33 Doubles Observing Projects: Innes 238

Innes 238

Eddy O'connor				Bigmonocle@Hotmail.com
Star: Innes 238 Date & Time: Summer 2003 Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: 8 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>. Location of site: Terara, New South Wales, Australia. Long.150.38 ; Lat 34.52S Site classification: Suburban-Rural Conditions: Sky darkness: <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: 8" F9 Newtonian Eyepieces: 16mm and 12mm Ortho Magnification: 72x, 144x HS Scale: 3 <1-5, 1 best> Star: Innes 238 Date & Time: july 2nd 2003. 10.30 - 12.00 UT +10 Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: 8 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>. Location of site: Terara, New South Wales, Australia. Long.150.38 ; Lat 34.52S Site classification: Suburban-Rural Conditions: Temp. 10ºC Sky darkness: <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: 8" F9 Dob, 16" Dob f5.1 Eyepieces: 16mm and 12mm Ortho Magnification: 72x, 144x HS Scale: 2 <1-5, 1 best>				This is within yodelling distance of the last star and it was just split at medium power. A row of very faint stars tantalise nearby. This contrasting pair of Mag.7.89 and 11.08 and 3.1" separation was easily found but difficult to see. It is part of a small triangle of stars around Lambda Lep. The primary was Reddish and the ghost-like companion just flickered uncertainly after much concentration on its NE flank. Another bright star is north in the field and a rich array of stars with Lambda the brightest form a T-shaped asterism in the finderscope.