| Dave Jenkins | ||||
| Star: Burnham 985 A-C Date & Time: 6 July, 2004 Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: 3 out of 4 Location of site: Orem, Utah Lat. 40.28 Long. 111.70 Site classification: Bright Suburban Sky darkness: <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: C11, TV85 Eyepieces: 20mm Magnification: 140x |
Several bright stars
in FOV. Secondary at 12:00. |
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| Steve Bodin | ||||
| Star: Burnham 985 A-C Date & Time: 31 July 2004, 11 pm to 1 am local Seeing: 6-7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Transparency: poor Location of site: Silverdale WA, USA 47N 123W Site classification: suburb-rural Conditions: temp 60F, dry Sky darkness: 4.5 <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: Celestron C8 Eyepieces: not used Additional: DX-8263SL video camera at prime focus Magnification: app. 350x |
Started with
the wide ones to
see if any other components could be found. Firstly, noticed that
the C
component was way dimmer than 9th mag more like 11. Integrated the
camera to
one full second exposure and found a close B component and a very dim D
star
near the C component. BTW the WDS lists the AC pair as HJ1499 and the
other
stars as BU 985. Measurements:
AB 6.23 at 165.3 deg PA, AC 21.37 sec at
354.5 deg PA, CD 8.7 at 64.6 deg PA. |
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| Morgan Spangle | ||||
| Star: Burnham 985 A-C Date & Time: 29 July 2004; 3 August 2004 Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Transparency: 4-6 <1-10 Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Purchase, New York Site classification: Bright Suburban Sky darkness: <Limiting magnitude> Conditions: 75 degrees F, falling, dewy Telescope: Borg 101ED refractor Mount: Vixen GP-DX mount, Sky Sensor 2000PC, Palm device running Planetarium software Eyepieces: Takahashi Orthos: 18mm, 9mm, 5mm, 2.8mm, mounted in a Borg turret eyepiece holder Magnification: 35x, 71x, 128x, 228x |
very wide and easy, even
in
the haze, at 71X |
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| Ilario Melandri | ||||
| Star: Burnham 985 A-C Date & Time: 29/07/2004 20:00-24:00 UT Seeing: 7<1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Transparency: --- Location of Site: S. Romualdo, Ravenna, Italy Site classification: Rural Temperature: around 19ºC Sky darkness: -- <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: 150mm f/15 refractor Eyepieces: 16mm and 6mm Plossl, 9mm ortho Magnification: 140x, 250x, 375x |
I think that the
companion
star is much fainter than the 9.5 listed magnitude. |
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