| Florent Losse | ||||
| Star: Struve 180 Date & Time: Oct 07-08th, 2005 Time: Seeing: 7 out of 10 Transparency: out of 10 Location of site: 4433N 0012W Site classification: Rural Conditions: Sky darkness: limiting mag = 6 Telescope: - visual : 120mm refractor used as guidescope - imaging : homemade Newton 8", Barlow 3x with tube extender, Audine K400 (sampling 0"32/px) Eyepieces: 20mm,7.5mm Reductions: Reduc V3.49 |
Well known,
easy and always a
great sight. Measurement :
001° / 7"48  |
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| Steve Bodin | ||||
| Star: Struve 180 Date & Time: 10 October 2005, midnight to 2 am local Seeing: 5/10 at best Transparency: fair Location of site: Mattawa WA, USA 46N 119W Site classification: rural Conditions: temp 48F, dry no wind Sky darkness: limiting mag 6.5 Telescope: Meade 16 LX200GPS Eyepieces: not used Imaging: DX8263SL video camera at prime focus Magnification: app. 600x |
The most
famous pair in Aries, viewed for many years. Even the wide C
star has been viewed before. The primary pair are a nice blue. the
third
component is almost too wide to fit in the big Meade FOV, so the
measurement is
somewhat suspect. Measures: AB
7.2 sec at 000.3 deg PA, AC 223.4 sec at 082.8
deg PA. |
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| Axel Tute | ||||
| Star: Struve 180 Date & Time: 13-10-05, 19:20 UT Seeing: 8 out of 10 Transparency: 9 out of 10 Location of site: Küssaberg-Dangstetten Germany / 47°36, 8°21 Site classification: Rural Conditions: no wind, high humidity Sky darkness: 4mag (moon) Telescope: Celestron 8 Eyepieces: 26mm Plössel Diagonal: Yes Magnification: 77x |
Struve
180 could be easily
split. No colour. See also webcam photo. The observations were difficult, because of the moon light Struve 180 could just be seen with naked eye. Every 15 to 30 minutes I had to clean the Schmid plate with a hair drier.  |
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| Louis Marchesi | ||||
| Star: Struve 180 Date & Time: 30 October 2005 Time: 3:31 UTC Seeing: Pickering 4 Transparency: Average Location: New London Township, PA, US (+39d45m,-75d52m) Site classification: Suburban/Rural Conditions: Clear with passing clouds Sky darkness: Not determined Telescope: TMB152 f/7.9 Apochromatic Refractor Mount: Losmandy G-11 Eyepieces: TeleVue Panoptic 41mm Magnification: 29x |
Sometimes I like to use
the lowest possible magnification to split a
pair. At 29x, both white stars were nearly in contact. The C star was
easy to
spot as well. It is a duller white when compaired to the AB pair. |
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| Mike Sutherland | ||||
| Star: Struve 180 Date & Time: 21 October 2005 Time: 9:00 pm to 11:15pm PDT Seeing: 7/10 at best Transparency: fair Location: Beaverton, Oregon, USA 45.5N 123W Site classification: Suburban Conditions: Temp 42F, clearing after days of rain Sky darkness: Limit mag ~ 4.0 Telescope: Takahashi FS102 Eyepieces: 10mm Ultima, 6mm ortho, 4mm ortho Magnification: 82x, 137x, 205x |
9:55pm PDT. A beautiful
triple
with A-B of equal magnitude and an easy 7.5 arc second
separation. Fainter C was quite a ways off and makes me wonder if it's
physically related. Easy at 82x and very nice at 137x. |
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| Eddy O'Connor | ||||
| Star: Struve 180 Date & Time: Thursday, November 3rd, 2005 Seeing: 7/10 Transparency: 8/10 Location of site: Terara, New South Wales, Australia, Long.150º.38 ; Dec. S 34º.52 Site classification: rural Conditions: Temp. 18ºC Sky darkness: limiting mag 6.5 Telescope: 8" Newt. F9 Eyepieces: 25mm K, 12.5 mm Ortho Magnification: app. 600x Harshaw Scale 1-5: 1 best |
Showpiece double star of
almost equal magnitudes. They have a pink shade
in my eyes. Blue star wide to the east. HS1.
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| William Schart | ||||
| Star: Struve 180 Date & Time: Friday, 19th, Nov/2005 Time: --- Seeing: --- Transparency: --- Location: Columbia, MIssouri, USA Site classification: Suburban Conditions: --- Sky darkness: --- Telescope: Celestron C8 Eyepieces: 25mm, 17mm, 10mm Magnification: |
A bright white pair; PA
almost due N/S. Easily split. |
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| Morgan Spangle | ||||
| Star: Struve 180 Date & Time: 11/19/2005 (CCD Observing), 25 November 2005 (Visual) Seeing: Transparency: Location: Larchmont, NY 40.55N 73.44W Site classification: Suburban Conditions: Cold, dry, thin high haze; moonless; steady air Sky darkness: Telescope: C9.25 SCT f/10 (CCD: ST2000XM) Borg 125ED f/6.4 800mmfl (visual) Mount: Tak NJP Temma 2 Eyepieces: 30, 24, 18, 12.5, 7.5, 5mm Celestron Ultima, in turret. UO Klee 2.8x barlow Magnification: |
Brilliant
pair, dazzling...split in the 24mm and best viewed at 64x with the 12.5mm. AB / 7.7 / 355.4 (egg shape,not clean split; measure is approximate) AC /217.6 / 82.2 |
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