Struve 1984

Morgan Spangle
Star: Struve 1984
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

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David Jenkins
Star: Struve 1984
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: 6.2, PA: 283
 

       

Richard Jepeal
Star: Struve 1984
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:

 
  

Ian Coster
Star: Struve 1984
Date: 15/08/06
Time: 23:00 UT
Seeing: 2-3 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: 6 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Location of site: London/Suburban
51:27:54N,  0:16:36W
Site classification: Suburban
Conditions: Thin High haze
Moon: Not risen
Sky darkness: 4 (Zenith) <Limiting magnitude>
Telescope: Orion Optics 200mm F6Eyepieces: 9mm Ortho
Diagonal:
Magnification: x133
Barlow: No

 		Primary Colour: White Secondary Colour: Pale Orange General Notes: Easy split in 9mm and a good colour contrast. Measurements: PA: 275 Sep: 5.8" (3x Barlow & 12.5mm MG. scale constant 5.3" per division)
      
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