[AZ-Observing] Re: Howwuzit at Cherry Rd?

It was much the same on Sunday night too, with the creeping crud slowly
drifting over. Seeing was as you say and transparency came and went. My
mirror didn't help,  being at 100 degrees and took three hours to cool
since I forgot my cooling fan. I observed with Richard Payne
(http://azastrophotography.com). We noticed seven or eight scope circles
in the crunchy grass and watched a zillion ants who all went to bed
early thank goodness. There was a good long window around midnight and I
was able to see a 13.8 mag galaxy (NGC 4642) so Richard got in some
shots with the astrograph at that point.

I took a look at AJs globular, NGC 5466, a sprinkling of 12th mag stars
over a glowing background. Brighter M3 looked small compared to it, but
much sharper and busier. I think this is the globular you look at when
you can't find M3 - or it's the most misidentified in the quest for M3
at Messier Marathons.

Other notable in nosing around Virgo in the area of Porrima, NGC 4666,
wow, but totally ignored by all observing lists, is a 10.7 mag edge-on
with possibly a dust lane. It even has a companion galaxy, mag 13.6 NGC
4668, opposite a tiny star triplet. NGC 4517 is another great but
ignored edge-on, a long streak with a supernova-like bright star near
the center.

(14.5" f/5 refl, 27 Pan, 9 Nag)

Jack Jones
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Public Events
Phoenix AZ
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Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 2:56 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Howwuzit at Cherry Rd?


> Thad,
> You didn't miss much. Some high clouds blew in just at sunset from the
north
> and tokk thier time before dissapating in the SW. The seeing was
terrible
> maybe a 4 at best. We watched the transit shadow of Ganymede with
difficulty.
> Occasionaly you could see a little black dot on the disk, but mostly
not. The sky
> also seemed brighter than usual from Cherry Rd. Probably particulates
in the
> air. I packed it in around 0100 and got a good nights sleep before
heading home
> in the am.
>
> Better luck next weekend.
> Rick Tejera
> Editor SACnews
> Saguaro Astronomy Club
> Phoenix, Arizona
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> www.saguaroastro.org
>
>
> In a message dated 5/26/2003 09:30:39 US Mountain Standard Time,
> guitarfixer@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
> > Hey all,
> >
> > Didn't see any reports on how Cherry Rd was this past weekend.  Just
> > wondering seeing how I was stuck at home.
> >
> > Thad
> >
>
>
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