[Chaos-l] Successful if low-key mini-observing session

[Jon]

Hi all. The sky clock was amazingly accurate, with a band of clear air 
sweeping over Farrington from about 845 'till about 10.  There was a 
bit too much moon, but Klaus and i were able to observe open clusters 
(M45 , h/chi Per , M103, M36/37/38), globular clusters (M2 and M15), a 
nebula (M42) and even some galaxies (M32/33/110, and a ghostly barely 
visible M33).  M45 (the Pleiades) and h/chi (the double-cluster) were 
especially nice, and M42 (the Orion Nebula) stood up to the moonlight 
amazingly well.

All in all, a very nice mini-session, and a good cure for my photon 
deprivation.

J.

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Jon Stewart-Taylor: jcst at tripod.net
Chapel Hill Astronomy: http://www.rtpnet.org/chaos/