Struve 1891


Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 1891
Date & Time: 26 July 2005, 10 pm to midnight
Seeing: 5->3 <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: temp 80F, dry no wind
Telescope: Meade 16 LX200GPS
Eyepieces: not used
Additional: DX-8263SL color video camera at prime focus and 2x
Magnification: app. 600x and1,200x
   
Very unequal pair and the degrading air made this more difficult than it should be. Bright yellow primary and a faint blue mote of a companion. Measured, poorly, 3.6 sec at 242 deg PA.
  

 


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