Struve 1944


Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 1944
Date: 26 June 2006
Time:
11pm to midnight
Seeing: 3-4/10
Transparency: fair
Location of site: Mattawa Wa, USA
46.7N,119.9W

Site classification: Rural
Conditions: 82F, no wind, dry
Sky darkness
:
limiting mag 6.5
Telescope: Meade 16 inch LX200GPS UHTC
Eyepieces: not used
maging: DX8263SL video camera at f30
Magnification: app. 1800x

Very close pair, almost equal stars, yellowish color. Still a little low in the sky for tight pairs. Measured; 0.76 sec at 302.5 deg PA.


  
      

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