Struve 754

Addendum 2000-2001


 
Bob Hogeveen
Star: Struve 754
Date & Time: December 23, 2000 23:00 UTC 
Seeing: 5-6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>.
Location of site: Annen, The Netherlands (53 N, 6 E)
Site classification: Village-backyard 
Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude>
Conditions: ---
Temperature: -5° C
Telescope: 8" SCT (Meade LX10)  
Magnification: 100x
 
Just next to the beautiful starfield of Iota Ori this double cannot be missed with 100x. The distance from Iota is only 20' so this double can be seen in the same FOV when using low power. It is a nice double but needs better viewing circumstances, I think. No colour seen, better skies and maybe higher power should bring out some blueishness of the stars. 
Rating : 3