Struve 2081


Morgan Spangle
Star: Struve 2081
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

20.1 322.0

      

David Jenkins
Star: Struve 2081
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: 20.2, PA 325


        

Axel Tute
Star: Struve 2081
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:

The faint companion was not visible in the 26mm Ploessel. Visible in the 12mm RKE. 2096: Easy. Estimated PA 90°. "A's" color is green

 

         

Richard Jepeal
Star: Struve 2081
Date: July, 31, 2006
Time:---

Seeing: 5/10
Transparency: ---
Location of site: New Britain, Connecticut
USA

Site classification: Urban
Conditions: ----
Sky darkness: ---
Telescope: 8in Celestron Nexstar
Eyepieces: ---
Magnification
:
53x to 228x


  

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