[Chaos-l] Sat 10/29 observations

[Stewart-Taylor, Jon]

Thanks for the report, Terry.  Sounds like a good night, and wish i could have joined you.  The blue-yellow double: Alberio in Cygnus?
 
J.

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From: chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org] On Behalf Of Terry Crook
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 8:20 PM
To: chaos-l at rtpnet.org
Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Sat 10/29 observations


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 www.masp.org ).  Hope to see many of you there.  Walter
	

		----- Original Message ----- 
		
		From: Kachergis <mailto:gek at mindspring.com>  
		
		To: Klaus Hoog <mailto:klaus at smartwaysolutions.com>  
		
		Cc: chaos <mailto:chaos-l at rtpnet.org>  
		
		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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