Struve 2003

Morgan Spangle
Star: Struve 2003
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

14.1 170.5

      

David Jenkins
Star: Struve 2003
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: 13.9, PA: 174
 

       

Axel Tute
Star: Struve 2003
Date: 02.07.2006
Seeing: <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>: 7
Transparency: <1-10 Scale (10 best)>: 9
Location of site: Küssaberg-Dangstetten, Germany
Site classification: rural
Conditions: no wind, warm low humidity (I forgot to measure)
Moon: no moon
Sky darkness: Bortle 4
Telescope: Celestron 8
Eyepieces:
Magnification:

Very nice pair good to observe in the 26mm Ploessel. Bright orange "A" with a sweet companion. Estimated PA is 150°

 
          

Richard Jepeal
Star: Struve 2003
Date: July, 14th, 2006
Time:---
Seeing: 6-7/10
Transparency: ---
Location of site: New Britain, Connecticut
USA
Site classification: Urban
Conditions: ----
Sky darkness: ---
Telescope: 8in Celestron Nexstar
Eyepieces: ---
Magnification: 53x to 228x

 Secondary faintly seen (ghostly-looking). Primary medium- light yellow
  

Ian Coster
Star: Struve 2003
Date: 20/07/06
Time: 23:00 UT
Seeing: <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>: 8
Transparency: <1-10 Scale (10 best)>: 4
Location of site: London/Suburban
51:27:54N,  0:16:36W
Site classification: Suburban
Conditions: High haze
Moon: Not Risen
Sky darkness: Mag 3.5 (ZLM)
Telescope: Orion Optics 200mm F6
Eyepieces: 18mm Ortho
Magnification: x67

Primary Colour: Pale Orange Secondary Colour: blue grey General Notes: Easily split in the 18mm. secondary faint and colour was not readily apparent Measurements: PA: 171 Sep: 12.5" (3x Barlow & 12.5mm MG. scale constant 5" per division)



      
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