Struve 39

Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 39
Date: 7 Nov 2006
Time: 8pm to 9pm local
Seeing: 2/10
Transparency: good
Location: Mattawa Wa, USA, 46.7N,119.9W
Site classification: Rural
Conditions: 55F, no wind, dry
Sky darkness: limiting mag 6.5
Telescope: Meade 16 inch LX200GPS UHTC
Eyepieces: not used
Imaging: DX8263SL video camera at f10
Magnification: app. 600x

Nice wide pair of contrasting colors. The primary is a very close pair listed at 0.2 sec, no indication of that in my seeing conditions, but maybe an elongation is possible under very calm skies, will try if that ever happens. Measurement; AB-C 19.65 sec at 043.9 deg PA.
 


        

David Jenkins
Star: Struve 39
Date: 24 November, 2006
Time: 1:00-3:30 UTC
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: 8 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Location: Orem, Utah, USA.
40.29694N, 111.69389W
Site classification: Utah Valley urban area of 500,000 with strong light pollution. Salt Lake City metro light dome to the northwest at 40 miles
Conditions: Clear, slight breeze, cold 33 degrees F
Sky darkness: 3.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Moon: Waxing quarter moon
Telescope: Celestron GPS 11” on APT Wedge
Mount: Standard Celestron
Eyepieces: Meade Super Plossl – 32mm
Imaging: Nikon Coolpix 4500, 4X zoom
Magnification: Approximately 350X
Diagonal: Yes, Meade 1.25” flip mirror diagonal
Software: Reduc version 3.62
 

Distance: 20.9  PA: 45.4

       

Richard Jepeal
Star: Struve 39
Date: November 6, 2006
Seeing: 6/10
Transparency: ---
Location of site: New Britain, Connecticut
USA
Site classification: Urban
Conditions:
Sky darkness: ---
Telescope: 8in Celestron Nexstar
Eyepieces: ---
Magnification: 53x & 91x


 

        
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