| Stuart Anderson | ||||
| Star:
39
Draconis
Date & Time: 2224 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 |
Star hopped eastwards from
nu and xi Dra to find this pair. One component (more southerly) is dramatically
brigther than the other (mags 5 and 7.4), with estimated PA about 30 degrees.
No colour was discernible.
The dimmer component (TYC 3916-698-1) drifted in an out of view - averted vision helped, but it was definitely there. Separation is 89" and thus not a problem to split. According to SMP, 39 Draconis is itself double, but obviously beyond my binos' capability to split.
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| Tim Leese | ||||
| Star:
39 Draconis
Date & Time: 26-August-2002 ( 21:30UT-22:30UT ) Seeing: not determined <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>. Location of site: Northwich, Cheshire. UK. (53° 15' N -2º 33' W). Site classification: Suburban Conditions: Clear sky, clouding later. Sky darkness: 3.0 ( UMi ) <Limiting magnitude> Bino: 20X60 ( Russian ), 3 degree fov, hand held. Magnification: 20x |
With these binoculars, I
could find this star only by following a line of sight upwards from the
r/f refractor centred on the star and comparing the views. Using this method,
I confirmed that I was observing the correct star but couldn't detect any
companion using the binoculars. Perhaps a darker sky is needed or a sturdier
mount for the binocs is obligatory to split this star.
For the record: - the rich field 80 at X20 split the stars into a white primary with a very faint pale orange companion. A nice view of a wide double star.
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