Struve 2702 

Pino Bandini
Star: Struve 2702 
Location of site: Ravenna, Italy 
Date of observations (UT): 09/07/2000 – 21.17 UT 
Site classification: Urban 
Sky conditions: 
Seeing: 9 (10 best) 
Temperature: 24C 
Limiting visual magnitude: -- 
Telescope: Celestron C8 
Magnification: 81x (plossl 25 mm) 
 
 		  
 
 
 
Ilario Melandri
Star: Struve 2702
Date & Time: 10/07/2000 – 01.18 UT 
Seeing: 4 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>  
Location of site: Italy, Ravenna, San Romualdo, Lat 44 32’N Lon 12 08’E 
Elevation: 0 m 
Site classification: Rural  
Sky darkness: 5 <Limiting magnitude> 
Temperature: 15C 
Telescope: 150 mm f/15 achromatic refractor (lens by Romano Zen, Venice). 
Magnification: 140 x (eyepiece Clave Plossl 16 mm) 
 		  
      
 
 
Bill Reinehr
Star: Struve 2702 
Date & Time: July 20, 2000 05:00 UTC  
Seeing: 7+ (fairly still) <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> 
Location of site: Pflugerville, Texas, USA  (30 degrees N.) 
Site classification: Suburban  
Sky darkness:  <Limiting magnitude>  
Temperature: 79 F. 
Telescope: Vixen 80mm Fluorite, f/8  on Custom D altaz mount   
Magnification: 91x (7mm Pentax XL) 
 		 Cleanly split at 91x. Did not seem as faint as mag. 8.5 would suggest. 
 
 
 
 
Richard Harshaw
Star: Struve 2702 
Location of site: Northern Kansas City, Missouri (USA). 94d 30m west longitude, 39d 15m north latitude 
980 ft above Mean Sea Level 
Date of observations (UT): 03:30 on 26 July, 2000 
Site classification: suburban 
Sky conditions: 
Seeing--  6 out of 10, but highly variable 
Transparency--  6 out of 10 
Limiting visual magnitude-- 4.0 
Telescope: Celestron C-8 
Eyepiece: 20 mm Ortho + Barlow, 258x 
 
 
 		 Magnitudes: 8.5 (A0), 8.9 
Sep/PA's: 3.3" nc / 205 - 
Year of last measurement: 1857 
First measure (1831): 3.3" / 206. 
Distance (light years): 108 
Luminosity (in suns): 0.6 
 
Eyepiece and magnification: 20 mm Ortho + Barlow, 258x 
Colors noted: W and W. Nice pair! Moderate field.