h 5178

Richard Harshaw
Star: h 5178
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. 

A very poor double (rated 5) at 2014-3407.  It offers a 6.7m K1 giant (yellow-orange) and 8.5m star (yellow-white) 3" away in PA 10.  Both separation and PA seem to be unchanged since discovery.  It was observed at 280x.  If it is 434 light years away (as is believed), it is 37 times brighter than the Sun.

 


 
Eddy O'connor
Star: h 5178
Date & Time: July 18th  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:  <Limiting magnitude> 
Telescope: 8" Newt. F9 
Eyepieces: 25mm K, 12.5 mm ortho
Magnification: 73x, 146x
Harshaw Scale: 4 <1-5; 1 best>
   
mag.7/8.5, Sep.2.7". This double is found near the border with Microscorpium is a relatively dull segment of Sag. It can be located by star-hopping from Theta Sag.

Comments: This almost equal Bluish white double is just split at high 
power. HS4