Finishing Taurus.

[cotterless45]

Part two into Taurus. Waiting for the stars , I noticed Andromeda and an old favourite marked on the map , Σ3050 a good target, http://www.theskyscrapers.org/double-stars-in-andromeda

Over to Taurus, these I found challenging and worth finding,

Σ523 a delicate companion making a triangle at x100.

52 Tau (phi) a ghostly speck, giving good colour at x50.

59 Tau (chi) very delicate at x50, then a blue secondary at x150.

Σ545 a delicacy near the Hyades at x50. With similar delicacy at

Σ548.

Σ559 was just spectacular at x50 showing the 3" split.

88 Tau showed a ghostly secondary at x50.

Σ572 showed twin bright eyes at x50.

Aldebaran shows a wide faint companion, quite easily.

For yellow and green try

Tau Tau at x50.

103 tau was by averted at x150.

Σ670 I found considerably wider than the noted 2.5" at x100 in a full field.

118 Tau gave a colourful pair at x60.

Two pairs some distance apart took some finding,

Σ740 and 742.

A lovely figure of eight showed the bright 1" split of Σ749, I'm sure that there was a planetary nebula nearby.

I tried a 40mm ep giving x30 views. The sky was dark without the Moon and it was a different experience picking out the wider doubles in often packed star fields under elusive ,

Clear skies !

Nick.

[alan potts]

Some good ones there Nick, sadly I have to wait a while for these to be in the right place. I either have to knock the house down or cut a walnut tree down, now where is that chainsaw.

Only other problem is the weather, terrible now for 11 days.

Alan.

[Qualia]

Looks like a great session, Nick. The weather has been pretty good the last fortnight here as well; two cloudy nights in the last 12. The week of 2rd to 9th was pretty much washed out with big fat moon and tiring week at work, but this week has been a lot more forthcoming. Last night took the TV 76 out for a first light session and just couldn't budge from Orion and Taurus. So many gorgeous rich field sights. It was a joy jumping from the 10" back to the 3" on the same targets, getting entirely different perspectives on the same entities. As you write, picking out cosmic wonders under darker, clearer skies is a delicious experience. Thanks again for the report

[cotterless45]

Yes I heard you had a flush of clear skies ! Enjoy !

Nick.

[cotterless45]

Here's the chart,

Some serious challenges here, either through separation or magnitudes. Have a shot,

ΟΣ82 1.2" split

Σ535 1.1"

80 Tau 1.6"

ΟΣ95 .9"

132 Tau 3.8" but 9.1 secondary and 5.0 primary, just couldn't spot it.

Nick.

[Marki]

T Tauri - easy split and a nice pair, but I don't see any green. Pale yellow and bluey white for me. Nice list though, Nick. Will take a while to work through

[markse68]

On 15/11/2014 at 15:52, cotterless45 said:

Here's the chart,

Some serious challenges here, either through separation or magnitudes. Have a shot,

ΟΣ82 1.2" split

Σ535 1.1"

80 Tau 1.6"

ΟΣ95 .9"

132 Tau 3.8" but 9.1 secondary and 5.0 primary, just couldn't spot it.

Nick.

This is a really old post- sorry Nick but I tried entering ΟΣ95 into skysafari but it doesn’t find it. Does it have a different name?  I know Σ is stf but what is ΟΣ? edit- it’s stt. Now i can find them

Thanks!

Mark

Edited August 29, 2022 by markse68

[wookie1965]

I didn't know there was that many doubles in Taurus I've wrote quite a few down thanks for posting. 

[MylesGibson]

I was unaware how many were in Taurus! I have the Cambridge double star book, but this has given a few more to look out for