Star:
DON 832 (Xi Oph)
Date & Time:
July 10-11, 2002,
11:30 pm to 12:30 am, CDT
Seeing: 8 <1-10
Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: 8 <1-10,
10 best>
Location of site:
Killeen, TX, USA
Site classification:
Suburban
Sky darkness: 4-4.5
<Limiting magnitude>
Temperature: 77F
(25C)
Telescope: Celestar
8" SCT
Eyepieces: 25mm,
27mm, 10mm, and CMG eyepieces
Magnification:
Star: DON 832 (Xi
Oph)
Date & Time:
July 19, 2002, ,
110:30 pm to midnight.,
CDT
Seeing: 8 <1-10
Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Transparency: slight
haze
Location of site:
Killeen, TX, USA
Site classification:
Suburban
Sky darkness: 3-
<Limiting magnitude>
Moon: waxing gibbous
moon nearby
Telescope: Celestar
8" SCT
Eyepieces: 25mm,
17mm, 10mm, 6.5mm
and CMG.
Magnification: |
This pair has
me confused. At low power there was not
much sign at all of duplicity,
at mid power I thought I could get an
occasional glimpse of the
secondary, which was confirmed at high power.
However, unless I was totally
disoriented, it was in the opposite
quadrant from where it should
be, being to the SW rather the the NE. I
guess I will have to re-visit
this again.
I revisited this pair to
see if I could resolve the problem I had when I looked at this on 7/11/02.
However, I still see a second star a few seconds removed and to the SW,
not the NE. Could there be a third member of this system or an unrelated
star that just happens to be on the line of sight? Captain Stardeck, where
are you?
Ambience: After much rain
earlier in the week and a lot of clouds since then, it
was pretty clear last night
and so, despite the waxing gibbous moon, I
decided to venture out and
see what I could do with the Ophiucus list.
The temperature wasn't too
bad for Central Texas this time of year, but
the humidity was way up
there. It looked like there was a little bit of
haze. The bugs were far
worse than I ever remember - I think the recent
rains have brought them
out. A helicopter was circling around to the
south, low and with a searchlight.
He was obviously searching for
something/one on the ground.
After a while I realized that in that
general direction, perhaps
half a mile or so (almost one km) was the
local juvenile lockup. Could
he be looking for an escapee? Not
necessarily an encouraging
thought!
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