Struve 938


Richard Jepeal
Star: Struve 938
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
:


Another bright star and dim companion.  White primary.
 

    

Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 938
Date & Time: 8 Feb 2006
Time:
10pm to 11pm
Seeing: 4-5/10
Transparency: good
Location of site: Mattawa Wa, USA
46.9N,119.9W

Site classificationRural
Conditions: 33F, slight 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
Magnification: app. 300x

Really faint companion makes this one at bit of a challenge. Faint blue companion south of the bright white primary. Measured; 11.03 sec at 209.6 deg PA.


   


     

Axel Tute
Star: Struve 938
Date & Time: 17-03-06
Time:
19:40 UT
Seeing: 8 from 10
Transparency: 6 from 10
Location of site: ssaberg-Dangstetten
Germany / 47º36N, 8º 21
E
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. Very faint companion. Not so easy because of the faint
companion. Estimated PA 250º. No color.


          

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