| Richard Jepeal | ||||
| Star: Struve 905 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: Star: Struve 905 Date: Feb 19, 2006 Time: Seeing: Perhaps 8/10 Transparency: Location of site: New Britain, Connecticut USA Site classification: Urban Conditions: Sky darkness: No Moon, No clouds Telescope: 8in Celestron Nexstar Eyepieces: Magnification: 85X, 113X, 203X |
Close dim secondary not
seen, primary too bright. Used 203x.
Dark gap
seen at 203x (Radian). Impression
that the listed 2.0" is somewhat wider? Perhaps
due to excellent seeing conditions and a brand new
telescope? White primary. Secondary too
dim
to ascertain color.
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| Steve Bodin | ||||
| Star: Struve 905 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 |
Difficult
unequal magnitude pair. Both a blue color and the companion
buried in the primary glare most of the time. Measured, 1.8 sec at 127.5 deg
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