| Richard Jepeal | ||||
| Star: Struve 1495 Date: April 2, 2006 Time:--- Seeing: --- Transparency: --- Location of site: New Britain, Connecticut USA Site classification: Urban Conditions: ---- Sky darkness: --- Telescope: 8in Celestron Nexstar Eyepieces: --- Magnification: |
Although all my sources
call the secondary blue, I see it more as a grayish-(dirty) yellow. Perhaps, I should clean my lens!? Primay is yellow.  |
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| Mike Sutherland | ||||
| Star: Struve 1495 Date: 5 April 2006 Time: 9:00pm to 11:00pm PDT Seeing: about 7/10 Transparency: below average Location of site: Beaverton Oregon, USA, 45 28N, 122 51W Site classification: Suburban Conditions: 48F, slight breeze, dry Sky darkness: limiting mag 3 Telescope: Takahashi FS128 Eyepieces: 30mm Ultima, 12.5mm Ultima, 9mm ortho, 7.5mm LE, 6mm ortho, 5mm LE, 4mm ortho. Magnification: 35x, 83x, 116x, 139x, 173x, 208x, 260x |
10:19pm PDT. Obvious
double in the 30mm finder at 35x. At 116x this was an easy pair with the creamy
white primary more than a mag brighter than the secondary.
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