Struve 1973

Morgan Spangle
Star: Struve 1973
Date: 11 June 2006
Seeing: <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>: 5
Transparency: <1-10 Scale (10 best)>: 7
Location of site: Larchmont, NY
Site classification: Bright suburuban
Conditions: Cool, breezy
Moon: Full
Sky darkness: 3.5
Telescope: 23.5cm SCT
Mount: Takahashi NJP Temma 2
Eyepieces: SBIG ST2000XM CCD camera Magnification: n/a

NAME SEP PA NOTES

17.8 19.6


      

David Jenkins
Star: Struve 1973
Date: 12 June 2006
Time:  5:00-7:30 UTC
Seeing: <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>: 5
Transparency: <1-10 Scale (10 best)>: 8
Location of site:Orem, Utah USA
Latitude, 40.29694. Longitude, -111.69389
Site classification: Utah Valley urban area of 500,000 with strong light pollution due to acorn glass street lights which shoot light up and out – The bane of all local observers. Salt Lake City metro light dome to the northwest at 40 miles.
Conditions: Clear, breezy (as can be seen in some of the images), warm
Moon: Full moon raising late in observing session
Sky darkness: <Limiting magnitude>: 3.5
Telescope: Celestron GPS 11" on APT Wedge
Mount: Standard Celestron fork and tripod
Eyepieces: Meade Super Plossl – 32mm
Diagonal: Yes, Meade 1.25" flip mirror diagonal
Magnification: Approximately 350X using Nikon Coolpix 4500 and 4X zoom
Software: Reduc version 3.62 – Great software from Florent Losse. S33 group member.

Distance: 29.9, PA: 324
       

Richard Jepeal
Star: Struve 1973
Date: June 17, 2006 UT
Seeing: Vary, from 5/10 to 8/10 (Zenith)
Transparency: ---
Location of site: New Britain, Connecticut, USA
Site classification: Urban
Conditions:
Sky darkness:
Telescope: 8in Celestron Nexstar
Eyepieces:
Magnification:

Easily seen, same fov as Zeta. Yellow & bluish Sketches to follow.

 

 
  

William Schart
Star: Struve 1973
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: 

Wide pair noticable magnitude contrast. Four other stars form an irregualr quedrilaterl aroind this pair.

       

Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 1973
Date: 7 July 2006
Time: 11pm to midnight
Seeing: 3/10
Transparency: good
Location of site: Mattawa Wa, USA
46.7N,119.9W
Site classification: Rural
Conditions: 70F, no wind, dry
Sky darkness: limiting mag 5, bright moon
Telescope: Meade 16 inch LX200GPS UHTC
Eyepieces: not used
maging: DX8263SL video camera at f10 and f30
Magnification: app. 600x and 1800x

 Started at prime focus, since the air seemed unstable. This pair is easy and wide yellow white primary and blue companion. Measured; 30.48 sec at 321.7 deg PA


   


      
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