Going to Fish Trap tonight.
Friday is questionable and Saturday looks out of the question. (At the moment
anyhow.)
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On Feb 20, 2020, at 1:08 PM, Alan Skinner <skinneraf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Here is a page on 66 it is in LEO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_66 ;
On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 12:48 PM mikes442 <mikes442@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Since the skies are clear. There's a new supernova in m66 mag 11.0 or so.
That should be visible. Below is from calsky.
"AT2020cwh, TNS discovered 2020/02/18.500 by John Stevenson
Found in M66 at R.A. = 11h20m20s.000, Decl. = +12°59'25".00
visible from 18.2h - 6.2h (htop=55° at S at 1.2h) local time,
Altitude=55.3° Azimuth=179.4°
Located 73".6 east and 4".5 south of the center of M66(Discovery image)
Mag 11.0:2/18, Type unknown (Source: David Bishop)"
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-------- Original message --------
From: Alan Skinner <skinneraf@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2/20/20 2:16 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: SAS - Mailing List <sas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [SAS] Clear
Great sky out there, Clear, no wind. I pulled out the 10” dob and hammered
out everything I could find, the 2” Erfle eyepiece was in fine form. They
are Erfle good. The dipper was at zenith at 0115 hrs. Cappella was crisp and
blazing away with color (circumpolar). I took Orion apart from the top down.
The trap was distinct. M42 out of the soup looked bright. Not much found
in the south. Sagittarius. No moon and a steady sky, finally! The wizards
are talking rain for Saturday night.
Al