| Marcos Valério Mataratzis | ||||
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Mu Crucis Date & Time: 05/03/2004, 7:54 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 |
Easy blue and blue pair
at any
magnification. Magnitudes are 3.9 and 5.4, 35" appart at 17.7°.
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| Eddy O'Connor | ||||
| Star: Mu Crucis Date & Time: Wednesday, May 12th 2004 9-10.30 local; UT +9. Seeing: 8/10 (10 best) Transparency: 9/10 (10 best) Location of site: Terara, New South Wales Australia, Long.150º.38; Dec. S 34º.52. Site classification: Suburban Weather: Sky darkness: --- <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: 8" Newt. F9 Eyepieces: 10mm Plossl,18mm Ultima Celestron, 32 mm Teleview Plossl Magnification: Harshaw Scale: 1 (1-5; 1 best). |
The outer stars in Crux
just
keep getting better. This is delightful Light Blue pair with three
companion stars in the field.
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| Luis Balanzino | ||||
| Star: Mu Crucis 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 |
A beautiful wide and easy
pair, it can be split with my 12x50 binoculars, but looks really
splendid in
the ETX at 48x. Bright, bluish components. A remarkable southern sight.
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