Struve 1183

 
Steve Bodin 
Star: Struve 1183
Date & Time: 28 Jan 2003
10pm to 11pm local
Seeing: 5->4 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. 
Transparency: poor
Location of site: Silverdale WA, USA
47N 123W
Site classification: suburb-rural
Conditions: temp 40F, some dew
Sky darkness: 5 <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: Celestron C8
Eyepieces: not used
Additional: DX-8263SL video camera at prime focus and 3x
Magnification: app. 333x, 1000x video
   		 This star is brighter than most in the list. Easy at prime focus. WDS lists the primary as spectral type B9.5IV, but no listing for the companion. The colors agree, blue-white primary and blue secondary. Measurement: 30.65 sec at 327.0 deg PA.

 
 
 
William L. Schart 
Star: Struve 1183
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 wide spaced pair and quite blue, perhaps the bluest I have seen so far in the project.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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