[nswnra] Re: finally - some scope time (with AN)!
- From: "Corona Australis" <corona_australis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:00:10 +1100
Paul,
Excellent stuff mate! I was thinking about you when we were heading home
from Lismore last night and seeing the skies were pretty clear and wondering
whether you were able to get out under them and give the new toy a good
work over. It is certainly a pleasure when you can just dial up point and look
no more star charts or hours sitting down planning and printing out star charts.
I love Tour mode myself. Don't be surprised if every object doesn't land smack
dab in the middle of the FOV. There are a lot of minor position errors in the
NGC
and IC catalogues but most should be fairly close to centre or within the FOV of
your 9mm t6.
We might get lucky over the next few nights and see a bit of clear air.
Cheers,CS
Rob
From: nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Paul McGuiness
Sent: Tuesday, 26 October 2010 23:21
To: nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [nswnra] finally - some scope time (with AN)!
Hi all, Well, the AN is off and running. After sorting out
the "direction sense", it was into tour mode.
Galaxies spotted before the moon started to rise:
1097, 1316, 1365, 289, 253, 134, 55, 7793, 7713.
Planetaries:
7293 (Helix - good with UHC), 7009 (Saturn),
6818 (Little Gem), 6853 (Dumbell), 1360 (a very bright oval shaped one).
Also spotted a dozen or so globulars. Most of the
positioning was somewhere near the FOV but
not exact, maybe some fine tuning to be done. Initial
feelings are that the gadget is excellent. Great to
get some scope time again. Cheers, Paul.
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