Struve 59

 
Carol Lakomiak
Star: Struve 59
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=7.27 white
B=8.15 white
Nice black split at 226x, the pair appeared to be the brightest in the field.
 
 





 

 
Luis Argüelles
Star: Struve 59
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
   		 The Skysensor 2000 puts it inside the field of view, but not centered. Anyway, it’s only a question of approaching the eye to the eyepiece and the double seems to pop out inside the view. In order to enjoy it better, I center it, but then the seeing deteriorates and then not only is not observable as a double with this eyepiece, but also difficult to split at 215x with the 3.8mm Eudiascopic. A very nice double.
 
 
 
 
 
Steve Bodin 
Star: Struve 59
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		 Easy pair at this magnification. Unequal magnitudes, but both fairly 
bright. Blue-white primary and blue secondary. Measured: 2.21 sec at 
145.5 deg PA.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

    
 
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