Burnham 6

 
Steve Bodin 
Star:  Burnham 6
Date & Time: 12 Nov 2003 10:30pm to midnig
Seeing: 4-5  <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. 
Transparency: fair
Location of site: Silverdale WA, USA
47N 123W
Site classification: suburb-rural
Conditions: 35F, dry
Sky darkness: 4.5 due  moon <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: Celestron C8
Eyepieces: DX-8263SL video camera at 2x and 3x
Magnification: app. 666x, 1000x		 Very difficult nut! Did not see anything in real time on the TV monitor, almost didn't waste any video tape, but took the standard set and dug the companion out of the mud in 6 frames of 50 that were hand-picked out of the 45 Mbytes of data. Primary very much brighter than the secondary and yellow-white, secondary blue. Measurement, 2.19 sec at 164.5 deg PA.

 

 
 
 
William L. Schart
Star: Burnham 6
Date & Time: Saturday December 20, 2003
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. 
Transparency: --- <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Texas, USA
Site classification: suburban
Conditions: ~50°F, or 10-12°C, mostly calm, occasional gust of wind. 
Sky darkness:  4 <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: C8
Eyepieces: 25mm, 17mm, 10mm, 6.5x 
Magnification: 80x, 120x, 200x, 300x 		 A very tough nut! Not much doing at low or mid power, although at mid 
power, I sort of suspected something. At high power I could just barely make out the 
companion: a small dot which most of the time was attached to the primary.
 
 
 
 
 

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