| Richard Harshaw | ||||
| Star:
Stone 64
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.
Another poor pair (rated 5), shining at
2017-3236. The primary is a 7.5m G5 star (white) and the companion
is 8.4m (white), 2" away in pa 299 (decreasing?). Observed
at 280x. Thought to be 152 light years away, so 2.6 times as bright
as the Sun.
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| Eddy O'connor | ||||
| Star:
Stone 64
Date & Time: August 13th 2001. 9-10 p.m local; UT +9. Sunday, Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: 6/10 Location of site: Terara, New South Wales, Australia Long.150º.38 ; Dec. S 34º.52. Temperature. 12ºC Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: 8" Newt. F9 Eyepieces: 25mm K, 12.5 mm ortho Magnification: 73x, 146x Harshaw Scale: 4 <1-5; 1 best> |
Stn 44.n mag. 8.9/9; Sep1.7." This was
a difficult object to
locate and I only reached it with detailed maps of the area after a 20 minute hunt. Comments: The primary was a Whitish blue colour and the very close companion was White and of similar illumination. Ambience: Two glorious Spring days resulted in a balmy evening, the air heavy with the scents of Freesias and Jasmine. A neighbour's light was a problem at first but as soon as I erected a tarp to block the light, it was switched off! The Milky Way was high in the Western sky and my search for faint doubles in this area of sky resulted in stunning views of Globulars and Open Clusters of all shapes and sizes swimming into the field. Vega is peeking over the Northern horizon as I pack up.
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