Struve 2025

Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 2025
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

 A wide equal pair at first glance, then the very faint close B component is spotted. Strangely the wide pair is not cataloged as a double. Used f30 to get a good split on the AB stars. Measurement; AB 2.66 sec at 163.9 deg PA, the wide pair 70.74 sec at 207.4 deg PA


   

       

Richard Jepeal
Star: Struve 2025
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 listed at 9.8, but seems dimmer. Vaguely seen. There is a thrid faint star to the northeast.
   

Axel Tute
Star: Struve 2025
Date: 17.07.2006
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 21.3°C 43% humidity
Moon: no moon
Sky darkness: Bortle 4
Telescope: Celestron 8
Eyepieces:
Magnification:

 I tried to make a good drawing from this one

 
           

Ian Coster
Star: Struve 2025
Date: 20/07/06
Time: 23:40 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: 9mm Ortho
Magnification: x267
Barlow: Yes

Primary Colour: White Secondary Colour: White General Notes: Pair of tight evenly matched stars, clear split at x267 when seeing steady. Non-STF Pairs


      
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