75 Orionis 

Craig M. Carver
Star: 75 Ori 
Date & Time:  11/24/98  0720 UT 
Seeing:  6-7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> 
Location of site: Madison, WI (Lat 43.07, Long 89.38, Elev. 500 ft) 
Site classification: Suburban 
Sky darkness: 4.8-5.0  <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: 6" Maksutov 
Magnification: 95x 
This is a nice triple.  The primary is very pale blue. The dimmer (10), closer star (62.7") to the primary also appears pale blue and is about 90 degrees to the distant (117") slightly brighter (8.0) third star. 
 

 
Chuck Layton
Star: 75 Ori 
Date & Time: Dec. 23, 1998, 08:30 UT 
Seeing:  2 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> 
Location of site: Tacoma (WA) 
Site classification: --- 
Sky darkness: 3.6  <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: 20cm f/6 Eq. Newtonian 
Magnification: 76x 
Observed Colorations of Components: A - yellowish white, B - white, C - white. Other comments:  Wide triple but the 10.5 mag. B component was tough due to hazy skies. 

 
William L. Schart
Star: 75 Orionis 
Date & Time: 1/11/99 10:15 pm CST 
Seeing:  7 <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> 
Telescope: Orion 6" Dob. 
Magnification: 240x 
 
 
Star: 75 Orionis 
Date & Time: 2/13/00 10:23 pm CST 
Seeing:  6 <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> 
Telescope: Orion 6" Dob. 
Magnification: 32x, 48x, 72x, 98x 
Continuing observations for the 33 doubles in Orion project, I re-visited this star as my previous measurements did not match published figures. I did confirm that I had been looking at the correct star. I detected a possible very faint companion at PA 260 at 52" separation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

After one false alarm eliminated by determining separations, I located this trio. Confirmed by separations of 1 and 2 minutes. A couple of brighter stars with an estimated PA of about 170d, with a faint third member p[opping in and out of view with averted vision, PA estimated here at 270d.


 
Dave Mitsky
Star: 75 Orionis 
Date & Time: 1/27/99 06:05 UT 
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: ~ 6 
Location of site: ASH Naylor Observatory (http://www.msd.org/obs.htm) 
near Lewisberry, PA 
Site classification: Rural 
Sky darkness: < 5.0 <Limiting magnitude> moonlight 
Telescope: 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain 
Magnification: 118x, 202x 
Another wide triple star system that is located near Orion's border with Monoceros.  The 6th magnitude primary was blue-white. 

 
Richard Harshaw
Star: 75 Orionis [Bur 96; Jonckheere 408; Finsen 331; ADS 4890] 
Location of site: Northern Kansas City, Missouri (USA) 
94d 30m west longitude, 39d 15m north latitude 
980 ft above Mean Sea Level 
Date of observations (UT): 0335 on 12/31/99 
Site classification: suburban 
Sky conditions
seeing-- 8 out of 10 
transparency-- 8 out of 10 
limiting visual magnitude-- 5 
Temperature: 42 F 
Telescope: Celestron C-8 
Eyepiece: Micro-Guide (160x) 
I made five sets of measurements with the Micro-Guide illuminated reticule eyepiece for AB and AC (could not measure Cc) and got averages of 60" at PA 262 and 116" at PA 157. (If you want the measurements themselves, reply to this posting.) 

I noted colors of White, ??, White, and ??. The primary is at the center of a distorted cross, two arms of which are made by the companions, and the other two by field stars. To me the 9.5mag 
component looks fainter than 9.5-- perhaps 10.4 or so? 

The field is incredibly rich in this area! 

The primary is an extremely close binary with an orbital period of 8.7 years (Dommanget, 1977). (But Finsen, in 1978, gave 9.0 years.) It also spins at 192 kps. 

The star is a member of the Ori OB1 Association and rotates at 140 kps. 

Measurements from 1925: 
5.3m (A2V) primary 
9.5m companion, 63" at PA 260 
8.4m companion, 115" at PA 159 
10.9m companion to the 8.4m star, 5" from it at PA 227 
 


 
Randall Heckman
Star: 75 Orionis 
Date & Time: 01/02/2000 AT 1:10 UT 
Seeing: 4 
Location of Site: Heckman Observatory 
40 37' 10" N and 99 03' 50" W 
Site Classification:  Rural 
Sky Darkness (Limiting Magnitude): 5 
Telescope:  8" Orion Dob 
Magnification: 46x 

 

Separation (Clear or Toughing): CLEAR 
Magnitude Comment: Observed magnitdes seemed to agreed with published values. 
Color Comment: White 
General Comment: The observation session of this evening was very short. Immediately after I logged this observation of 75 Orionis it clouded in. 
 
 
 
 

 


 
Ilario Melandri
Star: 75 Orionis 
Date & Time: 4/Jan/2000 – 20.42 UTC 
Seeing: 9 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> 
Location of site: Italy, Ravenna, San Romualdo, Lat 44 32’N Lon 12 08’E
Elevation: 0 m
Site classification: Rural 
Sky darkness: 4  <Limiting magnitude>
Temperature: -1C 
Telescope: 150 mm f/15 achromatic refractor 
Magnification: 140 x (eyepiece Plossl Clavé 16 mm)


 

 
Philippe de Jocas 
Star: 75 Orionis 
Date & Time: January 22, 2000 1h00-7h300 UT 
Seeing: 3-4 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>.
Location of site: Ottawa/Hull, Canada
Site classification: Suburban 
Sky darkness: 4.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Temperature: -25C 
Telescope: 6" f5 newtonian
Magnification: 40x
 
75Ori completed the night and finished my chocoloffee, beeing an easy and nice target at 40x.

