h2268 

Craig M. Carver
Star: h2268 
Date & Time:  December 8, 1998  0500 UT 
Seeing:  4 <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: 4.0-4.3  <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: 6" Maksutov 
Magnification: 95x 		 About 1 1/2 degrees due east of Struve 701, this is a pale orange or yellowish orange star with a faint blue (?) comes.  Very attractive. 
 

 
Chuck Layton
Star: h2268 
Date & Time: Dec.20, 1998, 08:20 UT 
Seeing:  4 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> 
Location of site: Tacoma (WA) 
Site classification: --- 
Sky darkness: 4.4  <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: 20cm f/6 Eq. Newtonian 
Magnification: 122x 		 Observed Colorations of Components:  Primary - yellow, comes - white. Other comments:  Fun little star-hop reqired to find this pair.  Fairly wide. 
 
Dave Mitsky
Star: h2268 
Date & Time: 1/30/99 05:16 UT 
Seeing: 4 <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> 
Telescope: 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain 
Magnification: 118x 		 The only Herschel binary among "the 33 Doubles in Orion", h2268 has an ample separation of 27.1". It consists of a 7th magnitude G5 primary star (not unlike the sun's spectral class), and a 9.5 magnitude companion at a position angle of 300 degrees. 

 
Ilario Melandri
Star: h2268 
Date & Time: 13/Dec/1999 – 19.53 UTC 
Seeing: 3  <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: 5.5  <Limiting magnitude>
Temperature: +2C 
Telescope: 150 mm f/15 achromatic refractor 
Magnification: 140 x (eyepiece Plossl Clavé 16 mm)


 

 
Richard Harshaw
Star: h2268 [Piazzi 109; ADS 4071; SAO 132154] 
ADS 3823; SAO 131907] 
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): Dec 29, 1999 (0200 to 0400 UT) 
Site classification: suburban 
Sky conditions: 
seeing-- began at 8 out of 10, degraded to 6 by 0400 UT 
transparency-- 8 out of 10 
limiting visual magnitude—4.5 
Temperature: began at 40F, dropped to 26F by 0400; no wind at first, 
but a breeze picked up slightly as a front passed by about 0330 UT 
Telescope: Celestron C-8 
Eyepiece: Celestron Micro-Guide (160x), 2.48x Barlow (400x effective 
magnification) 		 I made five measurements with the Micro-Guide and got an average of 27.4" in PA 296 (compared to the 1918 measurements of 27" in PA 300). The pair was difficult to measure due to the faintness of the companion. 

I estimated colors of yellowish-white (G5) and white. 

 

 
Randall Heckman
Star: h2268 
Date & Time: 12/29/99 at 2:40 UT 
Seeing: 4 
Location of Site: Heckman Observatory 
40 37' 10" N and 99 03' 50" W 
Site Classification:  Rural 
Sky Darkness (Limiting Magnitude): 5.5 
Telescope:  8" Orion Dob with 6" aperture mask 
Magnification: 46x 		 Separation (Clear or Toughing): Clear 
Magnitude Comment: Secondary more than two magnitudes dimmer 
Color Comment: Colorless 
General Comment: Easy to find. 
 
 
 
 

 

 
David Bushard
Star: h2268 
Location of site: River Falls, WI (USA) 
longitude 92, latitude 45N 
elevation approx 800 ft (246 m) 
Date of observations: 29 Dec 1999, 8:00 to 11:00 pm local time (CST) 
Site classification: rural 
Sky conditions: 
Seeing: 6 of 10, improving later 
transparency: 6 of 10 
limiting visual magnitude: 5.2 
Temperature: 25 F (-3 C), winds light and variable 
Telescope: Meade 12" LX-200 EC 
Eyepiece: Televue 13mm Nagler (234x) 		 Easy split, yellow/bluish pair.  very attractive. 

