Struve 1926


William Schart
Star: Struve 1926
Date: 6/19/06
Time:
10:36 PM
Seeing: 4 out of 5
Transparency:
Location of site: Columbia, USA
Site classification: Suburban
Conditions
:
warm
Sky darkness
:
around mag 5 (LM)
Telescope: C8
Eyepieces: 25 and 10 mm
Magnification
At high power maybe a hint of elongation. Seems yellow to me.

 
       

Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 1926
Date: 8 July 2006
Time:
11pm to midnight
Seeing: 4/10
Transparency: good
Location of site: Mattawa Wa, USA
46.7N,119.9W

Site classification: Rural
Conditions: 80F, no wind, dry
Sky darkness
:
limiting mag 4.5, bright moon
Telescope: Meade 16 inch LX200GPS UHTC
Eyepieces: not used
maging: DX8263SL video camera at f30
Magnification: app. 1800x

Very tight pair of unequal magnitude. Figure 8 is the best I could do. Poorly measured at 0.39 sec at 230 deg PA



   

      

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