[nswnra] Re: Last night's viewing
- From: "Corona Australis" <corona_australis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:02:30 +1000
It's nice to have a scope with an Argo on it too lol say's he who's a tad lazy
A UHC filter works on more target than an OIII, still I do find myself using it
more than my UHC. If you want to see the Veil it's better with an OIII almost
like turning a light on and off. I also find a lot of planetary nebula look
better
with an OIII
The Perseids meteor shower peaked last night, I saw several spectacular
fireballs
shooting along the eastern horizon. Can only guess they were associated
with Perseids.
Cheers,CS
Rob
From: nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Paul McGuiness
Sent: Saturday, 14 August 2010 12:18
To: nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [nswnra] Re: Last night's viewing
Hi Rob, good news that the mirror is so good.
The Lagoon is one of my favourite nebulas,
brighter and more impressive than the
Trifid. Likewise the Swan (M17 - Omega).
Both are very nice with the UHC. Must
get an O-III one day as well.
Unfortunately, the Veil is far too low for
me to see from here. Cheers, Paul.
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From: corona_australis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [nswnra] Re: Last night's viewing
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:24:22 +1000
Hi Paul,
Sounds like you had a reasonable night. It was a tad mushy out here too.
I think that jet stream came back into play.
The 16" is working a treat, I can certainly see the difference the new
coating has achieved, so money well spent IMO. Last night I mostly went
back over objects I have been chasing with the 8". I did revisit the quartet
along with IC 5148 with and without an OIII filter. In the 16" it is fairly
easily
observed without but certainly enhanced with an OIII haven't tried it with
my UHC filter.
Standouts Lagoon neb and the Veil neb both using 20mm + OIII really
came alive filtered. The Veil's stringy filaments Wow! I spent probably a
good 20-30 minutes on that one. The Swan neb is another that benefits
from an OIII.
Cheers,CS
Rob
From: nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Paul McGuiness
Sent: Saturday, 14 August 2010 07:54
To: nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [nswnra] Last night's viewing
Hi all,
Since the wind has died down, I had an hour
or two outside last night. Transparency was
pretty ordinary and seeing even worse.
The 22 and 17 EP's were OK, but the
12 and anything shorter was a struggle.
Found that PN is Grus from here, finally.
This time I tried looking for it with the
UHC in place. It is almost invisible without
it. Both it and the Quartet were twice as
faint as at Glen's. The ring shape that
was so clear at Glen's was only just
visible with averted vision with the filter.
Shows the value of dark skies.
The nebulas near 6723 were
pretty good with the filter in place.
It was just good to be back at the
eyepiece again, even though
the seeing wasn't great.
Hope your 16 is operational again Rob.
Cheers to all. Paul.
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