Struve 2380 

Richard Harshaw 
Star: Struve 2380 
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:  1843+4455 
Magnitudes:  7.2 (G5 IV), 9.0 (F2 V) 
Sep/PA's:   26= / 9- 
Year of this measurement:  1989 
Distance (light years):  403 
Luminosity (in suns):  20 
Colors noted:  Y, bW 

Comments:  A  nice orange star lies 10' at pa 290.  Not much to get excited about.  However, it is neat to compare a sub-giant G5 to a m.s. F2 and note the luminosity difference. 
Hipparchos/Tycho data show different distances for these stars; they may be an optical system.  However, the stars exhibit a small common proper motion. 
First measure:  25.8" @ 10. 
Rating:  3 


 
William Schart 
Star: Struve 2380 
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
Another wide pair, easily split at low power. Both appeared white to me.

 


 
John M. Ryan 
Star: Struve 2380 
Date & Time: 19 July 2001 ( 21:15 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: 20mm plossl
Magnification: 134x
Harshaw Scale: 3 <1-5; 1 best>
Another fairly wide double with easy split at 134X. Primary White, Secondayr Whitish Blue.

 
Luis Argüelles
Star: Struve 2380
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: 100x
Harschaw Scale: 5 <From 1 to 5. 1 = Great, 5 = poor interest>
No problems to split this double at 100x, showing a clear difference of magnitude. Not a special double and I rate it with a HS of 5. The location of the eyepiece, by the way, at only 40 cms over the floor (that is, about 15 inches) makes the observation of this star at this time a "hating" experience!

 
Philippe Dejocas
Star: Struve 2380
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: 40x
 
Was the last entry that night. An Albireo family member, which is strange considering the spectrum of the cpn, an F, which should come across more whitish than bluish. But, hey, I'm not fussy. Resolved at 40x
 
 
 

 


 
Jim Jones
Star: Struve 2380
Date & Time: 08/10/01   0630 UTC
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. 
Location of site: Lake Oswego, Oregon 
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 4.3 <Limiting magnitude>
Sky: Full moon plus 6 days in Taurus
Telescope: 8 inch LX50 SCT 
Eyepieces:  18mm Radian
Magnification: 112x
Camera:  B&W Connectix We Cam
Primary-yellow,  Companion-Blue
Est PA without inst...005d
Sep measured.....26.00"   Standard Deviation.....0.15"
Sep measured as the average of 25 images using
AIP4WIN software.
Very nice double set in a field of dimmer stars.

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