| Stuart Anderson | ||||
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South
656 in Bootes
Date & Time: 2104 UTC, 23.Feb.2001 Seeing: 4-5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Location of site: Hamburg, Germany Lat/Long: 53 34 N, 9 59 E Site classification: Suburban sky Sky darkness: -- <Limiting magnitude> Binoculars: Vixen Ultima 9x63 + tripod FOV: 5d |
Easy to locate: star hopped
from alpha Boo, eta Boo and upwards in the binocular field of view. There
is a reddish star to the W of S656, identified in SMP as 6 Boo.
The double itself has the
N component brighter, and some averted vision was required to discern the
dimmer component, but splitting them is not difficult. Estimated PA is
about 160 degrees? No colour discernible. There is some haze near the horizon
and this double is at only 18 degrees altitude (SMP) - doesn't help to
get the best views of course. Not especially pretty.
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| Carol Lakomiak | ||||
| Star:
South
656 in Bootes
Date & Time: 9, April, 2003 Seeing: <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Location of site: USA Site classification: Rural Sky darkness: -- <Limiting magnitude> Binoculars: 11x70, tripod mounted & parallelogram. |
The center of the fov showed
an arch of three stars pointing to the
double. The double itself was in the upper left corner of a circlet of stars. Very nice.
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