Double Star session with 15x70's.

[Ciaran Meier]

Availed of an unexpected clear spell this evening to get out with the Stellar II 15x70 bins.  As there's a youthful moon hanging around decided to tour a collection of nice wide doubles. 

Gemini

18 Gem. 4.1m  8.0m. Seperation: 112.6"

STT83.  A  C   7.2m   7.8m  Sep: 122.5"

STF1088.  A  C  7.4m  8.7m  Sep: 112.0"

STTA80.  Really nice multiple system.

STF1007. A  D  7.4m 7.7m  Sep: 67.7"

STTA75.  7.7m   8.8m  Sep: 46.9"

Auriga

ES576.  A  C  8.1m  8.9m  Sep: 42.5"

STTA63.  6.5m  7.7m  Sep: 76.0"

Leo

Regulus.  A  B  1.4m  8.2m  Sep: 175.2"

Tau Leo.  A  B   5.1m  7.5m   Sep: 89.4"

Was really great fun spending a few hours tracking these down in the binoculars.  STTA80 was the highlight, a pleasing compact triangle of stars in orbital association.  What more could you want ?  😀

Ciaran. 

 

[Stormbringer]

awesome mate glad you enjoyed yourself 🌌

[mark81]

Ciaran, 

Nice set of doubles there - better have a look at a few of these myself...

I must gather a list of binocular doubles which have different colours to them...

Mark

[Ciaran Meier]

54 minutes ago, mark81 said:

I must gather a list of binocular doubles which have different colours to them...

That list of mine might not be the best for colour contrast.  Was more about the challenge of finding them. STTA80 was really nice though, going to get the scope on this next session. 

Ciaran. 

Here's a list of general targets I've  been building this last few years. There's a few doubles listed on it which would probably be the the showcase examples. 

 

Astro Targets V12.pdf

Edited March 31, 2020 by Ciaran Meier
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