| Steve Bodin | ||||
| Star: Struve 261 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 |
Somewhat
more difficult pair due to the separation at prime focus, used
the camera 2x zoom again. Equal, but faint pair of white to blue-white
stars. Measured;
2.81 sec at 249.6 deg PA.![]() |
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| Florent Losse | ||||
| Star: Struve 261 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 |
Same thing
as the precedent. Spotted
by differential aiming from Xi. Measurement : 253°4 / 2"81 ![]() |
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