Struve 1475


Bob Hogeveen
Star: Struve 1475
Date: 14 April 2006
Time:
9:00pm to 11:00pm PDT
Seeing: 4 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: 7 <1 worst - 10 best>
Location of site: Annen, The Netherlands (53° N  6º E).
Site classification: Village backyard
Moon: Full Moon low in the SE
Sky darkness: 3 <Limiting magnitude>
Telescope: C14, Celestron 14" f/11 SCT
Mount: Losmandy G11
Eyepieces: 40mm Pentax SMC XL
Magnification
:
100x
   
A wide double with a faint secondary which is just visible with direct vision and which jumps into vision, becoming very obvious, with averted vision. The primary is white, the secondary too faint for showing color.

     

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