| Bob Hogeveen | ||||
| Star:
Epsilon Orionis
Date & Time: December 18, 2000, 23:00 UTC Seeing: -- <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Location of site: Annen, The Netherlands (53 N, 6 E) Site classification: Village-backyard Sky darkness: 4.3 <Limiting magnitude> Conditions: Lot of moisture in the air Temperature: 0° C Telescope: Celestron CG-11 Magnification: |
A very wide and, sorry to
say, bit uninteresting double. In the starfield around Epsilon star B is
indeed the closest to Epsilon, but there are many more stars nearby and
this pair doesn't look in anyway as a double. Funny is that B is first
in a row of 3 faint stars, in one line from Epsilon. A bit like the moons
of Jupiter (there is another star on the other side of Epsilon in about
the same line!).
The field around Epsilon
is nice, mainly because the attractive double Struve 751 in the same FOV,
just 14' to the NNW.
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| Eddy O'Connor | ||||
| Star:
Epsilon Orionis
Date & Time: 10 -11p.m local; UT +11. Monday, 01/01/01 Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Transparency: 7/10 Temperature: 18º Other Conditions: Calm. Moon 5 days old Location of Site: Terara, New South Wales Australia, S34.52, W150.38 degrees. Site Classification: Suburban Sky darkness: Northern sky: 5; Southern: 5.5 Binoculars: 25X100mm Somet Binoculars. 7X35mm Tento HS: 4 HS= Harshaw Scale1-5 (1 best) |
This very wide
double was impossible in small binox because of the glare of the primary.
However, the extra power of the 25X100 made it relatively easy. I found
the colours White and Bluish.
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| Jim Jones | ||||
| Star:
Epsilon Orionis
Date and Time: 1/6/01 0502 UTC Seeing: 6 <1 worst - 10 best> Location of Site: Lake Oswego, Oregon Site Classification: Suburban Sky Darkness: 4 <Limiting Magnitude> Moon: Phase .789 Telescope: 8 inch LX50 SCT Eye Piece(s): 42 mm Ultima Magnification: 47x
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Double was
very near moon.
primary....yellow companion....very dim with no observable color Hey we got stars!!!! Almost a full moon and lots of dew but a clear sky. I decided it was good enough to lug the LX50 out and set it up. It's been a long time. Couldn't find where we put the dew shield and the 8x50 finder to keep them away from the grandkids (and the dog) over Christmas. The batteries in the Telerad were dead and I never did get anything resembling a polar alignment but what the heck...we got stars. After I got set up, Orion
was doing a nose dive behind the fir grove so I tried to get a quick shot
of M42 but the sword was long gone. So up to the belt to grab epsilon
before it to disappeared. Then I turned my attention to the twins.
I was able to use the UO 7mm ortho with the 8" SCT and spent some time
fooling around with the MicroGuide.
It was wet, really wet.
So wet I finally raided the sock drawer and put the EP's in socks.
The moon was bright enough to read the heavy print at the top of the 33-doubles
print outs. Not really cold, but very still and quiet. And
the Christmas lights were down...now if I could do something about the
yard light from hell two lots over.
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| William L. Schart | ||||
| Star:
Epsilon Orionis
Date & Time: January 21, 2001 7:44 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: 48x, 72x, 120x |
I thought I
might have made the companion tonight, but I wouldn't swear by it. I thought
that I might have seen a faint spot at about the right separation and PA,
but it may have been wishful thinking. I kept thinking that mag 10.5 should
have been more apparent.
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| Luis Argüelles | ||||
| Star:
Epsilon Orionis
Date & Time: 23rd, January, 2000, 21:50 UT Site of Observation: Oviedo, Spain Site Clasification: Urban Seeing: 2-3 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Sky darkness: About 3 <Limiting magnitude> Transparency: 8-9 Temperature: About 18ºC Conditions: Rather strong wind Telescope: Televue Ranger Magnification: 30x Eye Piece(s): 16mm Televue Nagler |
After having
Nagler eyepiece's first lights on M42 (Herschel always tried to make first-lights
on this beautiful Messier object), I aim the small refractor to the central
star in Hunter's belt.
Aside a wonderful space-walk
in the rich field around Alnilam, this double is not very interesting.
It's a reallly wide open double and having into account the faint secondary,
it even doesn't appear as a double star. It's more an issue of getting
the complete belt as a collection of doubles than really enjoying from
the split of a double star. Anyway, having Alnilam and Alnitak in the same
field of view saves the observation.
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| William L. Schart | ||||
| Star:
Epsilon Orionis
Date & Time: 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: Celestar 8” SCT Magnification: 78x, 120x, 203x |
I finally found
the wide-spaced but dim companion. By fiddling with the RA and DEC slow-motion
controls to establish directions, I estimated where the PA would lie and
saw a star laying there. It seemed to be quite a bit dimmer than mag 10,
however, to
me. Perhaps some unseen cloudiness was obscuring it? The primary is blue-white, the secondary to faint to tell.
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