nice work! i want to go out tonight, but i spent the whole day in Butterfield Canyon and i just don't feel like being cold. On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Joe, Yep, next summer I'll go after M-22.
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
Congratulations, Jay! Now find the one in M22. Best wishes, Joe
________________________________ From: Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 12:55 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Observing 10/29 at the Pit
Just wanted a quick recap from last night at the Pit. The weather cleared and though seeing and mainly transparency were not so good at first, the steadily improved throughout the night. Out there was Josh, Mat, Mark, Jorge and me. It did get cold out there, down to around 19 degrees F when we left at 1:40a.m. but we were warm thanks to dressing for the weather, some Hot Hands and Mark's dual portable gas heater.
The highlight for me was chasing down Pease 1 (this is a known planetary nebula in Messier 15, a globular, and is one of only 3 known PN in gobs). I used the information from this site:
http://www.blackskies.org/peasefc.htm and from this one: http://www.blackskies.org/images/pnbst/m15_p1cap.jpg
The OIII filter popped out the PN at 471x easily and it popped it at 235x every so often. This is a very challenging object I would invite others to give it a try. I'll post more details on my website later in the week as the weather is going to turn and observing double stars and even the moon won't happen.
The rest of the night I went after Planetary Nebula and galaxies. My favorite of the night was NGC 7332 and NGC 7339 which share a very close proximity and are orbiting each other. Here is an image of the two:
http://www.astrosurf.com/astroduvel/images/ngc7332.html
Another good pair for those who astro-image I believe.
Mark spent the night looking at the night sky, identifying the constellations and then looking at some objects in them. Josh did the same and worked with Mat on finding and viewing objects. Jorge was imaging and I hope he shares some! A good night and tonight actually looks to be even better if anyone dares the cold and can get out. I don't think I can tonight.
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