Struve 3086

Louis Marchesi
Star: Struve 3086
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: 5mm TMB Super Monocentric
Magnification: 240x
  
This pair was faint and difficult to view. Both stars were white (probably because they are too faint to impart any color sensation). The pair was at one vertex of a squat triangle.
 


Steve Bodin
Star: Struve 3086
 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
   
An easy, but dim pair. yellow and blue again. Measured, 5.88 sec at 272.7 deg PA.
  


   

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