FreeLists / az-observing / [AZ-Observing] Re: Magnitude limit at Hovatter Antennas site

[Jeremy Perez <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Steve,

Interestingly, I was doing the same thing on the 20th at Anderson  
Mesa. I wanted to test my new stargazing glasses and see how far they  
would take me. Like you, I sketched Ursa Minor:

http://www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus/archives/000556.html

The faintest star I sketched was HIP 81757 (TYC4426-98-1) at mag.  
6.8. I think I could've gone farther, and I know Anderson Mesa would  
support better, but some incoming cirrus, and a desire to finish an  
SW-3 observation put an end to it.

Brian, thanks very much for that list!

Jeremy
http://www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus


On May 2, 2006, at 11:40 AM, Steve Coe wrote:

> The faintest star that I held steady was 6.35 magnitude (20 UMi)  
> and with
> averted vision I could see a star that turned out to be 6.43  
> magnitude (3
> UMi).  Those values are from Sky Map Pro 10 and that means Tycho 2  
> data.
>
> I will try this again in the future at a few other sites, I think  
> it would
> be interesting to gather some information about faintest mags seen at
> several places.
>
> Join in if you like;
>
> Steve Coe
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