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(IAAC) Obj: Struve1798 - Inst: 8" f/6 dob
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Subject: (IAAC) Obj: Struve1798 - Inst: 8" f/6 dob
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From: Tom Campbell (via Lew Gramer) <starborg@allencc.edu>
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Date: 1 Jun 2004 18:27:32 -0000
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[Forwarded to IAAC with Tom's permission.]
Observer: Tom Campbell
Location: Iola, Kansas (Long: 95o24'W, Lat: 37o55'N)
Equipment: Discovery DHQ 8" dobsonian
Eyepieces: 1.25" Ploessls - 25mm (49x), 15mm (81x), 10mm (122x), 6mm (203x)
Date/Time: 05 May 2004, 10:10pm CDT
Transparency: Clear (8/10)
Seeing: Stable (8/10)
Moon: Full, but just below or at horizon
Weather: Temperatures in the low 60s. There was a light breeze. Relative
humidity was about 68%
Object(s): Struve1798
Category: Multiple star.
Constellation: UMi
Data: Mag: 7.5, 9.7
Position: RA: 13h 55m 00s | Dec: +78o 24'
Description:
[From the "Spirit of 33" list for this month in Ursa Minor.]
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This double was easily split at 49x, but the best view was at
122x. The bluish secondary is a couple of magnitudes fainter
than the yellow-white primary.