2022-09-22

• Condition: G5
• Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

9:15PM

• Target: 31 Cygni
• Const: Cygnus
• RaDec: 20h13m +46.44
• Type: Star (Multiple)
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 59x
• Double: AB: 170°, AC: 310°

Easily found west of Deneb. Primary is a yellow-orange, secondary looks to be a violet-blue, and trinary, third seems to be white.

9:21PM

• Target: 61 Cygni
• Const: Cygnus
• RaDec: 21h06m +38.45
• Type: Star (Double)
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 59x
• Double: AB: 150°

Easily found again. Southeast of Deneb. Both primary and secondary are a yellow color.

9:44PM

• Target: β Cephei
• Const: Cepheus
• RaDec: 21h28m +70.34
• Type: Star (Double)
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 59x, ½ Stop down, AV
• Double: AB: 270°

Took me a while to see the sibling. Very dim compared to the primary. I had to remove the Barlow lens, add a stop-down, fine adjust the focus, tap the lens and rely on AV in order to see it.