| Jim Jones | ||||
| Star:
Theta1
+ Theta2 in Taurus
Date & Time: 05:00 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)
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Est
PA 345d
Primary ...orange Companion...blue-white Equal magnitudes set at right angle to a line drawn between Aldebaran and Gamma Tau. Very pretty double which is a true member of the open cluster Hyades. Only Aldebaran was visible to the naked eye. Looking through the binoculars instantly revealed the double surrounded by the bright and beautiful field of Hyades. Both the double
and the open
cluster are perfect for viewing through binoculars.
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| Bob Hogeveen | ||||
| Star:
Theta1
+ Theta2 in Taurus
Date & Time: 3rd, January, 2001 Seeing: --- <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Annen, The Netherlands (53 N, 6 E) Site classification: Village-backyard Sky darkness: 3-4 <Limiting magnitude> Conditions: halo surrounding half-Moon Temperature: -- Binocular: Swift Supreme 10x50 (on tripod, some help from a Swarovsky 20x spotting scope) |
Another
wonderful
field for bino's and small scope, the Hyades.
This pair is, of
course,
very easy for bino's, being bright and wide. Theta-1 shows a nice
dark-yellow
colour, as well with Bino as with spottingscope. Theta-2 also looked a
bit yellow, say light-yellow.
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| Thad Robosson | ||||
| Star:
Theta1 + Theta2 in Taurus
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. |
Same
field
as Aldeberan, which is a ruddy yellow/orange tonite.
Comp. is just slighty fainter and slightly yellow. Main comp. is a bluish white.
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| Bob Hogeveen | ||||
| Star:
Theta (77+78) Tauri
Date & Time: November 5, 2001 Seeing: -- <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Transparancy: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Location of site: Annen, The Netherlands 53N, 6E Site classification: Village backyard Sky darkness: ~ 4 <Limiting magnitude> Telescope: Unaided eye, Leica Trinovid 10x42 Magnification: 1x, 10x Harshaw Scale: 3 <1-5; 1 best> |
With a very
bright Moon
still in the eastern part of Taurus the sky around the Hyades was
washed
out. But the clearings between the racing clouds were really clear and
the many bright stars of this cluster stood out very well against the
sky-background.
Observing through the glass of the doors of our gardenroom I could hear the calls of flocks of Bean goose (Anser fabalis) flying by. This time of year there is always a lot of goose-business going on in our sky. Flocks on their way to winterquarters and flocks flying to and fro their sleepingquarters and their feedinggrounds, of different species of geese can be seen (and heard!). The Hyades fit into the field of view of my bino nicely, it's V-shape representing the invisible flocks of geese. The bright and wide pair 77 -78 Tau stands out beautifully. The pair is surrounded by the somewhat circle-like group of fainter stars, among which are 70, 71, 75, 80, 81 and 85 Tau. Thus it forms the most "crowded" and most beautiful part of this large and loose cluster. 77 (Theta-1) shows a nice yellow color while 78 (Theta-2) is blue-white. After having observed with the bino I noticed how easy this double was visible without the aid of an optical instrument (except for a pair of glasses). The pair was split easily and concentrating on it they showed up bright and clear, despite of the washed out sky and the thermopane in between. |
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| Paolo Morini | ||||
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Star:Theta1 + Theta2 Tau |
Easy to find and split. It's part of an asterism pubished in S&T and caled "The house in the Hyades" |
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