This is another installation in my reports on notable binary stars across the winter sky. As before they were observed from my home patio
Cetus
HJ 323 – 6.0, 8.5, 62.8”, golden, orange – wide but colorful double. SLV 25mm (29x)
STF 49 – 7.1, 10, 8.7”, golden, silver - nice contrast. SLV 9mm (79x).
S 390 – 7.8, 7.9, 6.5” – close pair of identical white stars. SLV 9mm (79x).
STF 80 – 7.8, 7.9, 11.1, ab29.8”, ac179.7”, yellow, blue, gray – A and B – nice colors (29x), C – because I was already there (79x).
26 Cet AB – 6.1, 9.5, 16”, cream, bluish – nice contrast. SLV 15mm (48x).
STF 91 – 7.4, 8.6, 4.3”, yellow, white – tight split with SLV 5mm (143x).
37 Cet – 5.2, 7.9, 49.2”, golden, orange – pretty colors. SLV 25mm (29x).
STF 367 – 8.1, 8.2, 1.2”, white pair – figure “8” split. SLV 2.5mm (286x).
STF 330 – 7.3, 9.1, 8.6”, yellow blue – nicely presented in SLV 9mm (79x).
STF 323 – 7.8, 7.9, 2.7”, white pair – tight clean split with SLV 5mm (143x).
STF 280 – 8.0, 8.0, 3.7” – nice looking tight pair of orange tweens. SLV 5mm (143x).
STF 274 AB – 7.5, 7.6, 13.5” – pair of white identical stars nicely framed with SLV 15mm (48x).
Mira – 2-10, 9.0, 78” – rich copper color of famous variable Omi Cet is nicely contrasted with dimmer gun metal secondary. Must see!
Eridanus
STF 341 – 7.6, 10, 9”, yellow, navy – nice contrast. SLV 5mm (143x).
32 Eri – 4.8, 5.9, 10.5, ab6.9”, ac165.9”, orange, bluish, white – A and B – beautiful close pair, C – just because it was there.
HJ 2224 – 6.6, 9.8, 56.7”, orange, silver – nice contrast. SLV 25mm (29x).
39 Eri – 5.0, 8.5, 11.4, ab6.3”, ac133.7”, copper, purple, gray – AB – nice looking pair, C for completion. SLV 5mm (143x).
Omi 2 Eri – 4.4, 10.0, 11.5, ab83.7”, bc9”, lemon, white, ?? – this is an interesting triple. Component B is a white dwarf and C is a red dwarf. I did not manage to resolve C. Need to revisit with bigger guns.
STF 536 – 7.9, 8.7, 1.5”, white, white – secondary was picking at the moments of better seeing. SLV 2.5mm (286x).
HJ 342 AB – 7.8, 9.6, 17.2”, orange, navy – nice contrast. SLV 15mm (48x).
STF 560 – 6.3, 9.3, 29.5”, white, gun metal – nice contrast. SLV 15mm (48x).
STF 570 – 6.7, 7.6, 12.7” – neat pair of uneven white stars. SLV 15mm (48x).
STF 576 AB – 7.3, 7.9, 12.4” – another nice-looking pair of semi-equal white stars. SLV 15mm (48x).
55 Eri – 6.7, 6.8, 9.2” – yellow tweens split by hair in SLV 25mm (29x).
By 23:30 nearly full Moon has cleared the roof. I spent last few minutes of the session admiring lunar nooks and crannies in high definition provided by SV102ED/SLVs combo. Image maintained sharpens up to SLV 5mm (0.7mm exit pupil, 143x). With 2.5mm (0.36mm exit pupil, 286x) empty resolution kicked in. Lumicon Green #56 filter did a nice job cutting the glare and improving contrast of the features on the illuminated portion of the Moon.
This session my doubles total of 1103 overtook galaxy count of 1099. However, in two months (hopefully) I will be back to Anza and it will not take long to swing it back.