33 Doubles Observing Projects: Struve 2094

Struve 2094

Mike Sutherland

Star: Struve 2094
Date: 30 June 2006
Time: 10:00pm to 12:00pm PDT
Seeing: <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>: 7
Transparency: below average
Location of site: Beaverton Oregon, USA
45 28N, 122 51W
Site classification: Suburban
Conditions: 66F, dry
Sky darkness: limiting mag 3
Telescope: Takahashi FS128
Eyepieces: 30mm Ultima, 12mm ortho, 9mm ortho, 7mm ortho, 6mm ortho, Barlow.
Magnification: 35x, 87x, 116x, 149x, 173x, 327x

11:20pm PDT

12mm ortho (87x), 6mm ortho (173x), and 7mm ortho with Barlow (327x)

With the 12mm I was seeing a faint companion but not the close twin from the list). At 173x I could just make out a figure "8" as well as that faint companion. Tried some barlow combinations with the 7mm working the best (at 327x). During brief, steady moments I was getting a rather clean figure "8" but never a complete separation. A great nut for steady air. Unfortunately, in the time to gather these three the sky rotated enough so the rest of the project was now in my oak tree so I'll save those for another day.

Steve Bodin				sdbodin@hotmail.com
Star: Struve 2094 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				Easy in the big scope with this much power. Measured, 1.13 sec at 073.9 deg PA. STF 2106 Tight pair, nearly equal in magnitude. Could be better split if higher in the sky. Measured; 0.63 sec at 177.2 deg PA

Richard Jepeal				richardjepeal@yahoo.com
Star: Struve 2094 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				Fine,tight yellowish-white pair (1.2"). Separated at 228x. Seeing 7/10 at zenith.