[AZ-Observing] Re: Memorial Weekend Observing
- From: Brian Skiff <bas@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:01:30 -0700 (MST)
>> NGC5139 (Omega Centauri) Enormous swarm of stars, fills the 25' field of
>> the 12mm Nagler, very bright, very large, fully resolved to the blazing
>> core, hard to believe such and object exists as it seems so unreal,
>> conditions decent to the horizon tonight allowing appreciation of this
>> southern object.
As Steve Coe has rightly said, the view you get from here with
an 18-inch (say) is about what you get from the south in a 6-inch---
except change "25' field" to "60' field".
The only problem is 47 Tuc, which some of us feel is even better
than omega Cen. Imagine a globular as large as omega Cen, but
structured like M5 and the stars as bright or slightly brighter
than those in omega Cen.
\Brian
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