2022-09-22

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

9:15PM

• Target: 31 Cygni[1]
• Const: Cygnus
• RaDec: 20h13m +46°44
• Type: Star (Multiple)[2]
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 59x
• Double: AB: 170°, AC: 310°
• Image: ../images/2022-9-22_31Cygni.jpg[3]

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

[1] 31 Cygni (ID)

[2] Star (Multiple) (ID)

[3] ../images/2022-9-22_31Cygni.jpg

9:21PM

• Target: 61 Cygni[1]
• Const: Cygnus
• RaDec: 21h06m +38°45
• Type: Star (Double)[2]
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 59x
• Double: AB: 150°
• Image: ../images/2022-9-22_61Cygni.jpg[3]

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

[1] 61 Cygni (ID)

[2] Star (Double) (ID)

[3] ../images/2022-9-22_61Cygni.jpg

9:44PM

• Target: β Cephei[1]
• Const: Cepheus
• RaDec: 21h28m +70°34
• Type: Star (Double)[2]
• Scope: ST80
• Setting: 59x, 1/2 Stop down, AV
• Double: AB: 270°
• Image: ../images/2022-9-22_BetaCephei.jpg[3]

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.

[1] β Cephei (ID)

[2] Star (Double) (ID)

[3] ../images/2022-9-22_BetaCephei.jpg