| Richard Harshaw | ||||
| Star:
HN
119
Date & Time: Late 1980's Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: 7/10 Location of site: Columbia, USA 39º 30m N, ~ 90º W Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: Celestron C8 SCT Eyepieces: -- Magnification: -- |
Historical observation. Not from the official
period for this project.
Also known as h619, this pair is located
at 1930-2659. It is composed of a 5.6m K3 giant (yellow) and an 8.6m
star (red) 7" away in PA 142. Observed at 83x, it earned a 3 on my
scale. The primary is an infra-red source, and both are members of
the Hyades Group.
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| Eddy O'connor | ||||
| Star:
HN
119
Date & Time: Tuesday, July 16th 2001 7.30 -9p.m local; UT +9 Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: 7/10 Location of site: Terara, New South Wales, Australia Long.150º.38 ; Dec. S 34º.52. Temperature. 7ºC Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: -- (No Moon) <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: 8" Newt. F9 Eyepieces: 25mm K, 12.5 mm ortho Magnification: 73x, 146x Harshaw Scale: 2 <1-5; 1 best> |
Mag. 5.52/8.69, 7.6" Sep. This star stands
out in a dark field within the curve of Tau, Psi and 52 Sag. within the
same area of sky as the delightful M55.
Comments: It took a moment to detect the companion to this striking Yellowish White star that lies at the apex of small triangle of stars. The 8.9 Bluish companion just emerged at
low power and blurred considerably at the higher power. I feel that poorer
seeing with passing Cirrus cloud may have been the problem as my finderscope
had also lost its sharpness. A delightful, contrasting double in an impressive
field.
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