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 _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com