--- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
A bigger problem with the nova is its location. Even when on the meridian (about 00:40) it's still only about 18 degrees above the horizon as seen from
here in N. Utah.
Now we're talking nova AAVSO 1811-30N Sgr 05#2. For normal amateur apetures, mag 8.5 at 18 deg altitude and the meridian is do-able at a darker sky site like the gravel pit or a true dark sky site like the Uintas. Using outrageous aperatures, like the Big Scope with an LPR filter, a couple of weeks ago at the SPOC suburban sky site, Mark was able to bring up M22, a few degrees north of gam Sgr, in amazing detail and limiting magnitude well past v8.5. - Enjoy - Canopus56 (Kurt) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com