Struve 812


Morgan Spangle
Star: Struve 812
Date & Time:
Time:

Seeing: steady
Transparency: hazy skies
Location of site: Larchmont, NY
Site classification:  Suburban
Conditions:
Sky darkness:
Telescope: 125mm refractor, 1500mm f.l.
Eyepieces: 5, 7.5, 12.5, 18, 24, 30mm Ultima plossls

not sure I found this in these conditions, I'll have to return to it 


    

Florent Losse
Star: Struve 812
Date & Time: 2-3 and 5-6 02/2006
Seeing
4 to 6 of 10
Transparency: good
Location of site: 4433ºN, 0012ºW, France
Site classification: Rural
Conditions

Sky darkness: m lim = 6
Telescope: Homemade Newton 8" at F/30
Eyepieces: Not used
Imaging device: Audine CCD (KAF400)
Imaging software: Pisco
Reduction: Reduc v3.62


Again a very large pair and a consequent magnitude difference.
Measurement : 58°0  28"03

 


       

Richard Jepeal
Star: Struve 812
Date: 7 Feb 2006
Time:
6:00pm (EST) to 10:20pm (EST)
Seeing: 6/10
Transparency:
Location of site: New Britain, Connecticut
USA

Site classification: Urban
Conditions: Periods of thin clouds
Sky darkness: 9 day old moon
Telescope: 8in Celestron Nexstar
Eyepieces: 10mm (Radian), 14mm (Pentax), 18mm (Radian),
24mm (Panoptic)

Magnification
:


Averted vision used with higher magnification (145x) to darken sky, to facilitate seeing dim 11.0 magnitude secondary. Primary bright white.
 


    

Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 812
Date & Time: 17 Mar 2006
Time:
10pm to 11pm
Seeing: 2/10
Transparency: fair, passing clouds
Location of site: Mattawa Wa, USA
46.9N,119.9W

Site classification: Rural
Conditions: 40F, gusty wind, dry
Sky darkness: limiting mag 5.5 due moon rising
Telescope: Meade 16 inch LX200GPS UHTC
Eyepieces: not used
Imaging: DX8263SL video camera at prime focus and 2x
Magnification: app. 600x, 1200x

Wide pair with a faint secondary. My WDS has only one measure and that was in 1905, so a century has passed and the positions that I got have changed. Measurement, 27.74 sec at 055.1 deg PA.


  


      

Axel Tute
Star: Struve 812
Date & Time: 19 Mar 2006
Time:
20:15 UT
Seeing: 8 from 10
Transparency: 8 from 10
Location of site: Kössaberg-Dangstetten
Germany / 47º36N, 8º 21
E
Site classification: Rural
Conditions: no wind, 3.6ºC, humidity 60%
Moon: no moon
Sky darkness: Bortle 4
Telescope: Celestron 8
Eyepieces: 12mm RKE
Magnification
:
167x

Companion very faint. No color.
  

  
     

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