Struve 881


Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 881
Date: 4 March 2006
Time:
10pm to 11pm
Seeing: 3-4/10
Transparency: poor
Location: Mattawa Wa, USA, 46.7N,119.9W
Site classification: Rural
Conditions: 40F,  dry
Sky darkness
Telescope: Meade 16 inch LX200GPS UHTC
Eyepieces: not used
Imaging: DX8263SL video camera at f10 and f30
Magnification: app. 600x,1800x

The real nutcracker of the list. Seeing had this as a blur most of the time, but two blue-white dots flashed into view every now and then. Measurement difficult and I came up with quite a close number, possibly due to the seeing, but maybe these two have started to close. Measured, 0.53 sec at 130 deg PA.
 

  

     

Axel Tute
Star: Struve 881
Date & Time: 19-03-06
Time:
19:35 UT
Seeing: 8 from 10
Transparency: 8 from 10
Location of site: ssaberg-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
Diagonal: Yes
Eyepieces: 26mm Plössel, 12mm RKE, 8mm RKE
Magnification
:
77x, 167x, 250x 
   
No chance!


          

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