[AZ-Observing] Re: Two pretty good nights, some frustrations
- From: "Richard Harshaw" <rharshaw2@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:37:55 -0700
Ditto to Steve and AJ for a great observing run!
The only mark against it was that it was HOT both afternoons. (Thank heaven
Steve was there with his compressed gas refrigeration cycle machine!) I
have a hunch now what ground zero at a supernova may feel like...
Richard Harshaw
Cave Creek, AZ
President, The Saguaro Astronomy Club (2009)
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of AJ Crayon
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:33 AM
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Two pretty good nights, some frustrations
As Steve said it was a GREAT night for me and had only a few problems - like
forgetting to turn the platform driver off when going to bed! The first
night I stayed in Sagittarius and did globular clusters and it was a great
treat as there are a variety of different ones, from M75 to M22!
The second night I decided to work from my not seen list, which is a list of
objects I haven't seen in the Dob. The first was NGC6682 in Scutum. It
wasn't immediately obvious where it was located, even after panning around
for a degree or so. Consulting the CCD Atlas I found out why. It says,
"scattering of stars in star cloud." Yes it was a beautiful area, try
panning around some time and enjoy. Next on the list was NGC6738, in
Aquila, and again nothing noticeable popped out. The answer was found again
in the CCD Atlas, "poor not compressed." So I decided to try Sagittarius
for better hunting grounds. First was M28 followed by M24. Need I say more
about how great it was to observes these gems. While at M24 I checked out
NGC6603 and was surprises at its detail.
Needless to say, after missing a number of observing runs, this one was
fantastic. Thanks to Steve and Dick to help in enjoyment.
I'm waiting for 5MM and it can't come to soon.
AJ Crayon
Phoenix, AZ
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From: <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "az-observing@fre" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 8:45 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Two pretty good nights, some frustrations
Well, AJ and Dick Harshaw just drove away and I am at the Antennas site
all alone. We had two pretty good nights, in general the skies were 7/10
for seeing and transparency. Both AJ and I did have some telescope
problems. It took a while for AJ to get set up with the 14 inch, but once
he did it worked fine. My problems are deeper. The Sirius mount that has
been so trustworthy for a long time is having intermittent problems. I am
going to clean all the contacts and see if that makes a difference, if not
it will get a trip to Starizona and I will let Dean have a look at it. It
just suddenly "looses its mind" and will not point accurately. Or the
buttons on the handpaddle freeze up and will not accept input.
While all the equipment WAS working we had some good observations. We did
some double stars while the Moon was up and then took on darker skies in
Scorpius and Sagittarius. The area around NGC 6231 in Sco is amazing,
that dense star cluster and the Trumpler open cluster with the faint IC
nebulosity is a wonderful counterplay of light and dark. Great stuff.
Always fun to get out under the stars with friends;
Steve Coe
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