Joe, The Sky and Starry Night Pro show Pluto in Sagitarrius right now just above Messier 24, the Sagittarius Star Cloud. It is next to USNO J1814402-181841 a 14.05 mag. star with a RA (Jnow) 18h 15.309m Dec -18 degrees 18.471'. There is a 11th mag star just below it, TCY 6268-875-1 at RA(Jnow) 18h 15.495m Dec -18 degrees 20.279'. I might try for it tonight at the Pit and then confirm either Tuesday or Wednesday with an updated chart that I'll print out. It doesn't look overly difficult in either program to spot as Pluto appears to be in a well of not a lot of stars. Then again these are programs and not the real thing. Should be fun to try though. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com>wrote:
Thanks, David. Will it still be in a dark neb tonight? -- Joe
--- On Mon, 7/12/10, Dunn, David <David.Dunn@supervalu.com> wrote:
From: Dunn, David <David.Dunn@supervalu.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Pluto last week To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 11:33 AM
Did anyone else take a look a Pluto last week? Sky and Tel had an article about it crossing in front of a dark nebula last week. I was up at Monte Cristo so I took a look at it through several telescopes. On Wednesday night I saw it through both my 16" at 156X and through Ron Vanderhule's 25". In my 16" it was barely there. It was not far from a 14.5 mag star. Using averted vision I was barely able to see them. Through Ron's 25" they were bright and easy to see. Pluto was slightly brighter than the star. I thought it was neat to see Pluto without needing to take or draw a picture and then look again a day later. I also took at look at it on Thursday night through OAS's BOB (18.5"). Pluto had moved to where the star was.
Dave
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