Location: home,
Equipment:
EPs:
TV Plossl 32mm, 50 deg (84x, 2.2mm exit pupil, 0.59 deg TFV)
TV Delite 18.2mm. 62 deg (148x, 1.2mm exit pupil, 0.42 deg TFV)
TV Delite 11mm, 62 deg (245x, 0.7mm exit pupil, 15’ TFV)
TV Delite 7mm, 62 deg (386x, 0.5 exit pupil, 9.6’ TFV)
The weather finally turning for the better. Sunday morning I have managed sunny window to try my new Lunt 50mm
20:30. I have started with asteroids. However, half Moon was high and combined with light pollution has worsen my star detection limit considerably. There were hardly any faint background stars visible in the
21:08. Last week I had a productive session in Virgo and since it was again in the good portion of sky I have continued where I left there.
VIRGO DOUBLES
STF 1668 (7.8, 8.1, 1.1”) – yellow pair, snowman split at 245x, split by hair at 386x.
Gamma Vir (aka STF 1670, 3.5, 3.5, 12.1, 8.9, 9.5, ab2.6”, ad175.8”, ae260.4”, af422.5”). AB – beautiful pair of rich golden stars, highly recommended! This time however I came for the wide components, D, E and F. All three are white, providing nice contrast to the AB colors (148x).
STF 1673 AB (9.2, 10.9, 53”) – yellow pair (84x).
STF 1674 (8.8, 9.3, 2.4”) – yellow pair, tight split (148x).
STF 1677 (7.3, 8.1, 15.9”) – yellow pair (84x).
STT 577 (5.8, 8.7, 143”) – rich orange color of the primary is the main attraction of this wide pair (84x).
BUP 145 AC (6.1, 10.0, 139.2”) – beautiful combination of two off-white colors: snow-white and silvery (84x).
STF 1681 (8.9, 8.9, 9.2”) – pale yellow pair (84x).
STF 1682 (6.6, 9.7, 12.5, ab29.3”, ac142.1”) – colorful A (golden) and B (silver) pair with gray spec of C in a distance (148x).
STF 1683 (8.4, 10.7, 15.7”) – orange, navy (84x).
STF 1689 (7.1, 9.1, 29.2”) – orange, bluish (84x).
Delta Vir (aka BUP 146, 3.6, 11.8, 192.1”) – rich golden main with silvery spec in a distance (84x).
STF 1690 (7.2, 8.9, 5.9”) – blue, white, nice colors (84x).
STT 256 (7.3, 7.6, 1.1”) – yellow pair, tight clean split (386x).
STF 1693 (9.9, 10.5, 8.7”) – yellow pair (84x).
STF 1703 (8.1, 11.4, 8.7”) – yellow, gray (148x).
STF 1701 (7.6, 9.9, 21.4”) – golden, bluish (84x).
STF 1704 (5.8, 10.3, 20.8”) – snow-white, dark blue, nice color contrast (84x).
STF 1706 (7.8, 12.1, 31”) – orange, gray (148x).
STF 1708 (9.2, 10.4, 11.6”) – yellow, grayish yellow (84x).
Epsilon Vir (aka BUP 147, 2.8, 11.9, 272.8”) – once again the main attraction is the beautiful bright golden color of the main. Secondary is a gray spec in a distance, detected with AV (148x).
STF 1710 (9.5, 10.5, 2.6”) – yellow, gray (386x).
BU 928 AB (8.7, 9.6, 2.4”) – yellowish pair (386x).
STF 1712 (10.2, 10.6, 9.1”) – yellow pair (84x).
STF 1716 (8.3, 10.5, 12.9, ab2.9”, ac75.3’) – yellow, silver, gray (386x).
Finished around 23:00. Despite the bright Moon I have enjoyed this session better than last week. Mainly due to better seeing. Not just because I was able to push to high powers and split a few tough doubles, but also because the stars looked sharper, with richer colors.
I should also give it to the 7”