| Tom Teague | ||||
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56 Andromeda
Date & Time: 2000/11/13 (23:55UT) Seeing: -- <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Location of site: Chester, England (53 11 08N; 02 51 39W) Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: Moon just past full. Conditions: Cold, mainly clear. Binocular: 8 x 30W Zeiss Jenoptem binocular (hand-held) |
A pretty pair, quite easy for this small instrument. No colours
seen. Very close by is NGC 752, a well-known open cluster.
I could just make this out as a small, faint nebulous patch with a stellar
point in it. An attractive field. Perhaps NGC 752 would be
easier on a moonless night.
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| Bill Reinehr | ||||
| Star:
56 Andromeda
Date & Time: November 14, 2000 - 1:00 UTC Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Pflugerville, Texas, USA (30 degrees N.) Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: 4.1 <Limiting magnitude> Temperature: 42° F. Binocular: Orion 8x42 (hand held) & Orion 11x70 on Bogen (Manfrotto) Fluid Head and Tripod.
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A fairly easy split hand held but no color visible. With
the 11x70, both components appeared to be yellow. Adjacent to open cluster
NGC 752, which was only vaguely visible.
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| Jim Jones | ||||
| Star:
56 Andromeda
Date & Time: 0203 UTC, 11/16/00 Seeing: 5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Lake Oswego, Oregon Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: 3.5 <Limiting magnitude> Binocular: 7x50 Nikon (hand held) |
No observed color. Est PA 315d. In the same
FOV as Gamma And.
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| William L. Schart | ||||
| Star: 56 Andromeda
Date & Time: 15th, November, 2000. 8:30 -8:48 pm CST. Seeing: -- <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Killeen, TX (Lat 31 N, Elev 600 ft) Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude> Temperature: 45ºF Binoculars: 10x50 tripod mounted |
I used the short base of the constellation Triangulum
as a pointer to this pair. The open clusted NGC 703 which lies nearby was
not visible to me. The pair was easily split and appeared as a nearly equal
pair, somewhat greyish-white in color. They were immediately to the left
of a line of 3 stars, forming a sort of "hockey stick" asterism.
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