A night of double delights.

Hey there everyone.

I managed to get out last night for the first time this week, the streetlights are still out, yay!

Initially I got some views of the moon with my 127mm refractor, when it got too low I turned to the doubles.

I started off in Cassiopeia where I bagged the following:

Struve 163, a highly recommended double consisting of an orange primary and blue secondary.
Struve 182, a pair of unequal white stars.
Struve 3053, a beautiful yellow primary abd fainter white companion.
h1088, a pair of unequal white stars.
H V 82, there are equal yellow suns and displaying some pretty colours.
Otto Struve 23, a pair of even white members.
Otto Struve 254, another stunning pair, the primary is a deep red with a topaz coloured companion, well worth seeking out.

I then moved onto Perseus:

h 1123 a faint pair of white stars in M34.
Theta Persei, an unequal pair consisting of a yellow primary with a blue companion, the colours are akin to Albireo.
Struve 297, an equal pair of white stars.
Arg 9, an extremely tight pairing, both white in colour, there was little space between the pair.
Struve 301, the rpimary looked yellow/white in colour with a pale blue secondary.
Struve 336, the yellow primary is a magnitude brighter than the pale blue secondary, a nice colour contrast.
Struve s 558, another unequal pair, the primary is a couple of magnitudes brighter than the companion, they are also in close proximity and this made the secondary difficult to pick out.
Struve 360, another tight pair, being of equal magnitude these white stars were easier to separate than the previous pair, even if they were roughly of the same seraration.
Struve 369, a yellow primary outshone its pale blue companion, the secondary is faint.
Struve 388, another very tight pair, the primary is a couple of magnitudes brighter and the colour of the secondary is hard to make out.

I gave up around 2.30 and retired a happy man.

Well then Paul, Murphy wasn't so unkind after all! Glad you finally got a chance to get out, hope the ilness has passed.

SHHHHHHH!!!!!

The wife's maiden name is Murphy so we don't say Murphy's Law around here, we use another name.

Oops! Sorry! :lol:

Any member of the Sods family on the forum?