[AZ-Observing] Re: A terrific night at Messier Marathon site
- From: stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:12:45 -0400
Chris, et al;
I was just looking at some star magnitudes that I saw inside the bowl of
the Big Dipper last night. I used the Hipparchos data and found that the
faintest star that I could see with direct vision was 6.46 and I got a
hint with averted vision of a star that was 6.80.
Not bad for an observer who will be 62 years old next month. The mottled
detail in the winter Milky Way convinced me that I was very dark adapted.
I am a happy guy;
Steve Coe
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