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(IAAC) Obj: rho Oph - Inst: Celestar 8" SCT, fork mount
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Observation Poster: William L. Schart <wschart@hot.rr.com>
Observer: William L. Schart
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 7/3/02 11:30 pm CDT
Location of site: Killeen, TX (Lat 31 07, Elev 600 ft)
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 3.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: Celestar 8" SCT, fork mount
Magnification: 80x, 120x, 165x, 200x
Filter(s): none
Object(s): rho Oph
Category: Multiple star.
Class:
Constellation: Oph
Data: mag 5.2-5.9-6.7 size 3.1"-151"
Position: RA 16:26 DEC -23:27This system is part of a triangular asterism, with the AB pair as the vertex. I could almost split AB at low power, higher powers made this a clean split. I measured the AB separation at 5” and the PA at 341.6. AC i measured at 300.2” in PA 0.4.
Description:
This system is part of a triangular asterism, with the AB pair as the vertex. I could almost split AB at low power, higher powers made this a clean split. I measured the AB separation at 5” and the PA at 341.6. AC i measured at 300.2” in PA 0.4.
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