: 10-10 mv, 8", 315 degrees AP, WDC: position angle: 254, Sep: 10.8 Mv: 9.2, Mvb: 10.2, Sp: U. There are several WDC candidates for this pair, this one in the brightest. It could also be ES 2500.

STF 2605

19h 55m 37.81s 52° 26m 20s Double

C-8 B 2008-06-08 02:30:00

A difficult double, as the primary's brightness washed out the secondary. I record 3.4 arc seconds separation and 178.5� position angle. WDC: 4.0 arc seconds separation and 181� position angle.

STT 391

19h 56m 50.14s 44° 16m 16s Double

C-8 B 2007-06-24 03:00:00

A yellow-blue pair. Looks a magnitude fainter because of the clouds.

AX Cyg

19h 57m 13s 44° 15m 40.34s Variable

C-8 B 2007-06-21 03:00:00

A yellow white star with very strong red overtones. Sometimes looks quite red, sometimes almost white, depending on the degree of averted vision. It appeared to be 8 Mv, not 9, as stated in Burnham. The companion was not seen.

Cyg_X1

19h 58m 18s 35° 2m 0s NGC?

C-8 B 2007-06-24 03:00:00

The celebrated X ray source, the first black hole to be recognized as such. A white star that appeared lackluster in these overly hazy skies. It might appear more brilliant in clearer skies.

CM Cyg

19h 58m 34.28s 52° 5m 40.65s Variable

C-8 B 2008-08-21 22:08:00

As bright as the comparison star.

STF 2609

19h 58m 34.37s 38° 6m 20s Double

C-8 B 2008-06-08 02:30:00

Aclose, but nice double. I record 2.4 arc seconds separation and 21.5�position angle. WDC: 2.9 arc seconds separation and 26� position angle.

N_6853

19h 59m 36s 22° 43m 0s Planetary

C-8 B 2006-10-08 20:00:00

The "dumb-bell" structure was observed in the 30mm with the LPR filter. Unfiltered, M 27 is a very low contrast object in the light pollution, a far cry from the detail it shows in dark skies.

C-8 B 2006-09-17 21:00:00

The "dumb-bell" shape was seen this evening. Very nice object.

C-8 B 2007-08-17 22:00:00

Very faint in tonight's washed out skies.

C-8 B 2007-09-04 20:00:00

An oblong box of sky brightening. No "dumb-bell" or other detail seen in the backyard light pollution.

C-8 B 2007-09-12 22:30:00

Wow. In dark skies, this is spectacular. The southern "bell" is the brighter, and hints of mottling were seen. The nebula itself was washed out blue in color. The star field around it is dazzling.

STF 2613

20h 1m 26.7s 10° 44m 55s Double

C-8 B 2007-08-06 22:00:00

A very nice pair of yellow white stars. Lovely.

BF Sge

20h 2m 23.59s 21° 5m 21.85s Variable

C-8 B 2008-08-09 01:58:00

A faint but very red star. It was as bright as HD 345659, visual magnitude 10.1 WikiSky, 10.256, Hipparcos and Tycho, and 9.9 AAVSO.

TVB_200322+1544

20h 3m 22s 15° 44m 0s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-30 21:30:00

This double, with position angle 350�, separation approximately 12" 9.5 - 10mv, is not in Burnham or the WDC. It is in WikiSky. Both stars appeared to be a dull white.

STF 2624

20h 3m 29.4s 36° 1m 30s Double

C-8 B 2008-08-16 23:30:00

A close, excellent, pair in a sparkling field. I record a PA of 293�, and a separation of 14.9 arc seconds.

C-8 B 2008-08-16 23:30:00

A close, excellent, pair in a sparkling field. I record a PA of 293�, and a separation of 4.9 arc seconds.

HJ 1470

20h 3m 39.49s 38° 19m 38s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 10 19:55:26

Nice wide pair, with pastel blue and orange colors. In a fileld of wide doubles. A beautiful skyscape.

HU Sge

20h 3m 42.2s 21° 29m 44.83s Variable

C-8 B 2008-08-09 02:00:00

The brightest star in the field. It appeared to be
1/2 magnitudes brighter than HD 190361, visual magnitude 7.28 WikiSky, 7.41 Tycho, making it about 6.8 mv.

X Sge

20h 5m 5.25s 20° 38m 49.98s Variable

C-8 B 2008-06-08 02:30:00

A red brown star of about 8.3 mv, (from comparison stars)

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 1 20:29:59

A red -gray star of 8.8mv, as measured wrt the star just north and west of it.

