South 504

 
Bob Hogeveen 
Star: South 504
Date & Time: January 4, 2003 (23.00) 
Seeing: 6  <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best>
Transparency: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Annen, The Netherlands,
53N, 6E 
Site classification: Village backyard 
Conditions: No clouds, no wind, temp -7° C
Sky darkness:  5<Limiting magnitude> 
Moon: No
Telescope: C11 - 11" F/10 SCT, 
GS80 - 80mm f/6 refractor
Eyepieces: 40mm Pentax SMC XL,
30mm Ultima, 20mm TV plossl,
10mm plossl
Magnification: 16x (GS80 + 30mm), 
70x, 140x, 280x
Harshaw Scale: 3 <1-5; 1 best> 
   		 A pair of two yellow stars of equal brightness (WDS gives 7.92 and 8.05). At the moment of observation the pair was in almost exactly horizontal position (situated somewhere in the SSE). I used 140x to resolve the pair, at 70x they could not be split.
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
Steve Bodin 
Star: South 504
Date & Time: 7 Jan 2003
8pm to 11:30 pm local
Seeing: 6-7  <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. 
Transparency: poor
Location of site: Silverdale WA, USA
47N 123W
Site classification: suburb-rural
Conditions: temp 35F, some dew
Sky darkness: 5.6 <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: Celestron C8
Eyepieces: not used
Additional: PC164C video camera
Magnification: app. 1000x at 3x		 Here is one faint pair, and far south to boot! Got a terrible image and a poor measure too: 3.5 sec at 61 deg PA.


 
 
 
 
William L. Schart 
Star: South 504
Date & Time: 24, February, 2003
Seeing:  8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. 
Transparency: 
Location of site: Texas, USA
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: C8
Eyepieces: 
Magnification: 		 A fairly tight dim pair of equal magnitude stars, I nevertheless was able to clearly see a sliver of black at low power. This was confirmed at mid power. Not much color was noticed.
 

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