[Chaos-l] Observing session, 7/17

[Mark South]

Hi,
I agree...the sky was wonderful.
Below are some of my notes from what we observed.  I really like  
those globulars in Oph because of their uniqueness.
Thanks Jon and John for showing me the ropes with the Telrad and  
other location tips.

I tried out the "Dew-Buster" and "Dew-Nots" for the first time-- no  
dew the entire session.  I highly recommend these products.
Also, be sure to check out that Astronomy store in Raleigh..  they  
have tons of meade and orion scopes.  He told me his goal was to be  
the OPT of the East.  That would be great wouldn't it?
check out      www.bigbangastro.com
Clear Skies,
Mark


Date	Time	Loc	Seeing	Trans	Name 	NGC/IC	   Const	Type	Scope	Power	
NOTES


7/17/06	22:01 	FP	4/5	6/7	M5	5904	SerCap	   GC	8'' lx6	100x	




fairly bright, fairly large, some resolv, FOV star NE, tight core,  
loose stars surrounding it
7/17/06	22:36	 FP	4/5	6/7	M94	4736	CVn          	Gal	8'' lx6	49x, 100x	
  	 	 	 	considerably bright & small, PE NE-SW, bright core, FOV-brgt  
str NW
7/17/06	22:49	  FP	4/5	6/7	M107	6171	Oph	GC	8" lx6	100X	
  	 	 	 	fairly faint, loose GC,but appears to be an OC, tight grping  
strs centrally looks as if it's the Hercules keystone with this  
cluster in the middle--faint smudgy patch, FOV star NE
7/17/06	23:01	FP	4/5	6/7	M9	6333	Oph	GC	8" Lx6	200x	
  	 	 	 	fairly dim  and irregularrly shaped, unresolvable, no bright  
stars in FOV with this magnification.
7/17/06	23:18	 FP	4/5	6/7	M12-Gumball Cluster	6218	Oph	GC	8" lx6	100x	
  	 	 	 	nice object; "interesting" looking GC due to it's  
irregularity, FOV-stars SE
7/17/06	23:22 	FP	4/5	6/7	M10	6254	Oph	GC	8" LX6	100X	

  	 	 	This object is SE of M12 in the Oph Trapezoid, fairly bright  
GC, also irregularly shaped with a "spike" to the N, stars resolved  
with averted vision


On Jul 18, 2006, at 9:30 AM, Stewart-Taylor, Jon wrote:

> Hi all.  Mark, John and I did make it to Farrington last night from
> 9:00ish until about 11:30.  It was an extraordinary night, with no
> dewing to speak of, and quite good seeing and transparency.   
> Highlights
> included a Ganymede occultation, the summer globulars in Serpens,
> Ophiucus, and Scorpius, and the UMA and CVN messier galaxies.   
> Thanks to
> John for showing us T Lyrae, a very intensely colored variable "carbon
> star".  For more info, you can check out
> http://www.belmontnc.4dw.net/carbonstar.htm for a list and
> http://www.mnastro.org/forums/viewtopic.php? 
> p=11399&sid=d6d55d07314d8428
> 4835b3c54689960d for a discussion.
>
> J.
> -- 
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