Struve  1292
Patrick Thompson
Star: Struve 1292
Date & Time: 7th March 2002, 20:15 UT
Seeing: 8 <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: 4.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Moon: None
Transparency: 8 <1 worst - 10 best>
Temperature: º C
Telescope: 8" Meade LX-90 SCT f/10
Eyepieces: 40mm and 26mm Meade Super Plossl, 13.8mm Meade SWA, 8.8mm Meade UWA
Magnification: 50x, 80x, 145x, 230x
Rating: 3  <1(best) - 5(worst)>
   		 Faintish white pair of fairly equal magnitude. Easily separated @80x. Two close bright companions with two more broadly spaced to the S. Smattering of
10 -15 stars down to mag 12 in same fov.
 
 

 

 
William Schart
Star: Struve 1292
Date & Time: 11th, March, 2002, 8:12 pm CST
Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Killeen, TX, USA.
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude>
Telescope: Celestar 8" SCT
Magnification: 80x, 120x, and 200x, 160x (CMG)

 

 At first this dim pair was a bit challenging to find, but after scanning about the field for a minute or so, I found it. It is part of a triangular asterism, with the two legs branching from this pair at slightly, but noticably more than 90d. Individually these 2 stars are dimmer than the other 2 parts of the asterism, but dollectively they are slightly brighter. Although dim, it was easily seen and split at low power with direct vision. It lies very close to the N-S line with no way of visually knowing which is the primary.

 
John M. Ryan 
Star: Struve 1292
Date & Time: Wednesday March 20, 2002 
Seeing: 6+ <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Barreras, Salamanca, Spain.
Site classification: Rural,Suburban.
Sky darkness: 4+ <Limiting magnitude>
Moon: 3/8's moon shining brightly
Telescope: Meade 7" Mak Cas
Mount: Losmandy GM8
Magnification: 300X and 84X		 Split with the 32mm but components somewhat dim at 84X. The 9mm opened 
the double and brightened up the components which are about equal at mag 10. Both components white and I gave this a rating of 2 1/2.

 

 
Kevin Barker 
Star: Struve 1292
Date & Time: 24th March, 2002
Seeing: 8-9 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Auckland, New Zealand. 
Site classification: Suburban Backyard 
Sky darkness:  <Limiting magnitude>
Moon: Gibbous moon in sky.
Telescope: Zeiss APQ 100/1000
Mount: Zeiss Ib mount, setting circles.
Eyepieces: Zeiss 0.965” orthoscopics,
4, 6, 8 and 12.5 mm, H 40,
Zeiss 4 ocular turret. 
Magnification: 80x
  
  
Star: Struve 1292
Date & Time: 11th, April, 2002
Seeing: 6-7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Auckland, New Zealand. 
Site classification: Suburban Backyard 
Sky darkness: --- <Limiting magnitude>.
Telescope: Zeiss APQ 130/1000
Mount: Zeiss Ib mount, setting circles.
Eyepieces: Zeiss 0.965” orthoscopics,
4, 6, 8, 10 and 12.5 mm, H 40, Zeiss 4 ocular turret. 
Zeiss 2X barlow lens.
Magnification: 63x, 80x, 166x, 250x, 333x, 500x  
   		 Both yellow red?? 80 X.  Faint. 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yellow and Orange.  63 X split this pair.  PA seemed about right.
 

 
Steve Bodin 
Star: Struve 1292
Date & Time: 1 and 2 April 2002
8pm to midnight
Seeing: 4- <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: 6 -> 4 with Hi Cirrus
Location of site: Silverdale WA, USA
47N 123W
Site classification: Suburban-rural
Sky darkness: 5.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Telescope(s): Celestron C8, 17 inch DOB
Eyepiece: PC164C videocamera
Magnification: appx 300x at prime focus,
1000x at 3X on both scopes		 Nice north/south oriented pair, but also 2 additional stars nearby to the north in the Bigdog. Measurements: AB 6.07 sec, PA 185 deg, AC 108.6 sec, PA 020 deg, AD 188.4 sec, PA 041 deg.

 


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