[AZ-Observing] Re: Very good night at Antennas-Moving to Messier Marat hon site
- From: "Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)" <mrgalaxy@xxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:21:12 GMT
15480 Empire Rd.
Benson, AZ 85602
hm ph: 520-586-2244
We had a very good Sunday night here, too. I had a somewhat hazy night on
Saturday, though the skies were quite good at a HAC star party I attended at
Karchner Caverns about 10 miles away. There was a bad fire south of Patagonia
that I happened to be downwind from, but appears to have skirted around the
Whetstone Mts where Karchner is located.
Anyway, last night, after splitting a few close doubles with my 13-in, I began
concentrating on galaxies with my 25-in and was pleasantly surprised by the
crisp stellar images of the big scope. I had a great time scanning around the
Hydra I cluster. I call this one the Waterfall Cluster since it looks like the
member galaxies, which are of all shapes, sizes, and orientations, are falling
over a precipice formed by two bright stars. The SkyAtlas 2000 charts four
objects, while the Uranometria 2000 shows many more. I saw about 40 galaxies
and spent about 90 minutes with my eye glued to the eyepiece admiring the view.
After that I scanned along the Markarian Chain of galaxies (with many detours)
in the Coma-Virgo area.
We had a persistent, but manageable breeze, and the temperature was very
comfortable. I started to nod at about 3am and regrettably headed for bed.
Clear skies,
Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)
---------- Original Message ----------
From: stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: "az-observing@fre" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Very good night at Antennas-Moving to Messier Marathon
site
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:37:27 -0400
Howdy all;
Dick Harshaw and Darrell Spencer and I had a very nice night last night, I
gave both seeing and transparency a 7 out of 10. We enjoyed some great
views of old favorites and I took some piggyback images. I know Dick was
working on Struve double stars and Darrell is getting near to the
finishing the Herschel 400.
So, after posting this message I am going to pack up and move to the
Messier Marathon site at the "airport". Joe Goss and a few other folks
are coming out early, so we it sounds like a fun time. I hope to see you
there.
Clear skies to us all;
Steve Coe
--
See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please
send personal replies to the author, not the list.
--
See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please
send personal replies to the author, not the list.
Other related posts:
- » [AZ-Observing] Re: Very good night at Antennas-Moving to Messier Marat hon site - Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)
