I 917

Eddy O’connor
Star: I 917
Date & Time: Sunday, May 13th  2001, 
6:30 - 8:00 p.m local; UT +9. 
Seeing: 5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>.  
Transparency: 6/10 
Location of site: Terara, New South Wales, Australia. 
150º.38E; 34º.52S 
Site classification 
Conditions: High humidity and low fog. No Moon. 
Temperature: 9ºC 
Sky darkness: 5.5 <Limiting magnitude>  
Telescope: 8" Newt. F9 
Eyepieces: 25mm K, 12.5 mm Ortho 
Magnification: 73x, 146x 
 
My charts list this as Don 1104 but the appearance and distance of the pair suggests I am on target. Like the previous two stars it lies somewhere near where the left stirrup would lie should you ever decide to ride this beast.(Now there's a thought!).

Comments: A very faint almost equal pair just split at low power. A very dark field noted and no colours seen. HS3