| Steve Bodin | ||||
| Star: Struve 212 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 |
Nice pair
and real colorful too, aqua blue primary and blue secondary. Measured,
1.9 sec at 162.2 deg PA. |
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| Axel Tute | ||||
| Star: Struve 212 Date & Time: 26-10-05 Time: 19:00 UT Seeing: 6 out of 10 Transparency: 6 out of 10 Location of site: Küssaberg-Dangstetten Germany / 47°36, 8°21 Site classification: Rural Conditions: no wind, high humidity Sky darkness: better than 5mag Telescope: Celestron 8 Eyepieces: 26mm Plössel Diagonal: Yes Magnification: 77x |
26mm
Plössel (77x): I couldn´t
split. 12mm RKE (167x):I could split with a faint hair between. 8mm RKE (250x): Split with a black interspace. No webcam photo ! |
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| Louis Marchesi | ||||
| Star: Struve 212 Date & Time: 30 October 2005 Time: 4:23 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: TMB/BO Planetary 4mm Magnification: 300x |
Both stars in this pair
were blue. I split this at 300x but not without
difficulty. At first the star appeared elongated and "fuzzy," but,
with a little patience the atmosphere steadies enough that I could see
both
stars cleanly split. |
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| Florent Losse | ||||
| Star: Struve 212 Date & Time: Nov 04-05th, 2005 Time: Seeing: 7 out of 10 Transparency: Very good degrading rapidly 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 |
Measured
in a short period of
cool seeing 164°6 / 1"95
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| William Schart | ||||
| Star: Struve 212 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: |
Another tight pair I was only able to elongate without a clean split. | |||
| Morgan Spangle | ||||
| Star: Struve 212 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: |
a white egg at 160x,
still couldn't split it with the barlow at 296x |
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