3 Pegasi
Richard Harshaw 
Star: 3 Pegasi
Date & Time: September 5, 2001,
0230 to 0510 UT
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparncy: 6 to 7 (variable, due to high hazy clouds) <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Northern Kansas City,
Missouri (USA). 39º15' N, 94º30'W
980 ft above Mean Sea Level
Site classification: suburban 
Sky darkness: -- <Limiting magnitude>
Telescope: Celestron C-8m C-11
Magnification: 112x, 311x
Harshaw Scale: 2 <1-5; 1 best>		 HD Number 205811
ADS 15147
Position:  2138+0637  Rating:  2
Components:
 A:  6m, A0 V
 B:  8.3m, F2 V, 39” @ 349 
Year of last AB Measure:  1934
Distance (l.y.): 257, Luminosity (Suns): 23.3
Observed colors:  W, B 

Observations: Observed at 112x.  Easy.  yW and W this pass. 
Just N lies a very nice curved arc of four brightish stars (around 9-10m), with the pair just to the NNW of 3 Peg being a nice double— ~10" @ 340, both 10m.  (It is cataloged as OS 443.)
Webb saw them as W and pB.

Notes: Star A is a spectroscopic binary and an occultation double.
First measure 39.1" @ 349.
The stars share common proper motion.
 

 
Bob Hogeveen
Star: 3 Pegasi
Date & Time: Sep 5, 2001; 22.15 
Seeing: 4 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Annen, The Netherlands
53 N, 6 E
Site classification: Village-backyard 
Sky darkness: Varying with the clouds 
Telescope: Swarovski AT80, 80mm f/6 spottingscope
Binoculars: Leica Trinovid 10x42 
Magnification: 10x, 20x, 60x
Harshaw Scale: 3 <1-5; 1 best>		 At the moment of observation this double was almost in the south. The PA of 349° gave it a almost exactly vertical orientation. In this case the special orientation added to the view. 3 Peg is a pleasing double for a small telescope, the stars are bright, the separation is a bit large (39") but not too large. Best view is with 20x. A is white and B seemed to have a "dirty" yellowish hue, but that could be due to the sky-condition.

3 Peg was also split with the bino, but needed an absolute steady moment. The bino observation was very short, the stars were already disappearing again in the clouds.
3 Peg forms a funny (yes, another one) asterism with three fieldstars which form an almost straight sloping line above and sideways of the double. It looks like the roof of a shelter that protects the beatiful double from interstellar duststorms or other threats from deepspace...

 

 
John Ryan
Star: 3 Pegasi
Date & Time: 6 Sept 2001 ( 21:15 UT)
Seeing: 4+ <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Barreras, Salamanca, Spain.
Site classification: Rural, Suburban.
Conditions: moon 3 days past full , fairly dry but with gusts of wind.
Sky darkness: 3+ <Limiting magnitude> much light due to moon
Telescope: Meade 8" SCT mounted on a Losmandy GM8.
Eyepieces: 20mm plossl
Magnification: 100X
Harshaw Scale: 3 <1-5; 1 best>		 Easy split of a wide double at 100X. Magnitudes of the two components seem closer than those listed. Primary white, secondary tint of blue. 

 
Paolo Morini
Star: 3 Pegasi
Date & Time:15 Sept 2001
23.30 to 00.45 (local time, UT+2)
Seeing: 8-9 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: 10
Location of site: Sena de Luna, Leon, Spain
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 6 <Limiting magnitude>
Temperature: about 12ºC
Telescope: Vixen 20x100 bincoulars 
Magnification: 20x		 My first report after moving my house,I am in the beautiful ambience of Dias de Luna. After struggling around Epsilon Pegasi I found my way through the stars. Very clearly split, a fine doubles for big bnoculars. Typical ambience of Spirit of 33, many dogs
barking in the night, nobody stops them 
 
 

 

 
Mary Flanagan
Star: 3 Pegasi
Date & Time: 26 Sep 2001 02:29 UTC;
Seeing: 5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: 5
Location of site: Apple Valley MN, USA
93d 14m 25s W; 44d 45m 17s N
Site classification: Suburban 
Sky darkness: 3 <Limiting magnitude>
Telescope: 12.5" f/5 Dobsonian 
Magnification: 106x		 Pretty one; slight magnitude difference noted. I saw the primary as greenish. Had some difficulty with the color of the secondary; it almost seemed to have a pinkish color.
 