SHJ 314

20h 5m 57.33s 35° 47m 18s Double

C-8 B 2007-08-31 23:00:00

A bright, wide, double I swept up near RY Cyg. WDC gives PA: 33, Sep: 29.5, Mv: 6.78, Mvb: 7.3.

SHJ 315

20h 6m 1.36s 35° 45m 55s Double

C-8 B 2007-08-31 23:00:00

A bright, wide, double I swept up near RY Cyg. WDC gives PA: 236, Sep: 20.5,Mv: 7.89, Mvb: 8.73, Sp: B5n. A nice quadruple with SHJ 314, just north.

N_6864

20h 6m 6s -21° 55' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2007-09-12 22:00:00

A bright, compact globular cluster. It's quite striking. I barely could granulate this cluster. The brightest stars in the cluster are only 14th mv. (Catelan, M et al. in The Astronomical Journal, Volume124, Issue 1, pp. 364-378.)

STF 2628

20h 7m 50.36s 9° 23m 59s Double

C-8 B 2007-08-06 22:00:00

An unequal pair, 6.6 - 8.7 Mv. The companion was plain at 160x, but averted vision only at 500. Skies very hazy.

STF 2639

20h 9m 14.31s 35° 29m 1s Double

C-8 B 2008-07-15 02:00:00

Anice double. I record 6 arc seconds separation with a position angle of303�, WDC: 5.4 arc seconds separation, position angle: 303�.

SEI 928

20h 9m 26s 36° 29m 19s Double

C-8 B 2007-08-31 23:00:00

A swept up double. I saw a 9.5 - 10 Mv pair, 12" separation, 315 degrees position angle and WDC gives 10.2 separation, 136 degrees position angle and 10 - 11.5 Mv.

SEI 926

20h 9m 26.07s 36° 29m 19s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-08 22:00:00

Part of a field of doubles in cygnus, WDC: position angle: 350, Sep: 29.0, Mv: 8.61, Mvb: 9.5, Sp: U

SV Cyg

20h 9m 30.41s 47° 52m 15.02s Variable

C-8 B 2007-09-01 22:00:00

A pale orange-brown star of approximately 9 Mv

AY Cyg

20h 9m 43.87s 41° 29m 33.08s Variable

C-8 P 2008-08-01 11:00:00

A faint, barely orange star as bright as TYC 3158-1064-1 (11.3) and TYC 3158-840-1 (12.2)

ES 87

20h 10m 11.91s 36° 44m 4s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-08 22:00:00

Part of a field of doubles in cygnus. WDC: position angle: 297, Sep: 9.5, Mv: 9.34, Mvb: 10.39, Sp: A0V

RY Cyg

20h 10m 23.93s 35° 56m 47s Variable

C-8 B 2007-08-31 23:00:00

A pale red brown star of approximately 10 Mv

SEI 945

20h 10m 26.39s 36° 43m 59s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-08 22:00:00

Part of a field of doubles in cygnus, just east of ES 87. WDC: position angle: 297, Sep: 9.5, Mv: 9.34, Mvb: 10.39, Sp: A0V

SEI 958

20h 10m 48.74s 36° 45m 16s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-08 22:00:00

Part of a field of doubles in cygnus, WDC: position angle: 326, Sep: 21.2, Mv: 10, Mvb: 10.21, Sp: B8IV

SEI 962

20h 11m 1.18s 36° 42m 2s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-08 22:00:00

Part of a field of doubles in cygnus, A wide double, east of ES 87 and SEI945. WDC: position angle: 295, Sep: 22.1, Mv: 9.29, Mvb: 10.85, Sp:K1III

N_6883

20h 11m 18s 35° 51m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2007-08-31 23:00:00

A very faint group of stars with 3 10-11 Mv stars in front of them.

N_6888

20h 12m 0s 38° 21m 0s Nebula

C-8 P 2008-10-30 22:30:00

I did not see the nebula. The field in which the nebula is situated is superb. Most of the stars are double! A region of double stars.

STF 2644

20h 12m 35.09s 0° 52m 0s Double

C-8 B 2007-08-06 22:00:00

A delightful little pair of 7 Mv stars.

A 722

20h 12m 47.29s 12° 10m 4s Double

C-8 B 2008-09-01 23:00:00

A very nice pair of white stars. I record a PA of 240�, and a separation of 10.2 arc seconds.

STF 2643

20h 12m 47.3s -2° 59' 45" Double

C-8 B 2007-08-06 22:00:00

An unequal pair. The companion was barely visible in tonight's very hazy skies. Lackluster.

