Observing in HD

Hi folks

Managed to get out for two hours earlier this evening, things were going well until the clouds rolled in. I managed to get the following doubles out of Taurus.

HD 23075: A nice yellow-white combo consisting of a 7.5 & 8.5 pair, wide at 13" I could split it at X59.
HD 23245: A truly nice pair of yellow and orange 6th magnitude stars, very wide at 127", easily split at X29. The colours are subtle, de-focussing shows the colours well.
HD 22766: A simple white pair of unequal 6th and 7th magnitude members, seen best at X93, a separation of 7 makes it an easy split.
HD 21743: A wide white pair of 6.5 and 7th magnitude stars, easily split due to its 11" separation.
HD 21700: 7th magnitude white stars separated by 6" are easily split at X59.
The above pair are seen in the same field of view at X59.
HD 22116: Equal magnitude 8th white stars make up this pair, separated by 7.4", with a PA of 185 they appear to be standing on top of each other.
HD 21775: A lovely lemon yellow 8.5 magnitude primary is joined by a white companion of similar magnitude. This is a tight pair with a separation of 2.6", I could see darkness between them at X93.

All of these stars are located in the region of M45 and very easy to track down by star hopping.

HD stands for Henry Draper, in case you were wondering, he was a 19th century doctor and amateur astronomer.

Thanks for looking.

Paul

Great report, Paul. I was also observing in Taurus last night before the clouds rolled in.

I was showing a visitor the Pleiades. Also nearby is a lovely double -double Struve 7 and Struve 401. Both split at a mere 40X. Perhaps you have seen them already.

I plan to show them tonight with the Dublin Sidewalk Astronomers.

Aubrey.