Struve 1893


Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 1893
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
   
Another unequal pair of mostly white color. The measured data is quite a bit different from the project numbers. A check of the WDS shows the following; in 1832, 21.6 sec at 261 deg, in 1991, 21.4 sec at 214 degrees, and my measure 21.3 sec at 207.2 deg PA. Must be a lot of motion here.
  

  


Morgan Spangle
Star: Struve 1893
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 1893 22.1"  210.3 deg


 


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