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(IAAC) Obj: STF 2156 - 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: 7/119/02 10:28 pm CDT
Location of site: Killeen, TX (Lat 31 07, Elev 600 ft)
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 3 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: Major - gibbous or near object
Instrument: Celestar 8" SCT, fork mount
Magnification: 80x, 120x, 165x, 200x, 312x
Filter(s): none
Object(s): STF 2156
Category: Multiple star.
Class:
Constellation: Oph
Data: mag 9.0-9.7 size 3.7"
Position: RA 17:24 DEC -00:50
Description:
Clearly split even at low power and blue. Part of a 5-star asterism: to the north is a triangle, while this pair and another star are some distance to the south and parallel to one of the legs of the north triangle. It kind of looks like a lop-sided roof.
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