Burnham  336

Patrick Thompson 
Star: Burnham 336
Date & Time: 27th March 2002, 22:05 UT
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: 4 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: West Wickham, Kent, UK. 51°23' N, 0°0'E
Site classification: Suburban garden
Sky darkness: 3.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Moon: 99% waxing gibbous
Telescopes: 8" Meade LX-90 SCT f/10
80cm Refractor f/5
Eyepieces: 40mm and 26mm Meade Super Plossl     13.8mm Meade SWA and 8.8mm Meade UWA
Magnification: 10x, 15x (refractor)
80x, 145x, 230x (SCT)
 
No chance! Very low, faint and washed out.
Easily identified from finder chart but no sign of duplicity at any
magnification.
Rating (1(best) - 5(worst)): 5
 
 

 



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