[AZ-Observing] Messier Marathon
- From: "Steve Coe" <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 11:17:54 -0700
Howdy all;
Regardless of a breezy day, the evening calmed down nicely and lots of folks
enjoyed a fun evening. Some took on the Messier list and some (me too) just
make their way around a very clear Arizona sky. I rated the transparency at 7,
but the wind had the seeing going from 5 to 6. After observing some objects in
Gemini and Hydra, I made my way around the field to see how other folks were
doing. I heard a vehicle count of 62 in twilight, so I didn't get to all of
them, obviously.
A big THANK YOU to the EVAC club and their members for providing a great hot
dog and hamburger lunch at 3 PM. Lot of folks came over for a hot meal and
chance to chat before it got dark.
Lynn Blackburn and I observed M3 in his new 5 inch refractor and got a sharp
view with a 9mm eyepiece. Dwight Bogan was nice enough to put his 10 inch
Maksutov on NGC 3243 for me and it showed lots of internal detail with a 17mm
eyepiece. Tom Polakis was way ahead of the M objects that were rising and so
we scanned around Virgo for a while, he was just passing the time until the
next Messier objects got up. Mike Mello was getting caught up and I sneaked a
peak at M 68 in his 8 inch Maksutov Newtonian, very nice and sharp. Sorry, I
know that I looked through some other people's telescopes, but I just don't
remember who.
I had the best of plans, I was going to lay down for two hours and let Scorpius
and Ophiuchus get up, but I REALLY went to sleep and despite Dave
Fredericksen's best efforts, I was not wakeable. I guess I need a louder alarm
clock......or just pay Dave to make certain that I am up.
All in all, a very fun weekend, lots of good observing.
See you for Sentinel-Schwaar next New Moon;
Steve Coe
stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx
Author: Deep Sky Observing--The Astronomical Tourist
Saguaro Astronomy Club web site:
www.saguaroastro.org
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