[AZ-Observing] Re: April observing report from Hovatter Norte
- From: "Richard Harshaw" <rharshaw2@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:05:31 -0700
Ditto, Paul!
Richard Harshaw
Cave Creek, AZ
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Paul, have you ever thought of writing a book? Your commentary is so
readable and it is easy to imagine what you are describing. Please keep it
up.
AJ Crayon
Phoenix, AZ
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From: "L Knauth" <Knauth@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 8:19 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] April observing report from Hovatter Norte
Friday night started off with thin cirrus everwhere, but by 9:30 it was =
clear enough to survey galaxies with the 25" Obsession and a 13mm Ethos. =
By midnight the trasparency was very good to excellent and objects on =
the meridian were about as good as it gets. Using the Wray Color Atlas =
of Galaxies as a guide, I slewed to galaxies that offered chances of =
rich detail and spiral structure. The seeing was pretty decent, and I =
got amazing views of spiral structure in a number of galaxies using =
eyepieces down to 9mm. Of the many spectuacular sights, I have to say =
that NGC 4449 was the one that raged in my mind as a crawled into the =
sack about 2 am. Tonight I have been surfing web images of this object =
and none are as beautiful as what I saw. It is a large, bright, odd =
object rich in details: Numerous little knots, dark mottles, embayments, =
and a highly irregular outline. The more you stare the more you see. =
Astounding. Don't ever miss this one on the meridian. I finished off the =
night with the best view ever of M51, a wall to wall spiral filling the =
9mm Nagler. That and NGC 4449 would have been worth the trip alone.
Saturday night started off with not so great transparency, but it =
rapidly turned excellent. It was more galaxies with a diversion to look =
at the internal loops of the Ghost of Jupiter (as well as lose my night =
vision). The gasser galaxy this night was M106. An ultra-bright core =
peeps over an obscuring dark dust lane like some inscrutable truth =
trying to reveal itself. It is one of the most mystical sights in the =
Cosmos. This is another large, bright galaxy rich in detail that looks =
better than the photos in the 25". I just can't get it out of my mind =
tonight.
After chasing dark lanes, star clouds, and structure in distant galaxies =
this time of year, the Milky Way rises horizontally about 2 am with its =
star clouds, rifts, and billows. When it emerges above the hill to the =
east, it is in full blaze and jolts you with a naked eye image of what =
you have been chasing in distant galaxies. A horizon to horizon edge-on! =
There is no more powerful way to recognize that we are in a galaxy than =
this.
Paul Knauth
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