[AZ-Observing] meteor shower
- From: "Ted Forte" <tedforte511@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 10:25:47 -0700
The Camelopardalids turned out to be the Cameloparduds. I interrupted my
telescope observing to spend two hours (11PM to 1AM MST) to watch for
meteors and counted just 8 and only one of those was a definite
Camelopardalid. That's pretty much the story for everyone observing from SE
AZ (Sierra Vista area).
But after more than a week of high winds and crappy skies it was a thrill to
get out under some pretty good conditions. It was close to a perfect night
down here. Good seeing, good transparency, pleasant temperatures.
I took advantage of the steady seeing at low altitude to explore Centaurus.
I haven't often had the opportunity. As a Virginia transplant, the
constellation was mostly out of reach for much of my observing lifetime. I
started with Omega Centauri and Centaurus A (of course) and once again was
amazed at the difference 5 degrees of latitude, a little altitude and some
dry air makes. I managed to log more than a dozen new (to me) galaxies and
had my first ever look at IC 4406 (the Retina Nebula) which is a very fine
planetary.
Before quitting to watch meteors, I checked in on M106 to attempt a visual
sighting of SN 2014bc. My results were inconclusive. There seems to be an
extra component to the galaxy's core but I can't say that I unambiguously
detected the supernova. (30" f/4.5 at 300x)
Ted Forte
Desert Coyote Observatory 31d 34m N 110d 7m W 4,160ft ASL
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