[pasmembers] Re: International Observe the Moon Night Sept 26 2020

  • From: Richard Sauerbrun <Richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 22:44:08 +0000

Hi Terri,

I do not know if the listserv can handle rich text formatted messages, but here 
goes. This is my list of favorite objects … they are presented in table format 
as an export from my AstroPlanner app.

Target
ID
Name
Type
Constellation
RA
Dec
Magnitude
1
M8
Lagoon Nebula, Dragon Nebula, NGC6523
Open+D Neb
Sgr
18.061472
-24.38
5
2
M13
Hercules Globular Cluster, Great Hercules Cluster, NGC6205
Globular
Her
16.694784
36.4598
7
3
M24
Small Sagittarius Star Cloud, NGC6603,Delle Caustiche
Open
Sgr
18.307222
-18.40667
4.5
4
M27
Dumbbell Nebula, Apple Core, Diablo, Double-headed Shot Nebula, NGC6853,Apple 
Core Nebula,Diablo Nebula,Double-Headed Shot,Dumbbell Nebula
P Neb
Vul
19.993412
22.72092
7.5
5
M31
Andromeda Galaxy, NGC224, UGC454,Andromeda A,Andromeda Galaxy
Galaxy
And
0.712305
41.2689
4.3
6
M32
Satellite Of Andromeda Galaxy, NGC221, UGC452,Satellite of Andromeda 2
Galaxy
And
0.711636
40.86506
9.1
7
M33
Triangulum Galaxy, Pinwheel Galaxy, NGC598, UGC1117,Pinwheel Galaxy,Triangulum 
Galaxy,Triangulum Pinwheel Galaxy
Galaxy
Tri
1.564139
30.66017
6.2
8
M36
Pinwheel Cluster, NGC1960
Open
Aur
5.605
34.14
6.5
9
M42
Great Orion Nebula, Orion A, NGC1976,Trapezium
Open+D Neb
Ori
5.587878
-5.39022
4
10
M44
Praesepe, Beehive Cluster, NGC2632,Beehive Cluster,Manger (Praesepe),Praesepe 
(Manger)
Open
Cnc
8.673333
19.66667
4
11
M45
Pleiades, Seven Sisters, Subaru,Pleiades,Seven Sisters,Subaru
Open
Tau
3.791667
24.11667
1.6
12
M51
Whirlpool Galaxy, Question Mark Galaxy, NGC5194, UGC8493,Lord Rosse's 
Nebula,Question Mark,Rosse's Galaxy,Whirlpool Galaxy
Galaxy
CVn
13.497903
47.1957
8.9
13
M57
Ring Nebula, NGC6720
P Neb
Lyr
18.893085
33.02892
9.5
14
M61
Swelling Spiral, NGC4303, UGC7420
Galaxy
Vir
12.365254
4.47301
10.1
15
M63
Sunflower Galaxy, NGC5055, UGC8334
Galaxy
CVn
13.263672
42.02945
9.3
16
M64
Black Eye Galaxy, Sleeping Beauty Galaxy, NGC4826, UGC8062,Black Eye 
Galaxy,Sleeping Beauty Galaxy
Galaxy
Com
12.945461
21.68267
9.3
17
M81
Bode's Galaxy, NGC3031, UGC5318,Bode's Galaxies (Nebulae) [1]
Galaxy
UMa
9.925901
69.06557
7.8
18
M82
Cigar Galaxy, Ursa Major A, NGC3034, UGC5322,Cigar Galaxy,Ursa Major A
Galaxy
UMa
9.931311
69.68064
9.2
19
M94
Croc's Eye Galaxy, NGC4736, UGC7996
Galaxy
CVn
12.848073
41.11999
8.9
20
M101
Pinwheel Galaxy, NGC5457, UGC8981
Galaxy
UMa
14.053473
54.34892
8.2
21
M110
Satellite Of Andromeda Galaxy, NGC205, UGC426,Satellite of Andromeda 1
Galaxy
And
0.672822
41.68536
8.9

I hope this format works … enjoy,

Richard


From: pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On 
Behalf Of Terri
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 2:38 PM
To: PAS Members ListServ <pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [pasmembers] Re: International Observe the Moon Night Sept 26 2020

Ron

I believe Sam and a few others created files of fun objects, brighter objects 
to show
throughout the year, to the public.
I don't recall if I have a copy of those files or not.

Sam, you might?/???

Terri

On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 5:58 PM Ron Walker 
<thestarbarn@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:thestarbarn@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
A quick question for those that bring their scopes out to show the public the 
night skies.  Other than the obvious Sun, Moon, and planets what are the deep 
sky objects that you like to show throughout the year.

Ron

On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 12:35 PM Terri 
<starstuff@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:starstuff@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Pete
I have this - Revelation Imager - as well, but have never used it.
This is good stuff to ask, so as long as we have one scope willing to do this 
event, Weather Permitting of course,
I will send this email to all the PAS Members, for which, I hope we can get 
input on how to make this work,
with a few scopes showing objects and on the screen at the same time.
 Live feed.

Changing this to everyone in PAS who is on the PAS List serv.

Let's continue this discussion.
Wishing everyone a super day!
Terri, Event Manager

If anyone has suggestions for Pete, please, send it back through the list serv
so we can help each other make this event happen successfully.



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I'm trying to figure out how I might do this. I have the Revelation Imager, 
which has a seven inch screen. The question is how to project that to Zoom or 
Google Meet. I don't think it's capable of being connected directly to a 
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On Friday, August 7, 2020, 11:59:25 AM MST, Terri <starstuff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
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Good and Awesome Morning to all of 
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Sept 26, which is my bday, is also International Observe the Moon night. I am 
interested in setting up an event that we do Virtual, with one or more 
telescopes doing remote viewing, such as be able to show what's being shown in 
your telescope through virtual means, Zoom or Google Meet, to the public, of 
the Moon and other objects available on Sept 26th. 
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To set this up, I would like to know who can do it, which means we are using: 
Zoom or Google Meet, and who wants to help out, such as fielding questions, or 
making a list of who requests what objects, other than the Moon to be seen. I'm 
guessing, based on what I have seen Lowell Observatory do for their Interactive 
Star Gazing nights, that we need a minimum of 1 telescope with this capability, 
1 person to field questions from the chat room, and another to collect a list 
of objects from the chat room. Actually, a couple of us can field questions 
from the attendees. 
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Can we make this happen? And who wants to help out. And for this, the minimum 
is one PAS Member with the ability to provide the views through their 
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Let me know your thoughts, and I will get this event set up. 
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Just for your knowledge, PAS has tried to be involved with these events every 
year. And if we are involved, we will be listed on the official IOMN site which 
gets exposure to PAS. So, I think it would be good for the club to offer this 
experience on a date that the world is wanting to see the Moon and more. 
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Send me your thoughts and ideas and tell me if you are free to assist on this 
night, and what part would you like to help with. Thanks so 
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Mark - are you able to do this event? 
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I figure we can do the event for 1 hour, or 1.5 hours, and then call it a 
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Moon is lit 79% and is visible at 
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Mars rises 
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we might get to see the Moon, Jupitre, Saturn and 
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on this night, if we do the event to 
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That's my suggestion but the astronomer doing the event will have the final say 
on what time to start and end. 
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Feed back is requested. 
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Let me know if I'm setting this up and who is hosting the event, meaning 
setting up the link for everyone to access. The host should also MUTE everyone 
except the main presenter. And all questions and requests for objects will be 
through Chat. This is how Lowell does it and it works well. 
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I would suggest we get this set up sooner than later so that advertising of it 
can be done with time to draw a huge crowd. 
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