[AZ-Observing] M74 in Zodiacal light?!
- From: "Thad Robosson" <starstarcracker@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:54:36 -0700
Hey All,
Chuck Akers and I took a trip out west this past Sunday for a quick observing
session. One of the things that got our curiousity up was the first few
Messier objects, and we proceded to give ourselves a quick refresher course of
the locations of the first few. One thing that we noted was that M74 is right
smack in the Zodiacal light, and we were not successful at locating it with his
17.5". (However, we did start about 1/2 hour later than we would have if it
were the marathon, and M74 was getting down to the horizon.) I hope to combat
this by having a good chart of the area ready, something we did not have with
us at that time. Just thought a heads up for the masses was in order....
Thad
Thad Robosson
Double star enthusiast
Member Saguaro Astronomy Club
ATM group chairman
Owner/operator Twin Points Observatory
33 27 N, 112 19 W
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
"In what was facetiously called 'the Univeristy of the Far East',
the better-educated officers lectured enlisted men in history,
French, and biology. Astronomy was the most popular class of all.
Lying on their backs beneath the Southern Cross, the POWs followed
the course of the stars and planets, bathed themselves in meteor
showers, and took their minds off this world by contemplating others."
From "Ghost Soldiers", an account of the Cabanatuan POW Camp
during WWII,by Hampton Sides.
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