[AZ-Observing] Re: Anybody Going Out Later This Week?
- From: "Eric Steinberg" <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:46:34 -0500
No, it was really beautiful with lots of detail, darker lanes visible
and the bright stars standing out. I used the name, Sculptor Galaxy,
below rather than the NCC #
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Christ
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 11:39 AM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Anybody Going Out Later This Week?
It sounds like the view of 253 was not memorable. When Tim and I viewed
it from Farnsworth Ranch (old AAMM and AASP site) some years ago, the
experience was "religious." We viewed incredible detail and color in
the 9/.25" scope. Too, the foreground stars that framed 253 were an
interesting and uncharacteristic sight.
Bob Christ
On Dec 12, 2012, at 11:12 AM, Eric Steinberg wrote:
> Hey-
>
> The evening started out beautifully with clear skies, good
transparency
> and decent seeing. Views of Jupiter, M31, the Sculptor Galaxy,
Hubble's
> variable (NGC2261), and a bunch of other nebulae and Messier's were
> truly stunning in the 22". Slewing and tracking were dead-on until
the
> Mitsubishi "heavy-duty" batteries shipped in the Argo-Navis gave out -
> had to beg and borrow some real one's.
>
> There was a light breeze which very gradually became less "light" as
the
> night wore on. It was interesting to watch the pinpoint stars grow
into
> blobs and finally disks as the wind increased.
>
> Because of the wind, people out there knocked off around midnight. I
> declutched the scope and pointed it at the horizon - always wanted to
> have the world's most expensive weathervane. The wind continued to
> increase until morning when it was close to 20 MPH.
>
> We put a layer of mylar under our tent fly which worked great keeping
us
> warm. Unfortunately, the surround-sound of 30 square feet of mylar in
a
> 15 mph wind is something like sleeping in a giant frying pan. Live
and
> learn.
>
> Eric
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Jones
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 10:52 AM
> To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Anybody Going Out Later This Week?
>
> So, don't keep those of us that live vicariously through your freedom
in
> suspense. How was it?
>
> Tim
>
> On Dec 11, 2012, at 8:57 AM, Eric Steinberg <eric@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> That's definitely on the list. Should be stunning in the 22".
>
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