Struve 244

Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 244
Date & Time: 22 October 2005
midnight to 1 am local
Seeing: 5/10 at best
Transparency: fair
Location of site: Mattawa WA, USA 46N 119W
Site classification: rural
Conditions: temp 55F, wind to 10 mph
Sky darkness: limiting mag 6 moon rising
Telescope: Meade 16 LX200GPS
Eyepieces: not used
Imaging: DX8263SL video camera at prime focus
Magnification: app. 600x

 Another pair pushing tenth magnitude. Glad for the big light gulp. Again white, blue-white color. Measured; 4.23 sec at 288.7 deg PA.
 

 
 
  

Eddy O'Connor
Star: Struve 244
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

 Two faint stars just split in these conditions. HS3.


 
 

Florent Losse
Star: Struve 244
Date & Time: Nov 05-06/06-07th, 2005
Time:
Seeing: 7 out of 10
Transparency:  out of 10
Location of site: 4433N 0012W 
Site classification: Rural
Conditions:
Sky darkness: limiting mag = maybe 2/3 at very best, <0 at worst !
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

Too faint to be seen in the 120 in these conditions. Spotted by
differential aiming from STF240. Measurements : 289°7 / 4"46

      
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