| Tom Teague | ||||
| Star:
59 Andromeda
Date & Time: 2000 October 19 (2010 UT) Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Location of site: Chester, England (53 11 08N; 02 51 39W) Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: 4.5 <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: 63mm Zeiss Telementor refractor Magnification: x47, x140 |
Well seen at both powers. Both stars appear white. PA estimated
at 30 degrees. There is a fainter companion about 1.5' to the south.
Ambience: As I put my eye to the telescope, I saw a bright, very
slow meteor shooting up from the E horizon towards the zenith.
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| Mary Flanagan | ||||
| Star:
59 Andromeda
Date & Time: 19 Oct 2000 04:43 UT; 18 Oct 11:43 CDT Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Transparency: 8 <1 - 10> Location of site: Apple Valley MN, USA 93d 14m 25s W; 44d 45m 17s N Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: 4 <limiting magnitude> Telescope: 8" f/6 Dobsonian Magnification: 80x |
OK little pair, pale blue, not quite equal in magnitude
but near enough to have a bit of the headlight effect.
Ambience: Last night was unusually warm for October in Minnesota, and we had better than average seeing and transparency. The usual neighborly lights were present, but for once, my section of sky was in the opposite direction from their wattage. It did get a little chilly later, so I decided to finish up with my
first look at Saturn for the year. Unfortunately, I'd misjudged the altitude,
and the God of Grouch wasn't quite high enough above our garage roof.
I settled for a nice look at the Pleiades through the finder, came inside,
and was met at the door by the cat & dog, both swearing that they hadn't
been fed in a week.
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| Tim Leese | ||||
| Star:
59 Andromeda
Date & Time: 21-October-2000 ( 21:15 UT ) Seeing: 6-7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Cheshire. UK 53° 15' N –2º 33' W Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: 4.4 <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: 200mm f/6 Newtonian scope mounted over a Vixen GP mount (manual slow motion). Any Quoted PA or SEP using micro guide. Magnification: X120, ( X96 Microguide )
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At x120 magnification I found an almost equal pair of
white-blue/white stars ( another pair of cats eyes )
Using the microguide at X96 the PA between the two stars was estimated
to be 30deg. In the micoguide FOV though the primary star seemed to have
slight yellow tint to it.
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| Thad Robosson | ||||
| Star:
59 Andromeda
Date & Time: 21, October, 2000 Seeing: 7-8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Location of site: Phoenix, USA Site classification: Decidedly Urban Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude> Temperature: about 70ºF Telescope: 90mm ETX MakCas Magnification: 39x |
At the midrange of visibility with this scope, but proves an easy split
at 39x. The west most one appeared to be the primary so I originally est.
PA at 20°, later revised to 30°. Both stars exhibit Pennys'
problem of color swapping between white and blue. A second, longer
glance showed the comp. holding the blue color for a longer period.
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| Patrick J. Anway | ||||
| Star: 59 Andromeda
Date & Time: October 31, 2000 03:00 UT Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Location of Site: Munising Michigan USA Site Classification: Rural Sky darkness: 6 <limiting magnitude> Sky condition: Small crescent moon; no clouds Temperature: 38ºF 6ºC Telescope: Zeiss 63mm/840mm f/13.3 Magnification: 53X, 84X
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Split at 53X and 84X both components were white with the
companion showing a definite orange tint. The colors seem to differ considerably
from one observer to another; for Smyth saw them as bluish white and pale
violet, while Olcott records a yellow primary and blue companion. 59 was
barely visible with an unaided eye......I guess, at times, my limiting
magnitude was better than 6.0.
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| Richard Harshaw | ||||
| Star: 59 Andromeda (STF 222,
ADS 1683)
Location of site: Northern Kansas City, Missouri (USA) 94d 30m west longitude, 39d 15m north latitude 980 ft above Mean Sea Level Date of observations (UT): Nov 2, 2000 at 2330 Site classification: suburban Sky conditions: seeing-- 8 out of 10 (at times, approaching 9) transparency-- 7 out of 10 (high, thin and spotty clouds, taking perhaps 1magnitude from the starlight) limiting visual magnitude-- 4.0 mag Telescope: Celestron C-8 Eyepiece: 20mm, 104x |
Year of first measurement: 1831, 16.7 / 36
Year of last measurement: 1993 Distance (light years): 1,700 Luminosity (in suns): 1,240 Eyepiece and magnification: 20mm, 104x Colors noted: bW and W. Star A rotates at 192 kps. The field is very rich but faint. I rated the pair a 1. |
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| Bill Reinehr | ||||
| Star:
59 Andromeda (STF 222, ADS 1683)
Date & Time: November 10, 2000, 01:15 UTC Seeing: 7+ (nearly full moon but still )< <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Pflugerville, Texas, USA (30 degrees N.) Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: 3.9 <Limiting magnitude> Temperature: 50° F. Telescope: Vixen 80mm Fluorite, f/8 on Custom D altaz mount Magnification: 29x (22mm Vixen SW) |
Easy at 29x. No color noted.
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| Rafael Benavides | ||||
| Star:
59 Andromeda (STF 222, ADS 1683)
Date & Time: 15-December-2000 (20 h 00 m UT) Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Posadas (Córdoba), Spain 37º 48' N - 5º 08' 30" W 100 mts over sea level Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: 5.4 <Limiting magnitude> Temperature: 7ºC Telescope: Helios 120 mm f/8.3 achromatic refractor Eye Piece(s): Plossl 20 mm, Plossl 10 mm, Microguide 12.5 mm, 2x Barlow, diagonal prism |
It's a very pretty bright pair at 50x. The primary star
of this system seemed to be white colour with the secondary a blue-white.
I made five pairs of separation and PA measures using the MicroGuide at
263x and got an average of 16"8 arcsecs in PA 34º5.
Rating: 2
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| Luis and Salvador Lahuerta (G.E.O.D.A) | ||||
| Star: 59 Andromeda (STF 222,
ADS 1683)
Date & Time: 9, December, 2000. 20h – 24 h (U.T). Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Aras, Valencia, Spain. GPS coordinates: 39º 55' 28" N (39,92) 01º 07' 49" W (1,13). Site classification: Rural Sky darkness: 6 <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: Meade S/C LX200 10" Eyepieces: diagonal prism, MA 12 mm astrometric eyepiece (both fromMEADE).
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Primary colour: blue
Secondary colour: yellow Separation: 16.9” PA: 35º
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