 
Jim Brownfield
Star: 75 Orionis 
Date & Time: 26/01/2000, 6:30 p.m.- 11:30 p.m. EST 
Seeing: 3 – 5 (improving) <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>.
Location of site: Huntsburg, Ohio, USA
Site classification: Suburban 
Sky darkness: 6 mag., could see ST 855, going to 5th mag. star Rho  <Limiting magnitude>
Other observing conditions:  83% humidity, 16 degrees F. with 12" snow on ground going to 84% humidity, 4 degrees F.
Telescope: 13.1"/F4.5 Dobsonian, with 5" aperture mask for the brighter pairs
Magnification: 47x

Star: 75 Orionis  
Date & Time: 1/29/00, 3:30 UT - 10:00 UT 
Seeing: ) 3 improving to 4 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>.
Location of site: Huntsburg, Ohio, USA
Site classification: Suburban 
Sky darkness: 4.5 (limiting magnitude)
Other observing conditions: 14 degrees F dropping to 6 degrees F, 92% humidity
Telescope: Meade 80mm/ f11
Magnification: 28x, 128x

split at 47x, also picked out 11 & 12 mag stars within 60" of primary 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

28x showed stars a,b& c, at 128x could split star c 8.5 mag from star d 11.0 mag 4.9" sep.


 
Richard Bise
Star: 75 Orionis  
Date & Time: January/29/2000, 8:30 to 10 PM MST 
Seeing: 6-7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> 
Location of site: 20 miles NW of Tucson Az
32.884N -110.979W
Site classification: Suburban 
Sky darkness: 4  <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: 10 inch Meade Dobsonian
Magnification: 49x, 125x (25mm Meade  and 9.7mm Plössls)
 
Thanks to Mr. Harshaw's comments about the uninvolved stars in the field of 75, I was able to sort the true companions. They all loked white to me. 

 


 
John M. Ryan
Star: 75 Orionis 
Date of Observation: 2/02/00, 21:45UT
Location of Observation: Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Spain 
40º 36' N, 6º 32'W, Elev. 800 Meters 
Seeing: 6 to 7, fog began to degrade seeing (1 - 10, 10 best)  
Site classification: Urban
Limiting Mag. (naked eye): 5
Instrument: Meade 8"SCT 
Magnification: 167x
Separation (Clear or Touching): Clean Split 
Magnitude Comment:Very distinct Magnitudes in accordance with the data. 
Color Comment: The brightest component appeared pale blue the rest were white. 
General Comment: I resolved this group into an isoceles triangle with the brightest component in the NW corner. The dimmest component was in the NE corner with the intermediate component at the S point. The data list shows three components for this group. This is a rich field and there were other stars very close by that seemed they could be part of the group. Richard Harshaw lists 4 components for this group. 

 
Jay Zimmerman
Star: 75 Orionis 
Date & Time: 02/09/2000, 
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> 
Location of Site:  Carbondale, IL, USA 
Site Classification: Suburban/near rural 
Temperature: 28°F (-2.22°C) 
Sky darkness: 5.1  <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: 97mm, f7 apo 
Magnification: 26.7x, 80x 
 
A and B split at 26.7x.  80x and AV needed to bring C into the picture. Colors: A = B = blue-white; C = ?. You can tell it's getting cold when I stop estimating position angles. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 
Tom Teague
Star: 75 Orionis 
Date & Time: 2000 February 19, (2205 UT)  
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>.
Location of site: Chester, England (53 11 08N; 02 51 39W)
Site classification: Suburban 
Sky darkness: 3 (Moon just past full) <Limiting magnitude>
Telescope: 63mm Zeiss Telementor refractor
Magnification: x56, x112, x210
I can see the star at PA = 159 without difficulty at all powers. There is also a slightly brighter star at estimated PA = 345, estimated separation = 2 arc minutes.  This asterism reminds me of the naked eye view of Altair and its two companions, forming the main part of Aquila.  There is a fainter companion at a similar distance (2 arc minutes) in estimated PA = 100.  I can't find any sign of a  star at the predicted 258 deg, 62.7". 

 
John Clemmer
Star: 75 Orionis 
Date & Time: March 6/2000 1930 EST  
Seeing: 7, quite steady <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Priceville, Ontario, Canada
W80 41'41"  N44 10' 40"
Site classification: Rural 
Sky darkness: 6+/10ths 5th mag. if I'm lucky tonight <Limiting magnitude>
Telescope: Televue Pronto
Magnification: 12x 

 
 

40mm 12x note: try Struve 667 1° north of Rigel 7.1 and 8.6 / 4.1" sep @ 314° Primary star K2 quite orange looking, pretty. 

 
G.E.O.D.A Group
Star: 75 Orionis 
Date & Time: 11-III-2000, 18.30-21.30 UT
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> 
Location of Site: Manises, Valencia, Spain. GPS coordinates: 39º 29' 36" N, 00º 27' 56" W.
Site Classification: Urban-Suburban
Sky darkness: 3 <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: Meade 10" LX-200 SCT
Magnification: 200x
Published measures are the mean of two observations made from two different observers.

d = 82.1-135.2; PA = 260-158