Struve 903


Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 903
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 classificationRural
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

Another uninteresting unequal pair. Primary not much color, secondary blue. Measured; 23.27 sec at 295.3 deg PA
 

 

    

Richard Jepeal
Star: Struve 903
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
:


White, slightly bluish primary.  Seconday much too dim to ascertain a stab at color.

    

Axel Tute
Star: Struve 903
Date & Time: 14-03-06
Time:
19:15 UT
Seeing: 8 from 10
Transparency: 6 from 10
Location of site: ssaberg-Dangstetten
Germany / 47º36N, 8º 21
E
Site classification: Rural
Conditions no wind, hazy skies
Moon: full moon
Sky darkness: Bortle 4
Telescope: Celestron 8
Diagonal: Yes
Eyepieces: 26mm Plössel
Magnification
:
77x
  
Wide pair. "A" seems to be bluish.
          

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