Struve 1864

Louis Marchesi
Star: Struve 1864
Date & Time: 11 July 2005 3:10 UTC
Seeing: Pickering 4
Transparency: Below Average
Location of site: New London Township, PA, US (+39d45m,-75d52m)
Site classification: Suburban/Rural
Sky darkness: Not determined
Conditions: Partly cloudy, calm, light dew, 18C (64F)
Moon: None (set a 3:14 UTC)
Telescope: TMB 152 f/7.9 Apochromatic Refractor
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Eyepieces: 14mm TMB Super Monocentric
Magnification: 86x
  
This was a pretty triple. The brighter pair, Pi-1 and Pi-2 Bootis, had a bluish cast. The C star was white.


Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 1864
 Date & Time:14 July 2005, 11pm to 1am
Seeing: 4/5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: good
Location of site: Mattawa WA, USA 46N 119W
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: Limit mag 6.5
Conditions: 81F, no wind, dry
Moon:
Telescope: Meade 16 LX200GPS
Eyepieces: not used
Additional: DX-8263SL color video camera at prime focus, f/10
Magnification: app. 600x
   

Easy bright pair viewd many times, both seem blue, but overexposed to see the faint C star. Measured, AB 5.68 sec at 111 deg PA, AC 128.3 sec at 158 deg PA.
 


 
  


Morgan Spangle
Star: Struve 1864
 Date & Time:
Seeing: --- <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency:
Location of site: Larchmont, NY  40.55.26N 73.43.44W
Site classification: suburban
Sky darkness:
Telescope: Borg 101ED refractor, f/6.3
Mount: Vixen GPDX, SkySensor2000PC goto
Eyepieces: not used
CCD: SBIG ST237A @ 2.39 arcseconds per pixel
Software: Astroplanner; CCDSoft v.5; theSky v.6 Pro;Adobe photoshop
      

STF 1864 AC  127.7"  164.0 deg
 


 

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