RS Cyg

20h 13m 23.48s 38° 43m 40.27s Variable

C-8 B 2007-09-01 22:00:00

A dusky, burnt-orange star of 8.5 Mv

C-8 B 2007-09-08 22:00:00

Looked to be 7.5 tonight.

STF 2655

20h 14m 4.51s 22° 13m 21s Double

C-8 B 2007-08-31 23:00:00

A nice pair of white stars, equally bright.

C-8 B 2007-09-04 20:00:00

A nice pair of white stars, WDC: position angle: 4, Sep: 6.4, Mv: 7.89, Mvb: 7.95, Sp: A2V

STF 2646

20h 14m 25.19s -6° 2' 36" Double

C-8 B 2007-09-04 20:00:00

Swept up this double. I saw a 15" pair in position angle 320, 8-9.5 Mv, F-K spectra. WDC: PA: 51, Sep: 25.1, Mv: 7.49, Mvb: 9.28, Sp: F0

STF 2654

20h 15m 10.63s -3° 30' 12" Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 10 11 20:28:0

A lovly, somewhat unequal double, PA ~230d. sep ~15".

N_6891

20h 15m 12s 12° 42m 0s Planetary

C-8 B 2006-09-02 20:30:00

Suprisingly faint for a small planetary (15"x7").

I_4996

20h 16m 30s 37° 38m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2007-08-31 23:00:00

A wide triple near P Cyg. Quite nice, but not listed. White stars. Approximately 50 arc second sep.

RT Cap

20h 17m 6.64s -21° 19' 10.17" Variable

C-8 P 2008-08-01 23:15:00

A orange star the same brightness as HD 193151, which is listed as 6.8 mv.

C-8 B 2008-09-23 22:30:00

A deep orange red, like a glowing ember in a fire.

P Cyg

20h 17m 47.14s 38° 1m 56.21s Variable

C-8 B 2007-08-31 23:00:00

A 5th magnitude star, tinged with yellow (interstellar reddening?)

C-8 B 2008-08-15 23:15:00

5.6 mv , using the AAVSO comparison star, 000-BCL-286.

STF 2666

20h 18m 6.89s 40° 43m 55s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 8 21:9:34

A close, but relativlely easy doulble. Pa and sep as reported by the WDC.

STF 2671

20h 18m 24.75s 55° 23m 49s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 9 29 2:39:29

A lovely, close pair of bright , white

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 8 21:31:9

An exquisite double. Pa and sep as in the

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 22 20:58:19

Exquisite, unequal pair, best at high (400x) power.

WX Cyg

20h 18m 33.63s 37° 26m 58.96s Variable

C-8 B 2008-07-15 02:00:00

A faint star, at about 11.5 mv. Only a hint of red in it. The star is about half a degree south and a bit east of P Cyg.

C-8 B 2008-08-15 23:15:00

9.0 mv this evening. About 40 arc minutes South of P Cyg.

V0444 Cyg

20h 19m 32.38s 38° 43m 50.6s Variable

C-8 B 2006-09-02 20:30:00

A WN eclipsing binary. Need to make a finder chart. Interesting star.

U Cyg

20h 19m 36.35s 47° 53m 37.84s Variable

C-8 B 2006-11-09 19:00:00

A dusky red star. Like a red light seen through a cloud of smoke, which it very likely is.

C-8 B 2006-10-21 20:00:00

Fainter than V Cyg, and a more pastel, brownish red. Approximately 9.5 Mv

C-8 B 2006-10-09 20:00:00

A faint, red N star of approximately 11 Mv, if the nearby companion is 10 Mv.

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 9 20:41:56

A about 1/2 mv fainter than the blue star just east of it.

STF 2668

20h 20m 15.22s 39° 24m 11s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 20 21:40:31

A lackluser binary, companion faint and a bit hard to see.

STF 2670

20h 22m 13.33s 16° 22m 22s Double

C-8 B 2006-08-05 21:00:00

A "swept up" double. A faint, wide pair of 9 Mv stars.

N_6905

20h 22m 24s 20° 7m 0s Planetary

C-8 P 2008-10-30 22:30:00

A faint, round nebula, brighter to the south. No color seen

N_6913

20h 23m 54s 38° 32m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2007-09-08 22:00:00

A loose cluster of 6 or so 8mv stars with a few

C-8 B 2008-07-15 02:00:00

A grouping of about 8 bright (8 - 10) stars.

