Struve 2084


Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 2084
Date: 26 June 2006
Time:
11pm to midnight
Seeing: 3-4/10
Transparency: fair
Location of site: Mattawa Wa, USA
46.7N,119.9W

Site classification: Rural
Conditions: 82F, no wind, dry
Sky darkness
:
limiting mag 6.5
Telescope: Meade 16 inch LX200GPS UHTC
Eyepieces: not used
maging: DX8263SL video camera at f30
Magnification: app. 1800x

everyone should look at this one now, the orbit cal for this summer is quite different from the project list, 1.05 sec at 209.6 deg PA vice the 0.9 at 020 deg listed.

  


        

Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 2084
Date: 17 July 2006
Time:
11pm to midnight
Seeing: 5/10
Transparency: good
Location of site: Mattawa Wa, USA
46.7N,119.9W

Site classification: Rural
Conditions: 82F, no wind, dry
Sky darkness
:
limiting mag 6.5
Telescope: Meade 16 inch LX200GPS UHTC
Eyepieces: not used
maging: DX8263SL video camera at f30
Magnification: app. 1800x

Zeta Herc A famous pair in a fast 34.5 year orbit that is well defined by the professionals. Very difficult due to the brightness of the primary and the close separation and the 2.5 magnitude difference. Measured at 1.00 sec, 209.8 deg PA.
 


       

Axel Tute
Star: Struve 2086
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:

Tried again but no chance. No split

 

           

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