Hussey 936 

Richard Harshaw 
Star: Hussey 936
Date & Time: 6 July, 2001, 03:00 to 04:55, UT
Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. 
Transparency: 6-7/10 ,variable, due to high hazy clouds 
Location of site: Northern Kansas City, Missouri. 39º 15' N, 94º 30' W, 980 ft above Mean Sea Level
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness:  <Limiting magnitude>
Telescope: Celestron C-11
Eyepieces: 25mm Plossl, 9mm Lanthanum 
Magnification: 112x, 311x		 Position:  1849+3401 
Magnitudes:  9.66 (F8), 9.85 
Sep/PA's:   1.8- / 99- 
Year of this measurement:  1999 
Eyepiece and magnification:  25mm Plossl (112x) and 7.4mm Plossl (378x) 
Colors noted:  W, W 

Comments:  Extremely difficult; I barely held a black thread between the Airy discs in brief moments.  However, compared to STF 2430 (later in this report), a star with almost identical separation, I am stumped.  STF 2430 was very easy.  Why was this pair so difficult? 
Rating:  4 

 
Bob Hogeveen
Star: Hussey 936
Date & Time: July 8, 2001; 0:30 - 01.15 
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. 
Location of site: Annen, The Netherlands (53 N, 6 E)
Site classification: Village-backyard
Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude>
Telescope: Meade SCT 8" f/10 
Eyepieces: Ultima 30 mm, TV plossl 20mm, LV 15mm, LV 7mm 
Magnification: 285x		 Under the given circumstances this pair is faint an difficult to see. I needed the 7mm (285x) to get a good view. It was difficult to focus on this faint pair and I used a more bright star, a few FOV's away, to focus. Nevertheless, I don't understand why Richard had such problems with this pair. Using the 7mm it was an easy and rather wide split. It was only the brightness of the sky that was a problem here, not the separation. 
Rating: 4 

 

 
William Schart 
Star: Hussey 936
Date & Time: July/9/01 0500 to 0635 UT
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. 
Location of site: Killeen, TX, USA
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude>
Temperature: In the 80's F (30's C). Slight breeze. 
Telescope: Celestar 8" SCT
Eyepieces:  25mm, 17mm, 10mm
Magnification: 80x, 120x, 200x		 A very tight and faint pair, close to mag 10 for both of them. Not much evidence of duplicity at low power, elongated at mid power and at high powere I barely but definately split them. 
 

 

 
Philippe Dejocas
Star: Hussey 936 
Date & Time: August 8 2001 
Seeing: 7.5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Canada
Site classification: Suburban
Conditions: Clean skies and warm temperatures.
Sky darkness: 4.5 <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: 6inch/f5 newt
Magnification: 225x

 

 That was my first target this night, having skipped it the first go around, as I knew it would not yield. This time it almost did at 225x, coming tantalisingly close to a full split on a number of occasions. In the N field, an optical pair ~ 30" - S/SSE; 10¼ / 10½, nicely set in a field of fnt. stars. W there was a faint pair, maybe 11¼ / 11½, that was glimpsed at 85x and confirmed at 120x, with ~ the same sep. As the other pair. SES, at the edge of the field another30"; 10¼ / 10½, but this time leaning SSW. All in all a nice field deserving a **
 
 
 

 

 
Jim Jones 
Star: Hussey 936 
Date & Time: 08/17/01  0430 UTC
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. 
Location of site: Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Site classification: Suburban
Conditions: Very pleasant evening.  Temp in upper 60's
Sky darkness: 4.0 <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: 8" LX50
Eyepieces: 42mm Ultima, 18 mm Radian 
Magnification: 112x, 224x		 Est PA without inst....ESE
No observable color

For some reason I had experienced some difficulty finding
this double on previous occasions.  Tonight , I was certain
that I had found it when heavy clouds moved in from the
west.  My observations were made 5 to 30 second at a time
as a series of sucker holes moved through over the period of an hour. Clear split at 224x when I could see it.
 

 
Otto Piechowski
Star: Hussey 936
Date & Time: 9 PM EDT Saturday, August 18 to 2 AM, Sunday, August 19
Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. 
Location of site: Lexington, KY, USA 
Site classification: Urban area
Sky darkness: 4.5 (Zenith Unaided) <Limiting magnitude>
Conditions: Clear, a bit of haze, still, c. 65 degrees F, very slight breeze
Telescope: 150 mm Maksutov Cassegrain
(Intes standard MK 67) 
Eyepieces:  30 mm ?, 16 mm Rini, 11.4 mm Rini, 7 mm and 4 mm celestron orthos, 5 mm University Optics ortho.
Magnification: 360x, 450x		 Just a fuzzy blob at both 360X and 450X.  Definitely not a single star, but no  resolution to speak of.  May have been caused by a trembling drive.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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