| Richard Harshaw | ||||
| Star: Otto
Struve 514
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): 03:30, Oct 17, 2000 Site classification: suburban Sky conditions: seeing-- 8 out of 10 transparency-- 7 out of 10 limiting visual magnitude-- 4.5 mag Telescope: Celestron C-8 Eyepiece: 7.4mm Ortho (280x) |
B was very difficult, only being confirmed with averted
vision. There are two other faint stars in the same field, at a PA of approximately
330. The closer of the two is a deep red!
I'd rate this pair about 4 out of 5 (1 is best, 5 is poor). The companion is a spectroscopic binary and an infrared source. The primary is also a spectroscopic binary (0.1" separation), so the system is really a quadruple. |
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| Rafael Benavides | ||||
| Star:
Otto Struve 514
Date & Time: 19-October-2000 (21 h 00 m UT) Seeing: 6.5 <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: 5.6 <Limiting magnitude> Temperature: 17ºC Telescope: Helios 120 mm f/8.3 achromatic refractor Eye Piece(s): Plossl 7.5 mm, Microguide 12.5 mm, 2x Barlow, diagonal prism. |
Star: Otto Struve 514
00 h 04 m 36.6 s + 42º 05' 33.2" magnitudes: 6.13 (A2), 9.63 (Guide 6.0.) WDS 1991: 5"2 / 170º Observations: Using 133x (Plossl 7.5 mm) an unequal pair of stars was observed. The primary seemed pale yellow and the companion was too dim to say (maybe red). B is too dim for the MicroGuide.
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| Ilario Melandri | ||||
| Star:
Otto Struve 514
Date & Time: 1 nov 2000 , 19.42 UT Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Italy, Ravenna, San Romualdo, Lat 44 32’N Lon 12 08’E Elevation: 0 m Site classification: Rural Sky darkness: 4.5 <Limiting magnitude> Temperature: +9C Telescope: 150 mm f/15 achromatic refractor (lens by Romano Zen, Venice). Magnification: 140x (Plossl 16mm) |
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| Susan Delaney | ||||
| Star:
Otto Struve 514
Date & Time: 2000-11-21 (02:00 - 04:30 UT) Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: 9/10 Temperature: 32 F, w/wind chill 14 F Location of site: Fairfield, CT, USA Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: 4.7 <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: Discovery 10" DHQ f/5.6 Dobsonian Eyepieces and Magnification: 5mm Radian (284x), 10mm Plössl (142X), 22mm Nagler (64x) |
At 142x, the secondary star was much fainter than the primary. The
primary
appeared to have a very faint tinge of yellow to it giving it an extremely pale yellow color while the secondary was faint in comparison and looked white to my eye. Since the weather report said it was 14F with the wind chill, I donned my ski mask, neck gaiter, hat, parka, ski socks, snow boots, and a pair of lined gloves with a pair of fleece mittens over the gloves. I was warm and very comfortable for the entire session with this setup until the last half hour when my toes started to hurt from the cold but Orion had just cleared the trees and I was determined to stay out until I had spent time observing Orion too. After playing around with the DSC for the first half hour and not having
any success getting the blasted warp factor below .5, I decided to try
locating M31 with it to see how close it would get me to it and was pleasantly
surprised that it took within a 1 degree FOV. So I decided to tackle the
first 3 doubles on the 33-doubles list for Andromeda using the RA and Dec
guide feature. Noting which way I had to move the scope 1 degree to center
M31, I headed over to Otto Struve 514 And. There was a double in the FOV
and I am making a huge assumption that I was indeed viewing my targeted
double.
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