Struve 55


Richard Jepeal
Star: Struve 55
Date: October/2006
Time:

Seeing: ---
Transparency: ---
Location of site: New Britain, Connecticut
USA

Site classification: Urban
Conditions:
Sky darkness: ---
Telescope: 8in Celestron Nexstar
Eyepieces: ---
Magnification
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Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 55
Date: 22 Oct 2006
Time:
9 to 11pm
Seeing: 4-5/10
Transparency: fair
Location: Mattawa Wa, USA, 46.7N,119.9W
Site classification: Rural
Conditions: 48F, no wind, dry
Sky darkness: limiting mag 6.5
Telescope: Meade 16 inch LX200GPS UHTC
Eyepieces: not used
Imaging: DX8263SL video camera at f10 and f30
Magnification: app.600x and 1800x

Nice pair, close to equal, but somewhat faint. Measured: 2.3 sec at 329.5 deg PA
 

       

Axel Tute
Star: Struve 30
Date: Date: 26.10.2006
Time:
19:52 UT
Seeing: 9 / 10
Transparency: 6/10
Location: Germany.
Site classification: Rural
Conditions: 12°C, 84% rel. humidity, no wind, no moon
Sky darkness: Bortle 4
Telescope: Celestron 8 & Celestron Comet Catcher (Schmidt-Newton 51/4", 500mm)
Diagonal: yes
Eyepieces: 12mm Ploessel
Magnification: 167x

Not so easy to split. Split with the 12mm RKE. Estimated PA. No colour. I also observed a few stars from the old "Cassiopeia" and "Andromeda" project. If I had known that the weather gets so ugly, I had tried to observe some more from the list. Since the beginning of November the sky is grey and fog everywhere.


         

David Jenkins
Star: Struve 55
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: 2.1  PA: 328.0


      

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