Besides Ray Cash's accidently discovery of Sh2-157 last Saturday night, I was scanning around looking for the faint galaxy cluster Abell 2589 in Pegasus with my 17.5" f/4.4 and bumped into a striking quartet of stars in a "double-double" arrangement that I was previously unware of. All of a suddent I was staring at a pair of evenly matched doubles and although the components were only 8-9th magnitude they appeared a close second to THE "Double-Double" in Lyra. I'm not much of a double star observer but I coudn't believe this quadruple wasn't well known and called over Mark Wagner to take a look.

I jotted down the rough position and checked out the SAC Double Star database after returning home. It turns out I stumbled across Struve 3102 and Struve 3103. Together, they form a pretty remarkable sight - Struve 3012 has components 8.2/9.3 at 2.8" and Struve 3013 (less than 1' away) consists of a 9.0/9.8 pair at 3.1".

Mark mentioned at the eyepiece (I was observing at 220x) that the doubles appeared wider than their more famous cousin, but you can see not by very much! If anyone wants to take a look next time out, the position is 23h 27.8m +16d 38'. Unfortunately, I was so excited with this find that I forgot to continue the search for Abell 2589 which Jim Shields had earlier in the evening tracked down in his scope. Oh, well, lose one - gain one!