Herschel 4548

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.


 


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.


 



(c) 1998-2004 The Spirit of 33