Bootes wonders.

[cotterless45]

Lovely to get a clear gap before the Moon rises , after a very mixed weather bag. I had a look at the Methuselah star in Libra , low in the east , one of the oldest stars known and sitting alone .A few globular , not getting dark enough for anything useful.

Bootes was nicely placed to sit at the scope, Vixen 102, 5.5mm, 13mm and the book of double stars ( Sissy Haas). Bootes is packed full with some lovely colourful binaries,

1 Bootis,a delicate variable at 4.5"

Σ1785 pair of eyes at 2.8"

Σ1812 very contrast by averted

kappa Bootis a gorgeous 13.8"

iota ( Acsellus secundus) , lovely contrast between the +4.7 and +7.4 primary

Σ1825 great contrast at 4.4"

Σ1835 contrast at 6.2"

Pi Bootis at 5.4"

Izar , a real gem , use a bit of mag to tease out the primary at 2.9 ", beauty !

Σ1879 at 1.7"

Σ 1884 a close beauty at 2.1"

Σ1889 about x40 gets it in the heart of the  fov with a delicate companion

39 Bootis again x40 picked this at 2.6"

Σ1886 , picked out this with the 13mm

Xi Bootis 5.4"

ΟΣ 288 this is 1.1" , caught a glimpse using about x250

Σ1910 twins at x100, 3.8"

delta Bootis , beautiful vivid orange, wide at 106"

Alkalurops, gem of a triple down to 1.5", well worth finding and teasing out

ΟΣ298 a more challenging triple.

Superb session, lovely to watch Cygnus climb into those promising summer skies, under clear skies ! Nick.

 

 

[Doc]

A great list as always, I also have the Sissy Haas book, great little book packed full of targets.

[wookie1965]

Well I have another list for Bootes now, some nice Struve and Otto Struve doubles there look forward to getting them.

[Littleguy80]

2 hours ago, cotterless45 said:

lovely to watch Cygnus climb into those promising summer skies

Great report, Nick. I was up in the small hours looking at the planets. As I packed up, I did cast an eye at Cygnus with a real sense of anticipation. There's so much waiting there that I can't wait to get a look at!

[Pig]

Nice one Nick, I will give these a go at my next siting ?