[Chaos-l] Sat 10/29 observations

[Terry Crook]

Klaus, Dana & I were at Farrington Point Sat. night. Had very good view of 
the Pleiades & Mars, including a large dust storm in the center of the 
planet! Used my 80mm Celestron refractor & Klaus's S-C 'scope (new?) as 
well as Dana's hi-power binoculars. Also saw a popular blue-yellow double 
star (name eludes me now!), and Andromeda galaxy, both thx to Klaus. We 
could make out some of the Milky Way directly overhead in spite of the 
light pollution from Durham, etc. Good weather, no wind, little turbulence, 
low 50s°F, no insects, & no traffic other than occaissional aircraft (one 
with landing lights on & coming directly at us briefly).


At 06:01 PM 10/31/2005, you wrote:
>Anybody else see it?  The listserve has been very quiet of late in terms 
>of personal observations.  Thanks for breaking the silence, Karl.  Maybe 
>the only notable astronomical sights have been in Chatham 
>County.  Certainly someone has looked at Mars recently.  Please tell 
>everyone about it!  Sometimes we need a fireball to stir things 
>up.  Remember MASP this week (check out <http://www.masp.org>www.masp.org 
>).  Hope to see many of you there.  Walter
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:gek at mindspring.com>Kachergis
>To: <mailto:klaus at smartwaysolutions.com>Klaus Hoog
>Cc: <mailto:chaos-l at rtpnet.org>chaos
>Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 9:19 PM
>Subject: [Chaos-l] Fireball
>
>Around 9:08 I saw a bright flash in the western sky.  It left a trail
>that lasted a second or two.  The amazing thing was that I saw this
>through the edge of a tree in our yard.  It must have been very bright.
>Karl Kachergis
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TaurusTerry in Chapel Hill, NC
35° 57' N  79° 02' W

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