backyard - yep, clear out!

by Mark Bracewell

Clear and bloody cold but squeezed in four more doubles tonight before dew got me...

32 Eridani Gamma Leporis
55 Eridani - nice colors

And the best was:
Beta Monocerotis STF 919
A: 4.6
B/C: 5.0 / 5.3
Separation: 7.3 / 2.9
Position Angle: 132 / 108

San Jose 2005-1-4 19h54m ( TU + -8h00m )
80mm Nighthawk 17mm 28x, 4.8mm 100x
limiting mag 4.2, seeing 7/10
very cool triple, all yellow
@ 28x looks like a pair of same magnitude
@ 100x B star becomes another pair, identical mag, very close but with clean separation BC looks like a pair of kidney beans hugging as the dark line between makes them look oval at eyepiece estimated PA AB 145, BC 110

Posted on sf-bay-tac Jan 04, 2005 23:06:59 PT
Converted by report.pm 1.2 Jan 25, 2005 19:35:32 PT