{"id":577,"date":"2011-07-30T01:42:32","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T01:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2011\/07\/30\/ag_342_tyc1978\/"},"modified":"2011-07-30T01:42:32","modified_gmt":"2011-07-30T01:42:32","slug":"ag_342_tyc1978","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2011\/07\/30\/ag_342_tyc1978\/","title":{"rendered":"AG 342 (TYC1978-179-1&2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sketch<\/a><\/p>\n

Sketch of AG 342<\/p>\n

Click image to view larger version.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Observation Notes:<\/b><\/p>\n

AG 342 is an orange-yellow\/dull-orange pair, located at the thruster end of a star-destroyer asterism. The diffraction pattern was faint and difficult to pin down. This is a high proper motion pair (190 mas\/yr) of K3V stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/b><\/td>\nAG 342 (TYC1978-179-1 & TYC1978-179-2; ADS 8002)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Classification<\/b><\/td>\nDouble Star<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Position (J2000)*<\/b><\/td>\nLeo [RA: 10 59 38.3 \/ Dec: +25 26 15.5]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Position Angle<\/b><\/td>\nAB: 112° [My Measurement 2009.9]
AB: 112° [WDS 2008]*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Separation<\/b><\/td>\nAB: 6″ [My Measurement 2009.9]
AB: 5.2″ [WDS 2008]*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Magnitudes*<\/b><\/td>\nA: 8.6; B: 9.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spectral Types*<\/b><\/td>\nA: K3V; B: K3V<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date\/Time<\/b><\/td>\nNOV 27, 2009 – 4:15 AM MST (NOV 27, 2009 – 11:15 UT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Observing Loc.<\/b><\/td>\nFlagstaff, AZ – Home<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Instrument<\/b><\/td>\nOrion SkyQuest XT8 Dobsonian (203 mm dia.\/1200 mm F\/L)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eyepieces\/Mag.<\/b><\/td>\nPentax XW10 + 2X Barlow (240X)
Meade Astrometric EP + 2X Barlow (200X)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conditions<\/b><\/td>\nClear, cold, hazy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seeing<\/b><\/td>\n3-4\/10 Pickering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transparency<\/b><\/td>\nMag 5.5 NELM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
*References<\/b><\/td>\nThe Washington Visual Double Star Catalog (Mason+ 2001-2009); Catalogue of Stellar Spectral Classifications (Skiff, 2009); SIMBAD; Double Stars for Small Telescopes<\/i> – Sissy Haas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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