Orion was amazing with more contrast in the Horsehead than I have ever seen. It was readily visible in both Jim's 20" and my 18" without filters as a dark ink blot against a bright background. The great nebula was also very good. The sky contrast was as good as I have seen, although the seeing was only average. The temperature as mentioned was relatively warm and since Jim, Bob and I were well rested we probably looked at more objects than we would have if it had been at the end of an all nighter. Clear Skies Don -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Jim Gibson Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 9:19 AM To: List; UVAA List Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Follow-on to Wedge report Among the many other objects that I forgot to mention, one of the more notable ones was M33 the Pinwheel Galaxy in Triangulum. Besides be spectacularly beautiful to observe, my primary interest was to see if we could see the nebula NGC 604 and we could. Don Colton found it. The structure of the spiral arms is well defined in the 20 scope and at the bottom of the view at the extremity of one of the arms is a bright splotchy spot or knot that is NGC 604. We could see other knots as well. I wish I would have put more power on NGC 604, but we were looking at the entire galaxy with either the 31mm (85x) or the 22mm (120x). I wish I had gone to the 9mm (292x) to look at NGC 604. I am looking forward to another chance to obsurve this beauty. We also saw the dust lane through the galaxy NGC 891 near Almaak in Andromeda and the nebula M1 looked like a big thumbprint. JG --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. _______________________________________________ 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.utahastronomy.com