Struve 992

 
Steve Bodin 
Star: Struve 992
Date & Time: 5 Jan 2003 8pm to 12:30 pm local
Seeing: 4  <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. 
Transparency: good
Location of site: Silverdale WA, USA
47N 123W
Site classification: suburb-rural
Conditions: 35F, some dew
Sky darkness: 5.7 <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: 17.5 in Dobson with goto mount
Eyepieces: not used
Additional: PC164C video camera
Magnification: 350x video at pf with paracorr
 		 Another somewhat faint pair with some wide field star in view. Spectral type listed as G0. Measurement: 13.81 sec at 298.4 deg PA.

 
 
 
William L. Schart
Star: Struve 992
Date & Time:  1/02/2003
Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> 
Location of site: Killeen, TX (Lat 31 N, Elev 600 ft) 
Site classification: Suburban 
Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude> 
Moon: still hidden 
Telescope: Celestar 8” SCT
Eyepieces: 25mm, 17mm, and 10mm, CMG 
Magnification: 		 A wide spaced but dim pair, mag 8.7 and 9.8. I couldn’t determine any color. I measured the separation at 12.9” and the PA at 300.1 (ave of 5 meas.).
 
 

 
 

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