| Marcos Valério Mataratzis | ||||
| Star: Hershel 4548 Date & Time: 05/03/2004, 8:01 PM UT Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Transparency: <1-10 Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Lat 22°54´ S, 43°14´ W) Site classification: Suburban Conditions: Temperature: 27°C Humidity: 70% Sky darkness: 5.0 <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: 83mm refractor (f/14.7) Magnification: 38x, 45x and 78x |
4.9 and 9.2 blue stars,
52.6" at 169°. 3° N from beta Crucis, this nice pair has a
large
difference in magnitudes but as they are widelly spread appart that is
no
problem to see them.
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| Luis Balanzino | ||||
| Star: Hershel 4548 Date & Time: May 9 2004, 1h to 3h UT Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Transparency: 7 <1-10 Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Cordoba, Argentina 31.400S, 64.183W Site classification: Urban area with considerable light pollution Conditions: Temperature: 10º C Moon: in Sagittarius illuminated fraction 0.76 Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: ETX-90 Maksutov-Cassegrain (90mm f/13.8) mounted on Velbon photo tripod Eyepieces: 26mm Meade Super Plossl, 18mm Celestron Ultima Plossl, 12.5mm TAL Plossl, 2X TAL Barlow Magnifications: 48x, 69x, 100x, 200x |
Not far from Mu, is
another
wide, easy pair. Primary bright, bluish, secondary delicate, well
visible at
48x.
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