Struve 1907


Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 1907
Date & Time:15 August 2005, 9pm to 10pm
Seeing: 2-3 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: fair
Location of site: Mattawa WA, USA 46N 119W
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: limiting mag 5 due bright moon
Conditions: 80F, windy after 10pm
Moon:
Telescope: Meade 16 LX200GPS
Eyepieces: not used
Additional: DX8263SL video camera at prime focus, f10 and 2x
Magnification: app. 600x and 1200x
   

This is just an elongated blur even after processing. But the elongation is in the correct direction, so I will count it as a positive, but not a split. Measurement, very poor, 0.86 sec at 001 deg PA.

 


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