Struve 859

Morgan Spangle
Star: Struve 859
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

 wide and easy in the 24mm. The secondary is just about the limit of my sky conditions tonight, and has a kind of ruddy, reddish color to my eye.


    

Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 859
Date & Time: 5 Feb 2006, 10pm to midnight
Time:
Seeing: 4-5/10
Transparency: poor, ring around the moon
Location of site: Mattawa Wa, USA
46.9N,119.9W
Site classification:  Rural
Conditions: 35F, no wind, dry
Sky darkness: limiting mag 4.5 due moon
Telescope: Meade 16 inch LX200GPS UHTC
Eyepieces: not used
Imaging: DX8263SL video camera at f5 with reducer and 3x barlow
Magnification: app. 300x ,900x

 Wide equal magnitude pair, but rather faint. Primary listed as a G0, companion as F8. Measured; 44.19 sec at 242.5 deg PA.
 


     

Florent Losse
Star: Struve 859
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

Pretty very wide pair in a crowded field of m13 stars. Camera set to binning 2x2. Measured 242°8  44"68
 


   

Mike Sutherland
Star: Struve 859
Date: 6 Feb 2006
Time: 7:30pm to 10:00pm
Seeing: about 6/10
Transparency: average to poor
Location of site: Beaverton Oregon, USA, 45 28N, 122 51W
Site classification: Suburban
Conditions: 42F, no wind, dry
Sky darkness:  limiting mag 3+
Telescope: Takahashi FS102
Eyepieces: Pentax 9mm ortho
Magnification: app. 91x

 Easy and bright. This is the one that confused me. I thought it should be fainter. Beautiful equal mag beacons with very comfortable separation. No color but very pretty.
 


    

Richard Jepeal
Star: Struve 859
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:

Wide and easy.  Double points eastward to another near bright 8 magnitude star.  Primary has yellowish shade, secondary, bluish-white.
 
    

John M. Ryan
Star: Struve 859
Date: Feb. 28, 2006
Time: 06-8:00pm to 11:00pm local time
Seeing: 7/10
Transparency:
Location of site: Barreras, Spain 41ºN, 6.6ºW
Site classification: Rural
Conditions: -8ºC, North Wind, Cold
Sky darkness:
Telescope: Celestron 9.25" SCT on Losmandy GM8
Eyepieces: not used
Imaging: Starlight Xpress MX7-16 CCD camera
Magnification:

Sep. 44.42" PA 242.52º
 


     

Tomás Vazquez Ch.
Star: Struve 859
Date: 8/03/2006-10/03/2006
Time: (TU): 21:10:51
Seeing: 4/10
Transparency:
Location of site: Sevilla, Spain.
37º 24 N. 5º 58 W
Site classification: Urban
Conditions:
Sky darkness: 3 (limiting magnitude)
Telescope: Celestron C8 D:203mm. Reducer Focal: F/6,3.
Image device: Camera CCD SX-L8 (FT12).
Eyepieces: Not used
Magnification:
Image Software: LUCAS 1.2C
Reduction Software: LAIA 3.2A (GEA)
Telescope Computer Interface: Homemade Astro-Guider.

 Position Image: North up, East left.
Time of Integration: 10 seconds.
AR:06h09m36s Dec:+05°40'08"
AP:242.17º D:43.58"
  

 
   

     

Axel Tute
Star: Struve 859
Date & Time: 17-03-06
Time: 19:30 UT
Seeing: 8 from 10
Transparency: 6 from 10
Location of site: Kössaberg-Dangstetten
Germany / 47º36N, 8º 21E
Site classification: Rural
Conditions: hazy skies, windy, 2.1ºC, humidity 54%
Moon: no moon
Sky darkness: Bortle 4
Telescope: Celestron 8
Diagonal: Yes
Eyepieces: 26mm Plössel
Magnification: 77x
  
Wide pair. Estimated PA 250º. No color.

  

  
       
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