2022-10-27

• Condition: G6
• Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

9:07PM

• Target: ι Trianguli
• Const: Triangulum
• RaDec: 02h12m +30.18
• Type: Star (Double)
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 150x
• Double: AB: 60°

Found south-east of β Trianguli. Close split, both appear a cold white-blue.

9:16PM

• Target: λ Arietis
• Const: Aries
• RaDec: 01h57m +23.36
• Type: Star (Double)
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 59x
• Double: AB: 50°

Cool white color. Almost thought it was a multiple star at first since caught a glimpse of a “glint” of light between the primary and secondary.

9:21PM

• Target: γ Arietis
• Const: Aries
• RaDec: 01h53m +19.18
• Type: Star (Double)
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 59x
• Double: AB: 0° or 180°

Can not tell which is the primary and which is the secondary, so I’m recording both PA’s. Both are white in color, but only one of them has a little yellow in it.

9:39PM

• Target: M 33, Triangulum/Pinwheel Galaxy
• Const: Triangulum
• RaDec: 01h33m +30.39
• Type: Spiral Galaxy
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 21x, AV

Only detectable at the lowest magnifications. It’s even detectable in my finder-scope. The moment I zoom in past 21x, I loose it completely. This object is so faint I can’t make out much more than a guess of a size with AV. I can detect a “patch” of something there between the 4 stars, and it seems to be large enough to mostly occupy that space, but I cannot get any details.

9:49PM

• Target: 65 Piscium
• Const: Pisces
• RaDec: 00h49m +27.43
• Type: Star (Double)
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 150x
• Double: AB: 100° or 280°

Very close and for some reason I had a ton of trouble getting a clear focus. No matter how much I micro-focused, it remained semi-blurry. I was able to get it clear enough to guess the PA though. Both appear white-blue in color.

9:55PM

• Target: ψ 1 Piscium
• Const: Pisces
• RaDec: 01h05m +21.28
• Type: Star (Double)
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 59x
• Double: AB: 160°

The split was immediately visible. Similar in size and brightness. White color.