| Jim Jones | ||||
| Star:
Kappa Tauri
Date & Time: 0535 UTC, 11/18/00 Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Lake Oswego, Oregon Site classification: Suburban Sky darkness: 3.5 <Limiting magnitude> Temp: 37ºF Binocular: 7x50 Nikon (hand held) |
Est PA 170d
No color observed. Suffered from being less than 1.5 d from
Jupiter. Very washed
out. Seemed like more than the listed 1 magnitude difference
between
the primary and the companion.
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| Eddy O'Connor | ||||
| Star: Kappa
Tauri
Date & Time: November 22nd 2000. 10.30 -11p.m local; UT +11 Seeing: 5-6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Transparency: 7/10, (Northern sky to mag. 4.5; Southern to 5.5) Temperature: 18ºC Other Conditions: Still; high humidity after rain. No Moon Location of Site: Terara, New South Wales Australia, S34.52, W150.38 degrees. Site Classification: Suburban Sky darkness: <Limiting magnitude> Binoculars: 7X35 Tento. 25X100 Somet HS: 3 HS= Harshaw Scale1-5 (1 best) |
This wide pair lies North of the
Hyades and about 2ENE
of Jupiter just now. It is just visible to the naked eye in less than
perfect
seeing .
While the awesome presence of Jupiter washed out colours the 25X100 Somet showed the primary as Whitish and the companion as Bluish.
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| Stuart Anderson | ||||
| Star:
Kappa Tauri
Date & Time: 06 Jan 2001 17:45 (UT) Seeing: 3 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Weather: Hazy, around 1ºC 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 Magnification: 9x Field of view: 5° 24' Observing aids: Camera Tripod
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An easy double, even in a moon-drenched hazy
sky (moon is approaching
full). On a scale of 1-10, I estimate the seeing as 3.
Target confirmed by comparison with SkyMap - the small triangluar asterism made up of 56, 53 and 51 Tau, and omega Tau to the south confirmed it. Upsilon Tau (mag 4.2) to the north is also a giveaway. Huge separation - no problem to split at all and no problem in detecting the 5.3 magnitude (SkyMap figure) companion. The primary is significantly brighter that the companion, 67 Tau. No real colour identifiable in either. Est. PA: kappa Tau and 67 Tau seem to lie directly N to S, so estimate is 180 degrees. Three satellites passed through the FOV within 5 minutes! One other note: according to SkyMap, there is a 9.6 magnitude star lying directly between the two components, GSC-1277-0231. This of course was not detectable in my binoculars at all. Can any other "33 doubles" members see this? |
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| Thad Robosson | ||||
| Star: Kappa
Tauri
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. |
An easy bino hop from
Aldeberan. Est PA is 180°.
Primary is a dirty white with a very light bluish-white comp.
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| Paolo Morini | ||||
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Star:Kappa Tau |
Easy to find - Jupiter found in the same FOV, a beautoful sight |
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