| Richard Harshaw | ||||
| Star:
Burnham 560
Date & Time: January 12, 2004 Seeing: 4 to 5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: 6 <1-10 Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Northern Kansas City, Missouri (USA), 94º 30m W, 39º 15m N 980 ft above Mean Sea Level Site classification: suburban Conditions: Sky darkness: <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: Celestron C-11 Eyepieces: Magnification: 339x Rating Scale: 3M <1 to 5 (1 being outstanding view, to 5, a dismal view) and letter E, M or D (easy, moderate or difficult)> |
Observed at 339x. W, W. Not easy in tonight's seeing. | |||
| Morgan Spangle | ||||
| Star:
Burnham 560
Date & Time: 1/23/2004 Seeing: 4 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: 9 <1-10 Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Larchmont, NY 40.55.26N, 73.44.43W Site classification: Suburban Conditions: Much steadier conditions, still very cold, between 0 and -5F. Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: Borg 101ED, f6.4 Eyepieces: Celestron Axiom 23mm, Takahashi Ortho 18mm, 7mm, 2.8mm, mounted in Borg turret eyepiece holder Magnification: 28x, 36x, 91x, 228x |
Didn't even attempt this
one the first night, but got it tonite, split at 228X, made me think I
like the telescope! Very close and dim at this magnification, but cleanly
split, which led me to try.
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| Gordon Nason | ||||
| Star:
Burnham 560
Date & Time: 12th February 2004 Seeing: 4->3 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: <1-10 Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Co. Dublin, Ireland 53 19 48 N / 6 15 0 W Site classification: Suburban Conditions: Sky darkness: 3.5 <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: Celestron 5" SCT Eyepieces: TeleVue - 13mm Nagler T6, 8mm Radian Magnification: 96x, 156x |
Could not split it or even
detect an elongation in the poor seeing.
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| Steve Bodin | ||||
| Star:
Burnham 560
Date & Time: 9 Feb 2004, 8 pm to 10 pm local Seeing: 4-5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: good Location of site: Silverdale WA, USA 47N 123W Site classification: suburb-rural Conditions: temp 34F, damp Sky darkness: 5 <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: Celestron C8 Eyepieces: not used Additional: DX-8263SL video camera at 3x Magnification: app. 1000x |
Close,
equal pair of blue stars. Somewhat faint, but well split.
Measurement, 1.85 sec at 128.4 deg PA.
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| John Ryan | ||||
| Star:
Burnham 560
Date & Time: Feb.11, 2004, 7:30 to 10:00 local time Seeing: 8.5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: Good Location of site: Barreras, Salamanca, Spain Site classification: Rural Conditions: Temp. 15ºC Sky darkness: <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: Celestron 9.25" SCT Eyepieces: none Additional: DX-8263SL video camera with 2.5 Telemate. 2X zoom |
Burnham
560: This is almost the same as above but this also yielded to the
video cam. Both white. PA = 125.31º, Dist. = 1.59" |
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