SEI1116

20h 24m 10.7s 38° 19m 11s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-08 22:00:00

A wide double, just south of M29. WDC: position angle: 339, Sep: 29.6, Mv: 9.16, Mvb: 10, Sp: A0V

STF 2687

20h 26m 23.47s 56° 38m 19s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 8 21:40:17

A dull double. Posiion as given by the WDC.

SHJ 323

20h 28m 51.61s -17° 48' 49" Double

C-8 B 2008-07-25 22:30:00

AKA Rho Cap. Burnham lists this star's separation as 0.5", WDC as 3.0". I saw no separation, so separation was under an arc second. The star did not even seem elongated.

CT Del

20h 29m 26.35s 9° 53m 48.74s Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 1 20:36:27

A 7mv star, compared to the Tycho star 30' north of it. Pale yellow, which is surprising for and M7!

STF 2691

20h 29m 43.17s 38° 7m 31s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-08 22:00:00

A swept up double. I saw: 8-8.5 mv, 15" separation, PA 30, WDC: position angle: 33, Sep: 17.1, Mv: 8.14, Mvb: 8.45, Sp: B6V

SHJ 324

20h 29m 53.91s -18° 34' 59" Double

C-8 B 2008-07-15 02:00:00

A pretty pair. I record 22.2 arc seconds separation with a position angle of 239�, WDC: 23.5 arc seconds separation, position angle: 239�.

STF 2690

20h 31m 11.94s 11° 15m 33s Double

C-8 B 2008-07-24 10:30:00

An OK pair. I record 17.6 arc seconds separation, position angle 258�, WDC: 12.5" position angle 260�.

STF 2698

20h 33m 45.57s 28° 7m 34s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-04 20:00:00

A nice pair, very near the cluster NGC 6940. It does not appear to be a cluster member. WDC: position angle: 302, Sep: 4.5, Mv: 8.66, Mvb:9.09, Sp: A0

N_6934

20h 34m 12s 7° 24m 0s Globular

C-8 B 2006-09-17 21:00:00

Rather faint, I could barely granulate the cluster.

N_6940

20h 34m 36s 28° 18m 0s Open Cl

C-8 B 2007-09-04 20:00:00

A dusting of faint (< 11 Mv) stars bounded by an equilateral triangle of 9 Mv stars, with a few 9-10 Mv stars embedded in it as well.

C-8 B 2008-07-15 03:00:00

A large cluster (~ 40 arc minutes in diameter) of around 40 stars, the brightest of which is approximately 8.5 mv.

BD Vul

20h 37m 17.98s 26° 28m 57.87s Variable

C-8 B 2007-08-17 22:00:00

Barely seen as a red star, I mistook it to be a field star. Approximately 11.5 Mv.

C-8 B 2008-07-15 02:00:00

An orange star of 10.7 mv.

STF 2705

20h 37m 44.31s 33° 21m 59s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 3 20:50:16

An OK, close double. PA ~280. ~3" sep.

STF 2708

20h 38m 40.03s 38° 38m 8s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 11 20 21:54:42

I see no companion at 8" and 1 degree PA. I do see another 8mv star at 50" and 34 degrees PA.

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 3 20:57:22

The star was found, but the companion was not!

V Cyg

20h 41m 18.2s 48° 8m 28.15s Variable

C-8 B 2006-11-09 19:00:00

A very red star. Impressive.

C-8 B 2006-10-21 20:00:00

A very red star! Quite a standout amongst the star fields of Cygnus. Approximately 8.5 Mv

C-8 B 2006-10-09 20:00:00

Record setting red! approximately 9 Mv.

C-8 B 2008-08-09 10:00:00

The star is faint, diminishing its striking red color. It is as bright as TYC 3578-1577-1, 9.845 (WikiSky), 9.944 (Tycho).

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 1 20:45:57

A faint but very red star of ~10.5mv.

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 9 20:18:2

Below 12mv. Not seen.

Y Del

20h 41m 39.11s 11° 52m 29.74s Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 3 21:9:29

Not seen. Field found, but too faint.

STF 2718

20h 42m 34.04s 12° 43m 42s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-04 20:00:00

A nice pair in a pretty field. WDC: position angle: 87, Sep: 9.2, Mv: 8.28, Mvb: 8.39, Sp: F5

STF 2720

20h 43m 27.9s 16° 56m 41s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-04 20:00:00

A lackluster pair. I missed it the first time I looked for it. WDC: position angle: 185, Sep: 3.8, Mv: 9.22, Mvb: 9.56, Sp: F8.

