| William L. Schart | ||||
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Secchi 1
Date & Time: Saturday November 29, 2003 Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: --- <1-10 Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Texas, USA Site classification: suburban Conditions: Cool, 44°F, 7°C. Crescent moon Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: C8 Eyepieces: 25mm, 17mm, and 10mm eyepieces Magnification: |
A tough nut to crack, although
it was clearly elongated at low power, I was never able to make a clean
split, even at high power.
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| Eddy O'connor | ||||
| Star:
Secchi 1
Date & Time: December 15th 2003 10.00-11.00 p.m local; UT +10 Seeing: 9 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Transparency: 7 <1-10 Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Terara, New South Wales, Australia, Long.150.38 ; Dec - 34.52. Site classification: Suburban Conditions: Temp 20°C. No Moon. Sky darkness: <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: 8" F9 Newtonian Eyepieces: 16mm and 12mm 10mm Ortho. Magnification: 114x, 152x, 182x Harshaw Scale: 3 <1-5, 1 best> |
Mag.6.6/8.8; Sep. 3.1".
This is the most southerly star on our list, almost lost on the border
with Sculptor. When found, moderate power suggested a companion star by
a strange discolouration. With high power the pair was neatly split with
the colours White and Deep Orange.
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