Struve 2328 

Richard Harshaw 
Star: Struve 2328 
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 
Magnification: 112x
Position:  1830+2955 
Magnitudes:  8.9 (A2), 9.2 
Sep/PA's:  4+ / 73 = 
Year of this measurement:  1970 (First measure separation was 3.4") 
Distance (light years):  2,500? 
Luminosity (in suns):  195? 
Colors noted:  W, W 
Comments:  Cleanly split and amidst a beautiful asterism, similar to a reversed "lambda." 
Rating:  3 

 


 
William Schart 
Star: Struve 2328
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 fairly tight pair which I didn't split until I got to high power, where I got just a sliver of black. The pair appears blue to me. 
 

 


 
John M. Ryan 
Star: Struve 2328
Date & Time: 17 July 2001 ( 21:45 UT)
Seeing: 6+ <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. 
Location of site: Barreras, Salamanca, Spain.
Site classification: Rural,Suburban.
Conditions: no moon, fairly dry but with gusts of wind.
Sky darkness: 5+, some light due to street lights in the village. <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: Meade 7" Mak Cas mounted on a Losmandy GM8. 
Eyepieces: 25mm plossl,12mm plossl and 7mm ortho
Magnification: 107X, 223X and 381X
Harshaw Scale: 2 <1-5; 1 best>
Could not spit the double at 107X but had success at 223X and much better view at 381X. This is a close double of almost iqual magnitudes. Both white with a tint of blue. Rating 2 on a scale of 1-5 with ! the best.

 
Luis Argüelles
Star: Struve 2328
Date & Time: 21st, July, 2001. 21:00 – 23:05UT
Seeing: 7-8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: 3-4 <0:worst -10:best >
Location of site: Quintueles, Gijón, Spain.  43º 32N, 5º 55W. Altitude: 20 m.
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 3.0 - 3.5 <Limiting magnitude> 
Temperature: about 15º C
Conditions: A lot of haze and moisture. Seeing is rather good, but haze actuates like a light diffusor and that makes difficult observe stars fainter that 10
magnitude.
Humidity: about 90%
Telescope: Vixen 102 4" achromatic refractor
Eyepieces: 35, 10 and 5mm Baader-Planetarium Eudiascopics
Magnification: 200x
This double appears in a field of 4 stars with a rather open trapezium shape. Until reading with attention the list of doubles in Lyra I don't realize that Struve 2328 is almost hidden in one of these 4 stars. At 200x the split is clean and I think to perceive one of the components as orangish.

 
Bob Hogeveen 
Star: Struve 2328
Date & Time: 23 July, 2001, 00:00
Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. 
Location of site: Annen, The Netherlands - 53N, 6E
Site classification: Village backyard
Sky darkness: 5 <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: Celestron C-11
Eyepieces: Ultima 30mm , TV plossl 20mm, LV 15mm, 7mm 
Magnification: 93x
Harshaw Scale: 2 <1-5; 1 best>
STF2328 sits in a rich field. Using 93x the view is very nice and the double is close but well split. 
In the same FOV we find STF2327 (at 3' 45" due west), an average double (rating 3), but it does add to the field.
No colors noted.

 
Jim Jones 
Star: Struve 2328
Date & Time: 07/26/01 0615 UTC
Seeing: 5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. 
Location of site: Lake Oswego, Oregon
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 4.0 <Limiting magnitude> 
Sky:  New Moon + 6 days.
Telescope: 8" LX50
Eyepieces: 18mm Radian
Magnification: 112x
Est PA without inst......070d
Primary .....blue-white

Clean split at 112x. A single equally bright star due west.  This star is the primary of STF 2327 (19.4"/314d, mag 8.4, 12.4).  The secondary wasn't observed.  A pair of stars to the north.  This pair is KU118 (50.4"/323d, mag 9.1, 9.3).  Three doubles in the same FOV. Some dimmer stars scattered about.
 


 
Philippe Dejocas
Star: Struve 2328
Date & Time: July 28 2001
Seeing: 6.5 <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: 85x, 120x

 

(w/Ku 118 & STF 2327): The hinge of a neat trio. STF 2328 itself was resolved at 85x, but it took 120x to tease out the 12.1 mag cpn to STF 2327. For the field, this is a ***.

 
 
 

 


 
Otto Piechowski
Star: Struve 2328
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: 113x
Resolved at 113X (16 mm)
 
 
 
 

 


 
Otto Piechowski
Star: Struve 2328
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: ?
Resolved (forgot to write down which eyepiece used)
 
 
 
 
 

 

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