| William L. Schart | ||||
| Star: Struve 1140
Date & Time: 1/29/01, 8:27 pm CST Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Killeen, TX (Lat 31 N, Elev 600 ft) Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude> Moon: crescent Telescope: Orion 6” Dob on equatorial platform Magnification: 32x, 48x, 72x,120x |
I followed 56 and 61 as pointers to 81 Gem, then a little
ways past this. At 32x I couldn’t tell much, at 48x was elongated, and
at 72x cleanly split. Both members appear B to me. No attempt at measurement,
but estimated the PA at 270° by slewing briefly in all 4 directions
to get my bearings.
|
|||
| Ilario Melandri | ||||
| Star:
Struve 1140
Date & Time: 2 February 2001 ? 21.53 UTC Seeing: 8 <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: 3.5 <Limiting magnitude> Temperature: -2ºC Telescope: 150 mm f/15 achromatic refractor (lens by Romano Zen, Venice). Magnification: 140x (eyepiece OR 9 mm) |
 |
|||
| Thad Robosson | ||||
| Star:
Struve 1140
Date & Time: 2/16/01, 03:00UT (2/17) Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Transparency: 4/10 Location of site: Phoenix, USA 33º 32.674N, -112º 08.029W Site classification: Decidedly Urban Sky darkness: -- <Limiting magnitude> Temperature: In the mid 60's (F) Telescope: 8"f/6 newt on an EQ mount Eyepieces: Vixen Lanthanum 10,15mm, Meade Super wide 32, 20mm Apogee 2x shorty barlow. Magnification: 83x |
Yellowish, w/ white comp at 270°.
Ambiance: City noise, Traffic noise, airplane noise, Etc
|
|||
| Bob Vickers | ||||
| Star:
Struve 1140
Date & Time: 1/26/01 0231 UT Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Transparency: 7 Location of site: Huntingdon, Tennessee, USA ~ 35d 57m N, 88d 23m W Site classification: Rural Sky darkness: 5.5 <Limiting magnitude> Conditions: Slight breeze from SW Temperature: 10ºC Telescope: 12.5" Orion Newtonian reflector on Dobsonian mount Magnification: 38x, 59x, 122x, 254x Eyepiece(s): Sirius Plossl 40mm, 26mm, 12.5mm, 6.3mm |
Starhop from Delta Gem to 81 Gem and hence to Struve 1140
(stealing a
furtive glance at the Eskimo Nebula along the way.) Could not quite split at 38x, but 59x did the trick. Primary is yellow while secondary is white.
|
|||
| Giuseppe (Pino) Bandini | ||||
| Star:
Struve 1140
Date & Time: 15 February 2001 - 20.56 UTC Seeing: 9 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Ravenna, Italy. 0 mts Altitude Site classification: Urban Sky darkness: -- <Limiting magnitude> Temperature: 9ºC Telescope: Celestron 8 Magnification: 125 x (Plossl 16 mm) |
 |
|||
| Jim Jones | ||||
| Star: Struve 1140
Date and Time: 02/28/01 Seeing: 5 <1 worst - 10 best> Location of Site: Lake Oswego, Oregon Site Classification: Suburban Sky Darkness: 4.0 <Limiting Magnitude> Temp: 39º F Telescope: 8 inch LX50 SCT Eye Piece(s): 26mm Meade 4000 Magnification: 77x |
No estimate of PA. Color yellow to Gold. I was able
to achieve slight separation early in the observation. Then the image
deteriorated to a peanut and finally a fuss ball.
A gold star in the middle of a cold winter sky.
|
|||