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| Star:
Kuiper 24 in Orion
Date & Time: Seeing: <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: Location of site: Silverdale WA, USA 47N 123W Site classification: suburb-rural Conditions: Sky darkness: <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: Celestron C8 Eyepieces: Additional: PC164C video camera at 3x, 6x Magnification: 250x at 3x visual, 1000x, 2000x video |
Tried
at 6x magnification and the star appeared elongated North/South on the
TV monitor. The video analysis did not separate the two components, but
rather a figure 8. Maybe in better air this star would yield. Measurements;
0.55 sec at 161.5 deg PA. This PA is 20
deg off of the listed 141 deg value.
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