 

 
Allen Ginzburg
Star: h2268 
Date & Time: 01/03/2000, 22:31 UT 
Seeing: 8  <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> 
Location of Site: Aptos, CA (USA) 
Site Classification: Suburban 
Sky darkness: 4  <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: Meade LX-200 f/10 
Magnification: 105x 
 

 

 Easily split 
 

 

 
Richard Bise
Star:h2268 
Date & Time: January/7,8/2000 
Seeing: 5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> 
Location of site: 20 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)
 		 Ironically, I saw the faint companion only at 49X because of  the fat star images at 125x. 
 

 
Orlon Petterson
Star: h2268 
Date & Time: 10:00 - 12:00 UT 20/01/2000
Seeing: 3 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> 
Location of site: Christchurch, New Zealand  
Site classification: Suburban 
Sky darkness: 5 <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: C102HD f/10 refractor  
Magnification: 50x, 83x
 		 Clear night with a warm light NW breeze, near Full Moon, but with seeing like looking up from the bottom of a swimming pool.  Difficult to see companion at both 50x and 83x.  Both stars appear white with the secondary  to the NW of the primary. 
 
 
 
 

 

 
Bill Becker
Star: h2268 
Location of site: Casper, Wyoming Elev. 5200' 
Date of observations: Jan. 24, 2000 4:05 UT 
Site classification: Suburban 
Sky conditions: 
Seeing:4 
Sky Darkness: 4.5 
Telescope: Vixen 102 FL 
Magnification: 51x 		 This star was easily found just to the east of Struve 701. Primary seen as yellowish, no color seen in companion. When I saw this companion, I estimated the PA as 310*, comparing favorably with the given value of 300*. I used an 18mm Radian for 51X. 
 
 
 
 

 

 
Jim Brownfield
Star: h2268 
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, 75x		 split at 47x, 75x helped bring out the dim companion better

 
Philippe de Jocas 
Star: h2268  
Date & Time: January 22, 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, 90x
 		 h2268 could be done at 40x, but I needed 90x to hold the companion.

 
William L. Schart
Star: h2268 
Date & Time: 1/30/00 10:50 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, 98x		 Easily split at 48x, although the secondary is faint. I suspect that high, thin clouds may be limiting magnitude.Primary appears yellow to orange, while the secondary is too faint for color. Separation is 32”, PA 297d. 
 

 
Jay Zimmerman
Star: h2268 
Date & Time: 02/06/2000, 0330 UT 
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> 
Location of Site:  Carbondale, IL, USA 
Site Classification: Suburban/near rural 
Sky darkness: 5.0  <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: 97mm, f7 apo 
Magnification: 160x 

 

 Wide split @ 160x. This is a far higher magnification than required to split A and B, but it was needed to even see the 9.5 mag. B component which, in any case, was visible only with averted vision. 
Colors: A = pale yellow; B not determined. 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
Jordi Viver
Star: h2268 
Date & Time: 5/02/2000, 21:30 UT 
Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> 
Location of Site: Vic (Spain) 41º55’N, 2º19’E 
Elev. 570m 
Site Classification: Suburban 
Sky darkness: 4.62 <Limiting magnitude> 
Temperature: 10ºC 
Telescope: 200mm self-made Newton, Dobsonian 
Magnification: 48x 		 Separation: Dificult separation. 
Catalog data: Guide 7.0: vM 6.75, 10.2 D25”, PA302º. 
 
 
 
 

 

 
John Clemmer
Star: h2268 
Date & Time:  Feb 7/200, 2100 EST  
Seeing: 6, a bit bouncy <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: Priceville, Ontario, Canada
W80 41'41"  N44 10' 40"
Site classification: Rural 
Sky darkness: didn't check lowest vis. magnitude. best would be circa 6.2 <Limiting magnitude>
Temperature: -15C
Telescope: 4.5" f26 Kutter Schiefspiegler
Magnification: 107x (26 mm eyepiece)
 		 107x/clean 

 
G.E.O.D.A Group
Star: h2268 
Date & Time: 5-III-2000, 19:00-22:00 UT
Seeing: 8 <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: 3.5 <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: Meade 10" LX-200 SCT
Magnification: 200x		 Published measures are the mean of two observations made from two different observers.

d = 32.9; PA = 300