Struve 3111
  
Dave Jenkins 
Star: Struve 3111
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
 Split but just barely.  No color seen in either star – White – Secondary between 3 and 4:00 position.


  
    

Ilario Melandri 
Star: Struve 3111
Date & Time: 28/07/2004
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

From 140x this faint double is clearly split in a field without stars, giving a sense of heavenly lonelyness. The protractors confirms exactly a PA of 117º


 
  

Bob Hogeveen 
Star: Struve 3111
Date & Time: 3 August 2004,
23.00 pm to 00.30 am LT
Seeing: 8-9 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency:  <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Location of site:
Site classification: Village-backyard
Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude>
Conditions: bright moon low in the
southeast
Telescope: Celestron C11
Eyepieces: Pentax SMC XL 40mm, TV plossl 20mm, China plossl 10mm
Magnification: 70x, 140x, 280x
  
Nice and subtle pair. Can just be reconized as double at 70x.
With 140x a very pretty pair that gets a rating 2 on the Harshawscale
   

Morgan Spangle 
Star: Struve 3111
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
  
too dim, need a darker sky or bigger aperture.
     

William L. Schart 
Star: Struve 3111
Date & Time: 17, August, 2004
Seeing: steady
Transparency: pretty clear
Location of site: Texas, USA
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: no moon 
Telescope: C8
Eyepieces: 25mm, 17mm
Magnification: 80x, 120x		 Dim and fairly tight. A definate elongation and perhaps a split at low power, and cleanly split at mid power. There could be a tinge of blue here.
  
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