| Steve Bodin | ||||
| Star: Struve 1956 Date & Time: 4 Aug 2005, 10 pm to 11 pm local Seeing: 3->2 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Transparency: good between hi-cirrus 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 |
I
was going to call this a no
split, since real time viewing showed no duplicity. But post op
stacking of 125
video frames has an elongation. However, the poor seeing is most likely
the
cause of 'lack of roundness'. But the listed 2.7 sec at 041 degrees is from 1831 and the WDS has 0.2 at 028 in 1996. Here we are 9 years later and if there was a close periastron of a highly elliptical and inclined orbit around 1996 then this elongation just might be possible. I give it only a 10% chance, 90% to poor seeing. Measured , 0.412 at 329.7 deg PA, +or- 0.03 sec and 5 degrees.  |
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