| Mike Sutherland | ||||
| Star:
Struve 3062
Date & Time: 4 July 2003, 12:15 AM PDT Seeing: 5-6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: OK to good Location of site: Larch Mountain, OR, USA Site classification: rural, (4,000 ft elevation) Temperature: Sky darkness: 5.5 <Limiting magnitude> Conditions: Cool, slight dew Telescope: Takahashi 102mm, Perspicillum Eyepieces: 4mm Takahashi Hi-Ortho Magnification: app. 205x |
Never could cleanly split
this one, but did get it to "peanut" (two nodules with some shading in-between).
Tried higher and lower powers, but 205x (or that EP) was the best. Another
one to come back to when the conditions are better.
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| Carol Lakomiak | ||||
| Star:
Struve 3062
Date & Time: 5th, July, 2003 Seeing: 4-6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: 4/10 to 8/10 ...varying Location of site: Suburban Site classification: USA, 45º Latitude Temperature: Sky darkness: 5/10 (Thompson Scale) Conditions: Telescope: Meade 8" f/10 LX-10 (Snoopy ) Eyepieces: 32mm, 26mm, 13.8mm, 9mm, 5mm Magnification: 63x, 78x, 147x, 226x, 406x |
A=8.02 white
B=8.53 white At the right end of a triangle, this one could not be detected as a double till I kicked the power up to 147. A grey split occurred at
226x; a black split at 406x.
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| Luis Argüelles | ||||
| Star:
Struve 3062
Date: 24, July, 2003 , 12:10 -> 2:00 local time Location of Site: Sena de Luna, Spain 42.55N, 05.57W Seeing: 9 -> 6 <1-10 Seeing scale (10 best)> Transparency: 8 -> 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. Celestron Ultima 2x Barlow Diagonal: Zeiss prism diagonal Magnifications: 91x, 164x, 215x, 328x |
I observe it first with the 9mm Nagler and then with the 3.8mm Eudiascopic. Since Seeing has deteriorated, it is incredible to note that it’s almost as difficult to observe than a Nutcracker class double. No doubt atmosphere is the most important part in an optical system! | |||
| Luis Balanzino | ||||
| Star:
Struve 3062
Date & Time: July 28, 2003, 23h to 0h UT Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: 7 <1 worst - 10 best> Location of site: Göteborg, Sweden 57°43' N, 11°58' E Site classification: Urban area with considerable light pollution Temperature: 20º C Sky darkness: 4 limited by twilight <Limiting magnitude> Moon: none Telescope: Meade ETX-90 Maksutov (90mm f/13.8) on photo tripod Eyepieces: 26mm Meade and 12,5mm TAL Plossl, 2x TAL Barlow Magnification: 48x, 100x, 200x |
Not far from Caph, this
pair is quite close to my scope's theoretical resolution (1.3 arcsec).
Hard split but possible at 200x, the two components almost touching, the
primary seems
yellowish.
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| Thomas Teague | ||||
| Star:
Struve 3062
Date: 2003 August 5 (2245 UT) Location of Site: Chester, England [531108N, 025139W] Seeing: 7-5 <1-10 Seeing scale (10 best)> Transparency: <1-10 scale (10 best)> Other conditions: Temperature: Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: Poor (astronomical twilight) Telescope: Zeiss AS-80/1200 refractor Magnifications: x200 |
The companion lies np the
primary star and is rather faint. Although I could distinguish it
as an individual star, I could not cleanly divide it from the main component.
No colours detected.
Ambience: Warm, hazy, after a very hot day. The buddleias are now past their best, but I moved the telescope further from the house tonight, so as to be able to see as much as possible of Cassiopeia above the roof. This took me closer to our two honeysuckle climbers, almost as fragrant as the buddleias
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| William L. Schart | ||||
| Star:
Struve 3062
Date: 22nd, August, 2003 Location of Site: Keelin, Texas Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing scale (10 best)> Transparency: <1-10 scale (10 best)> Temperature: 90F at 9:30 Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: 4.5 Telescope: Celestron C8 Eyepieces: --- Magnifications: --- |
Since this pair was close
to the last, I simply panned around a bit until I found a star of about
the right magnitude. It seemed a bit suspicious at low power. It was definately
peanut shaped at mid power and split at high power. The primary was white,
the secondary had a yellow tinge. PA estimated at 330d.
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| Steve Bodin | ||||
| Star:
Struve 3062
Date & Time: 4 and 5 Sep 2003 11pm to midnight Seeing: strange 5-7/10 but slow blurring Transparency: Fair Location of site: Silverdale WA, USA 47N 123W Site classification: suburb-rural Conditions: pleasant temps no wind Sky darkness: 5.4 <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: Celestron C8 Eyepieces: Video camera DX8263SL Magnification: 3x barlow app 1000x |
Close
pair, but easily split. Yellow-white primary and blue
companion. Measured: 1.47 sec at 335.9 deg PA
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