33 Doubles Observing Projects: Struve 2082

Struve 2082

Morgan Spangle

Star: Struve 2082
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

27.6 92.1

David Jenkins				srvaughn@juno.com
Star: Struve 2082 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: 26.6, PA 93

Ian Coster				ian.coster@homechoice.co.uk
Star: Struve 2082 Date: 15/08/06 Time: 22:25 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: 18mm Ortho Diagonal: `Magnification:` x67 Barlow: No				Rich Field Primary Colour: Orange Secondary Colour: Non noted General Notes: When using the Barlow and Microguide the secondary had a blue tinge but appeared colourless in the 18mm. Measurements: PA: 94 Sep: 26.5" (3x Barlow & 12.5mm MG. scale constant 5.3" per division)