[AZ-Observing] Flatiron last night
- From: "Paul Lind" <pulind@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:05:00 -0700
Definition: Flatiron -"An iron for pressing clothes, especially one that is
heated externally, as on a hearth or stove." Oh well, someone forgot to heat
the flatiron last night. It was a cold 32 degrees and breezy, but very clear.
Four hearty souls showed up for the star party. Joe Goss, myself, Andrew
Goodwin, and Beevo (I think it was Beevo, my eyes were all teared up). Joe was
logging some Herschel II objects, so I tried some in my 14". It was quite
transparent and 13 mag galaxies were almost bright. Here are some of my
observing notes:
Gear:
Long underwear
T-shirt
hooded sweatshirt
heavy coat
ski bib
Peruvian mountain hat
snowmobile boots
pull-back fingertip gloves.
Temp: 9:30 pm, 32 deg F according to Joe
Sky: Transparent, Seeing+? Saturn fuzzy but low, improved later
NGC890: 12 mag E,G S,F,sbM,irreg? 192x
NGC1035 13.1 mag gal vE,F,not bM, near 1045, 1052, 192x
NGC1045 13 mag gal L,R,dif,not bM, very low surf brightness, 192x
NGC1052 11.4 gal S,B,mbM 192x
M1 Crab, real nice, mottled, some stars seen embedded, 192x
Pierre's 1 sec doubles in Orion. Well separated at 360x and 12" aperture
Packed up at 10:30, real cold
Paul Lind
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