Two in a view

[RobertI]

Poor seeing, a bright sky, breezy with some cloud - not an ideal recipe for a good session but I did bag a few interesting doubles with the 150P; Iota Cancri - a lovely wide double with a bright yellow primary and fainter blue/white scecondary; HR4028 - two members of 4 and 6.5 separated by 1.5", only just achievable in the poor conditions.

The highlight though was two doubles in the same FOV - at 60x I could see both Kappa and Iota Bootis - a lovely sight and worth seeking out even in the smallest of scopes! Kappa comprised a creamy yellow primary and grey/white secondary separated by 13". Iota comprised a bright white primary faint secondary separated by 38". Rough sketch below.

 

I searched for some interesting open clusters but there is precious little about in the spring*. Time to put the 150P away and break out the C8 for some galaxy observing or a bit of EAA I think?

Rob

* Edit - I can only see the eastern half of the sky so can no longer see most of the winter constellations by the time I get out.

Edited February 21, 2020 by RobertI

[Jiggy 67]

Nice sketch, certainly inspired me to go hunting for those doubles, 2 for the price of one....nice

[domstar]

Very nice. 2 more for my list. I'm looking forward to the galaxy season too.