Espin 940

 
Carol Lakomiak
Star: Espin 940
Date & Time: July 8-9 2003
Seeing: 6 [see
http://www.backyard-astro.com/Logs/logsreport.html
Transparency: 3/10 
Location of site: 45°N // Tomahawk
WI, USA
Site classification: Rural
Temperature: 65°F dropping to 50°F
Sky darkness:  4/10 (Thompson Scale)
Conditions: surprisingly minimal dew;
slight breeze from the North
Telescope: Meade 8" f/10 LX-10 (Snoopy )
Eyepieces: 32mm, 13.8mm, 9mm, 5mm
Magnification: 63x, 147x, 226x, 406x
Located to the upper-left of the bottom corner of an upside-down pyramid, 
the 'A' star carried a gold tone... the 'B' star was too dim to recognise a 
color.
 
 





 


 
Luis Argüelles
Star: Espin 940
Date: 28, July, 2003 , 23:45 -> 2:45 local time
Location of Site: Sena de Luna, Spain
42.55N, 05.57W
Seeing: 6/7 <1-10 Seeing scale (10 best)>
Transparency: 6 -> 5 <1-10 scale (10 best)>
Other conditions: No Moon. 
Temperature:16ºC
Altitude: 1,200 mts (3,940 ft)
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: about 5.5
Telescope: Takahashi FS-102
Mount: Vixen GP + Skysensor 2000
Eyepieces: 9mm Nagler, 5mm and 3.8mm Eudiascopics
Diagonal: Zeiss prism diagonal
Magnifications: 91x, 164x, 215x
    
Absolutely no problem splitting this with the 9mm eyepiece. With better transparency, it would need only “a quarter of an eye” to split it!. Primary seems to me yellowish-orange and while I can not guarantee a color for the secondary, I suspect is colder. Good double for bino observing.
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Bob Hogeveen
Star: Espin 940
Date: 9, August, 2003 , 00:00 -> 02:30
Location of Site: Eext, The Netherlands
(53N, 06E)
Seeing: 4 <1-10 Seeing scale (10 best)>
Transparency: 7 <1-10 scale (10 best)>
Other conditions: No Moon.
Temperature: 20ºC
Altitude: 1,200 mts (3,940 ft)
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: about 5.5
Telescope: Celestron C11
Mount: Losmandy G11
Eyepieces: 40mm Pentax SMC XL,
20mm TV Plossl, 10mm plossl, 5mm LV. 
Magnifications: 70x, 140x, 280x, 560x
   
A very wide pair. Observed with 70x and interesting because of the beautiful orange color of the primary. The secondary seems to be white.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
   


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