STF 2721

20h 43m 29.8s 19° 52m 52s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-04 20:00:00

Swept up this double while looking for V del. A close pair, but nice in the 8.8 eyepiece.

Y Aqr

20h 44m 25.19s -4° 50' 3.84" Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 1 20:56:39

Too faint for tonight's full moon light pollution.

N_6960

20h 45m 42s 30° 43m 0s Nebula

C-8 P 2007-09-12 22:30:00

Eastern branch of the Veil. A soft glow near 52 Cyg in a glorious field. The nebula is mostly north and south of 52.

STF 2725

20h 46m 13.3s 15° 54m 26s Double

C-8 B 2007-09-04 20:00:00

A nice pair. With, gamma del, one of the nicer double-doubles in the heavens.

STF 2727

20h 46m 39.49s 16° 7m 27s Double

C-8 B 2006-10-08 20:00:00

One of the nicest doubles in the sky. Primary is a deep yellow, secondary a pale yellow.

C-8 B 2007-09-04 20:00:00

Always a delight. With Struve 2725, one of the nicer double-doubles in the heavens.

V Aqr

20h 46m 49.45s 2° 26m 10.47s Variable

C-8 B 2006-10-21 20:00:00

Red, but more pastel than V Cyg. Lovely.

STT 414

20h 47m 9.91s 42° 24m 35s Double

C-8 B 2008-09-23 22:30:00

WDC: pa: 94, s:9.3" I record a PA of 95�, and a separation of 10 arc seconds.

V Del

20h 47m 45.32s 19° 20m 2.38s Variable

C-8 B 2007-09-04 20:00:00

If seen at all, this star was barely visible, at approximately 11.5 Mv.

S 763

20h 48m 25.96s -18° 12' 6" Double

C-8 B 2008-08-16 23:30:00

A dull pair. I record a PA of 293�, and a separation of 14.9 arc seconds.

STF 2732

20h 48m 42.73s 51° 54m 37s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 10 20:1:43

A pretty, unequal pair.

STF 2731

20h 49m 0.63s 39° 47m 29s Double

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 11 20:37:39

Field not found!

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 11 21:3:33

An OK unequal pair, white. Data as per the WDC.

T Aqr

20h 49m 56.48s -5° 8' 52.66" Variable

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 11 19:29:24

Below 12mv, the limit in tonight's sky.

N_6981

20h 53m 30s -12° 32' 0" Globular

C-8 P 2007-10-13 21:00:00

A faint, but resolvable globular. The stars are 14 mv and fainter, although with averted vision, the cluster was well granulated. I expect I was glimpsing 15th mv stars. Much smaller than M55.

STF 2735

20h 55m 40.63s 4° 31m 57s Double

2009 8 23 22:22:46

NF!

C-8 Little Tycho 2009 12 3 21:23:43

A close, difficult to resolve pair. As per the WDC.

N_6992

20h 56m 24s 31° 43m 0s Nebula

C-8 P 2007-09-12 22:30:00

The western branch of the Veil. A large, faint, pale arc of nebulosity in a glorious field. Superb at 36x

STF 2738

20h 58m 32.22s 16° 26m 12s Double

C-8 B 2006-08-04 21:00:00

A "swept up " double. A pair of 7.5-8.5 Mv stars separated by 15 ". WDS gives the same values!

C-8 B 2007-09-04 20:00:00

A nice white pair. 7.5 - 8.5 Mv, approximately 12" separation. WDC: PA: 256, Sep: 15.0, Mv: 7.51, Mvb: 8.57, Sp: F5V A0

C-8 B 2007-09-30 21:30:00

Swept up double. 15" separation, 250� position angle. 7.5 - 8.5. WDC: position angle: 256, Sep: 15.0, Mv: 7.51, Mvb: 8.57, Sp: F5V A0

N_6994

20h 59m 0s -12° 38' 0" Open Cl

C-8 P 2007-09-12 22:00:00

"Messier's Mistake". An easily made one. This little asterism does indeed seem to have a glow of nebulosity or a cloud of very faint stars around it. It is now not even thought to be a cluster.

STF 2737

20h 59m 4.54s 4° 17m 37s Double

C-8 B 2008-07-15 02:00:00

A pretty pair. I record 10.8 arc seconds separation with a position angle of 69.5�, WDC: 9.4 arc seconds separation, position angle: 84�.

V1541 Cyg

20h 59m 11.79s 47° 35m 58.89s Variable

C-8 B 2008-08-21 22:08:00

As bright as the comparison star.