| Jim Jones | ||||
| Star:
Theta1
+ Theta2 in Orion
Date & Time: 07:30 UTC, 11/17/00 Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Lake Oswego, Oregon Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: 3.5 <Limiting magnitude> Temp: 36F Wind: Brisk and cold. Binocular: 7x50 Nikon (hand held)
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Est PA......290d
Some luminosity observed. A very cold night seemed to make Orion's sword appear very cold indeed.
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| Bob Hogeveen | ||||
| Star:
Theta1
+ Theta2 Orion
Date & Time: November 18, 2000, 00:00 MET Seeing: --- <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Annen, The Netherlands (53 N, 6 E) Site classification: Village-backyard Sky darkness: 4 <Limiting magnitude> Conditions: Some clouds Temperature: 5ºC Binocular: Swift Supreme 10x50 (on tripod)
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A wide pair
of bright young stars. Beautiful becouse they are embedded in the glow
of M42. With 10x it can be detected that Theta-1 (The Trapezium) is
more
than one star, but separation is not possible.
Their position in one of
the most beautiful and interesting starfield in our sky, Orion's sword,
makes this a real showstopper. In the same FOV we see, beside the
nebulous
glow of M42, several other doubles :
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| Eddy O'Connor | ||||
| Star:
Theta1 + Theta2 Orion
Date & Time: Dec 5th 2000. 10 -11p.m local; UT +11 Seeing: 5-6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Transparency: 6/10 Temperature: 18ºC Other Conditions: Calm. Moon 9 days old Location of Site: Terara, New South Wales Australia, S34.52, W150.38 degrees. Site Classification: Suburban Sky darkness: North 4; South 4.5 <Limiting magnitude> Binoculars: 7X35 Tento. 25X100 Somet. (Occasional 16" Dob comparisons ) HS: 1++ HS= Harshaw Scale1-5 (1 best) |
Now we are
the heart of the sword and what a stunning piece of cosmic drama,
whatever
the ocular. For this one I kept switching between the 16" Dob and the
25X100
Binocs and was enthralled by the field in both. Even the field in the
7X35
had its own charm and added perspective to the central action. The
sheer
size and brightness impresses in a light-bucket but the total effect to
me is superior in the wide angle view of the 25X100.
Here we see the entire belt
laid out like an underground cave of jewels, with the
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| William L. Schart | ||||
| Star:
Theta1 + Theta2 Orion
Date & Time: 1/5/01 8:30 - 8:45 pm CST 8:30 -8:48 pm CST. Seeing: 7 <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> Moon: waxing gibbous Binoculars: Tasco 10x50 binos |
theta 2 was
cleanly split. Theta 1 I could resolve 2 stars - perhaps A-D. A goodly
extent of the nebula could be seen.
Ambience: It being near full moon, I decided to do some bino observing with my newly made parallelogram mount. Orion was in a good position, so I looked at some of the well known pairs there and along the way discovered an optical double. I also had a look at the open cluster NGC 1981, where I could see 7 stars clearly. It has gotten fairly warm
the last few days (highs in the 60's F) and I suspect that is was still
in the upper 50's, with little if any wind. The Christmas lights which
were troublesome last month are a thing of the past. No animals
accompanied
me tonight.
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| Thad Robosson | ||||
| Star:
Theta1 + Theta2 Orion
Date & Time: 1-17-01, 3:30 - 5:30 UT Seeing: 4~5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Weather: clear, but quite chilly at 45°F (Hey, it's cold to us....) Location of Site: Phoenix, AZ 112 08.029w, 33 32.674n Site Classification: Suburban Sky darkness: -- <Limiting magnitude> Transparency: 3~4/10 Binoculars: 10x50 on homemade bino mount. |
Both white,
PA of 135°
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| Luis Argüelles | ||||
| Star:
Theta1
+ Theta2 Orion
Date & Time: 23rd, January, 2000, 21:50 UT Site of Observation: Oviedo, Spain Site Clasification: Urban Seeing: 2-3 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Sky darkness: About 3 <Limiting magnitude> Transparency: 6 Temperature: About 18ºC Conditions: Rather strong wind Binoculars: Pentax PCF-V 8x40, handheld |
Observing from
the kitchen of my flat is very comfortable, but without doubts, not the
best place to try high-magnification. A quick observation with
binoculars
is a good paliative instead.
Probably, the location of these stars are from the easier ones in all the entire sky and while is really easy to observe Theta1+Theta2 as two different groups, I'm not able to split any component there. Comparatively, 42+45 Ori are brighter than these ones, but the 6.2º field of view gathers a very nice observation. |
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| Carol Locomiak | ||||
| Star:
Theta1 + Theta2 Orion
Date & Time: UT Feb 14th, 01:00 till 04:00 Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Transparency: Very good 8/10 Temperature: 20°F Other Conditions: Slight breeze; no Moon Location of Site: Tomahawk WI, USA 45ºN 89ºW Site Classification: Rural Sky darkness: 8/10 Binoculars: Oberwerk 22x100 |
Stars A and
C were definitely split, and were separate from B and D. Stars B and D
appeared oval with intermittent grey between them. All appeared white
in
color.
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| Paolo Morini | ||||
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Star:Theta1 + Theta2 Ori |
Very easy |
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