[sac-forum] Call for Observations
- From: AJ Crayon <acrayon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: SAC Forum <sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 19:33:48 -0700
Here are the lists for observations due for this month and next. With
the marathon coming up on the 20th, next week promises to be quite busy
with trying to get the article ready for the newsletter and the marathon.
Sooo, if you already have observations, then by all means send them in.
If you want to try for more at the upcoming star party at Flat Iron, do
so. But be sure to get them to me before the marathon as I'd like to
have the article in to the editor before. Besides, after the marathon
I'll be working on positing the results - which will take a few days or so.
Due about mid-March – please submit your observations for these objects
in Monoceros.
NGC2215 – magnitude 8.4
NGC2232 – magnitude 3.9
NGC2236 – magnitude 8.5
NGC2250 – magnitude 8.9
NGC2335 – magnitude 7.2
NGC2353 - magnitude 7.1
Beta - nice triple star that is distant companion to Rigel, what color
or colors do you see?
Due in April and the beginning of spring, brings Ursa Major and you
guessed it . . . galaxies! Holding with some of the brighter ones try
the following – found in the western most region. To add some divergence
a double and a variable star have been added.
STF1193 - colors please
NGC2681 - mag 10.3
RT UMA – red?
NGC2976 – mag 10.2
NGC2985 – mag 10.4; can you also see mag 12.2 NGC3027
NGC3031 - M81 mag 6.9. Look for the right triangular grouping of stars
off the south end. Look at their separations with each of your eyepieces
and commit to memory the distances so they may be used for visually
estimating sizes for future observations. Starting with eastern most
star they have magnitudes 9.24/9.25/10.65; separations 10.5’/11’; and
positions 270°/280°.
NGC3034 M82 mag 8.4
NGC3077 - 10.6 and southeast of M81.
Hopefully these are correct and Jack won't find anything in error :-) .
Actually they were copied directly out of the newsletter article so if
this is wrong then the newsletter is wrong.
Clear skies are coming to us,
aj
P.S. - Thanks Jack for keeping me honest.
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