Struve 2024


Ian Coster
Star: Struve 2024
Date: 07/06/06
Time:
23:50 UT
Seeing: 3/5
Transparency: 3/5
Location of site: London
Lat: 51:27:54N, Lon: 0:16:36W

Site classification: Suburban
Conditions
:
High hazy cloud
Moon: Waxing Moon near full
Sky darkness: Mag4 Sky (ZLM)
Telescope: Orion Optics 200mm F6
Eyepieces: 18mm Ortho
Barlow: No
Magnification: x67

Comments Primary Colour: Yellow/orange Secondary Colour: No colour apparent General

Notes: Split in 18mm (x67). Relatively rich field. Secondary North East of Primary. Non-STF Pairs

 
      

Morgan Spangle
Star: Struve 2004
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

23.7 43.9

     

David Jenkins
Star: Struve 2024
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: 23.8, PA 44
 

        

Axel Tute
Star: Struve 2024
Date: 29.06.2006
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:

Easy to split. Estimated PA is 45°. "A's" color is red.

 

       

Richard Jepeal
Star: Struve 2024
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

Another dim secondary, faintly seen. Primary is a bright, strong yellow-orange, as suggested by the K4 spectrum.

 

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