 

 
Jim Phillips
Star: 3 Pegasi
Date & Time: Sept. 29, 2001
Seeing: 6-7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Hodges, South Carolina, USA
Site classification: Suburban.
Temperature: 54ºF
Sky darkness: --- <Limiting magnitude>
Telescope: AP 155 F/7 Apochromat
Magnification: ---		 White, Bluish (yellowish?) Having a difficult time with the colors here. Very nice equal white pair in field (OE 443).

 
William Schart
Star: 3 Pegasi
Date & Time: October 7, 2001
2123 and 22:00 CDT
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Killeen, Texas, USA
Site classification: Suburban.
Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude>
Telescope: Celestron-8
Eyepieces: 25mm, 10mm, CMG
Magnification: 80x, 200x, 165x		 A wide spaced pair, both appearing blue. There is about 1 mag difference between the 2. There is a bent line of stars to the north, with a second pair located at the vertex of this line, to which 3 points.

I estimated the separation of this pair at about 10' and the PA at about 345d, by comparison with 3. I latter used Cartes de Ciel to ID the star as STT 443, mag: 9.47/9.67, sep/PA 8.2"/348d. As to 3 itself, I got a sep of 39.8" and a PA of 349.8d (ave of 5 meas.)

 

 
Eddy O’connor
Star: 3 Pegasi
Date & Time: October 14th  2001
8-9.30 p.m local; UT +9
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Terara, New South Wales, Australia
34º52S, 150º.38E
Site classification: Suburban - Rural
Temperature: 18ºC
Sky darkness: 5 - 5.5, No Moon <Limiting magnitude>
Telescope: 8" Newt. F9
Eyepieces: 25mm K, 12.5 mm Ortho
Magnification: 73x, 146x
Harshaw Scale: 2 <1-5, (1 best)>		 This is a refreshingly wide double in a small naked-eye threesome with Peg 4 and 7, which could mark the eye of the equine.

Comments: The primary star is Whitish blue and the secondary a Bluish white. The delightful pair is set in a bow-shaped crown of stars in the north of the field.
 
 
 
 

 

 
Dave Moore 
Star: 3 Pegasi
Date & Time: 21st October 2001
19.55-22.00 BST 
Seeing: 3 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Charminster, Bournemouth, Dorset
51ºN, 1ºW
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 4.3 <Limiting magnitude>
Moon: 4 Days Old, but below horizon
Bootle Scale: 8 (Suburban/Urban)
Telescope: 8" Meade LX-90 SCT f/10 (Lucy)
Eyepieces: 30mm Celestron Ultima (67x), 
26mm Meade Super Plossl (77x), 
12.5mm Celestron Ultima (160x), 
2x Barlow
Magnification used: 67x
 		 Wide at 67x. Primary star is slightly brighter than its companion. As with Struve 2804, the colours are white and blue-white. However, the field both stars are in is spectacular. At 67x, the view is magnificent. There is a curved line of four almost-equally spaced 9th 
and 10th magnitude stars nearby, giving an effect like the head of Scorpius, with Struve 2804 and its companion playing the part of Antares and Sigma Scorpii. Magnificent! This star is definitely going into the memory of the Autostar.
 
 
 

 
 
 
Tim Leese
Star: 3 Pegasi
Date & Time: 24 October 2001 ( 21:30UT )
Seeing: 5-6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Northwich, Cheshire. UK.
53° 15' N -2º 33' W
Site classification: Suburban
Conditions: Clear sky in patches of drifting cloud.
Moon(1st Quarter)
Sky darkness: 3.0 ( UMi ) <Limiting magnitude>
Telescope: 200mm f/6 Newtonian reflector mounted over a Vixen GP mount (manual slow motion).
Eyepieces: 20mm plossl and 9mm orthoscopic.
Magnification: X60, X133.
 		 Using a magnification of X60 gave a very nice view of this double star located in the centre of a very busy field.
 
A magnification of X134 showed a white primary with a pale yellow companion.  There was an intriguing faint double star nearby (north preceding) with almost the same PA.