[Chaos-l] My First Galaxy!

[john.6.miller at gsk.com]

Congratulations!  I think many of us completely identify with your 
feeling.  Reminds me of the time way back in high school when I first 
found M97 (Owl Nebula) after months of searching with a 4" reflector.  I 
was so excited - went inside and dragged my poor mother out to share my 
new discovery and she exclaimed "wow, that's pretty dim" and promptly 
retreated to the house!  At least now in the cyber age we have the means 
to share our experiences!  Good luck with your observing - I hope this is 
the first of many galaxies for you.

John Miller
GlaxoSmithKline
Medicinal Chemistry
5 Moore Drive, Mailstop 3.4214
Research Triangle Park, NC  27709
phone: (919) 483-2750
fax: (919) 483-6053
email: john.6.miller at gsk.com 





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Bagged my first galaxy tonight, and my second right afterward -- M81 and 
82,
from my deck in Woodcroft.  Started out with a pair of binoculars and a 
copy
of Sky & Telescope, and ended up at my 8" Orion reflector with a blanket
over my head and an eyepatch on, but I finally got them!  I know this 
isn't
that big a deal, but I feel like I conquered Everest -- this was the
culmination of dozens of hours of searching, not really even knowing what 
to
look for, with no luck and then there they were!  Easily on par (well,
almost) with seeing Saturn for the first time!  None of my friends will
appreciate this, so I had to share it with people who care.  Sorry to 
gush,
but it's about 5A and I'm still pretty excited.

Hopefully I'll be able to make it out to the dark site some time soon and
learn from folks who actually know what they're doing.  Love reading the
posts, though!
-Anthony

Sincerely,
Anthony Caporale
Executive Producer, Art of the Drink
Lion's Cathedral Productions, LLC
919-490-8603
919-605-6098 Mobile
919-401-3565 Facsimile
acaporale at artofthedrink.com
http://www.artofthedrink.com

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