Struve 1450


Richard Jepeal
Star: Struve 1450
Date: March 27, 2006
Time:---

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

Site classification: Urban
Conditions: ----
Sky darkness: ---
Telescope: 8in Celestron Nexstar
Eyepieces: ---
Magnification
:


White primary.  Discernable double at 132x, but clearer view at 178x.
 

    

Florent Losse
Star: Struve 1450
Date: April 10th 2006
Time:

Seeing: fair
Transparency: good
Location of site: 4433N 0012W
Site classification: Rural
Conditions
:

Sky darkness: m lim=6
Telescope: Homemade Newton 8"
Imaging device: Audine CCD (KAF400)
Imaging software: Pisco
Reduction: Reduc v3.62

Visual : 120mm refractor, 7.5 mm and 5mm eyepieces
Magnification
: 50x


should be far easier than STF1426. Never say that ! Few images are
again good enough to be measured. Two set of measurements : 159°3 / 2"08 and 156°85 / 2"08.

 
 

    
      

Morgan Spangle
Star: Struve 1450
Date: 15 April 2006
Time:

Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: 7 <1 worst - 10 best>
Location of site: Larchmont, NY  40.55.26N 73.44.45W
Site classification: suburban
Conditions: breezy, clear, temp: 50-42 deg
Moon: Nearly full, rising
Sky darkness <Limiting magnitude>
Telescope: C9.25 SCT
Mount: Takahashi NJP Temma 2
Eyepieces: SBIG ST2000XM
Magnification
: n/a
Diagonal: n/a
   
No split

      

Lucian Curelaru
Star: Struve 1450
Date23/04/2006
Time:
22:15 local time (19:15 UT)
Seeing: 2-3/10 (Pickering scale)
Transparency: 4/10
Location of site: Sibiciu de Sus / Buzau county, ROMANIA
 Latitude 45.333 N / Longitude  26.350 E / Elevation 264 m
Site classification: Rural site /  a medium village but located at minimum 50 km to
nearest big town

Conditions
:
about 7 degrees C , little wind with random intensification,  high humidity
Sky darkness: 4.5 limiting magnitude for naked eye
Telescope: 10" F/5 dobsonian reflector
Eyepieces: 25mm Sirius Plosll / 10mm Sirius Plosll / 3x achromat Barlow
Magnification
:
50x , 125x , 375x

no split at 50x,125x,375x Quite bright but looks single. Probably bad conditions magnitude difference and small SEP is cause. Need to be reobserved.
       

Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 1450
Date: 27 Apr 2006
Time:
10pm to 11pm
Seeing: 4-5/10
Transparency: good
Location: Mattawa Wa, USA, 46.7N,119.9W
Site classification: Rural
Conditions: 60F, slight 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

Difficult star, with the secondary lost in the primary glare. Somewhat poor measurement, 2.25 sec at 166.7 deg PA.



  

     

Mike Sutherland
Star: Struve 1450
Date: 4 May 2006
Time:
9:00pm to 10:30pm PDT
Seeing: 5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: below average
Location of site:Beaverton Oregon, US
45 28N, 122 51W

Site classification: Suburban
Conditions: 60F, dry
Sky darkness
:
3 <Limiting magnitude>
Telescope: Takahashi FS128
Eyepieces: 30mm Ultima, 9mm ortho, 7.5mm LE, 6mm ortho, 5mm LE, 4mm ortho, Barlow.
Magnification: 35x, 116x, 139x, 173x, 208x, 260x, 305x
   
unsplittable tonight

      

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