[Chaos-l] Brief Observing Report 5/17 at Farrington Point

[Michael Hrivnak]

Yes, it's a telescope store in Raleigh.  Today was my first experience there, 
and they were very helpful.

http://www.bigbangastro.com

I purchased a new right-angle finder today that makes a huge difference over 
the straight-through-view finder that my scope came with.  Tonight I was able 
to view Saturn, Jupiter, M13, M92, Ras Algethi (double star), M5, and M57 
(ring nebula).

Michael


On Monday 18 June 2007 8:51:40 pm you wrote:
> What is "Big Bang"?  Telescope store?  Thanks.
>
> Jay Baker
>
> > Last night was my first observing session with my new (to me) scope, a
> > 1999  Orion 8" dob.  I had a great time and was able to find a few
> > objects on my  own before joining Mark.  I learned a tremendous amount
> > from him about how to  find things, what to look for, and what equipment
> > will help in the search.   I'm off to Big Bang in a few minutes to pick
> > up some things, and probably  I'll be out there again tonight with a
> > friend or two.
> >
> > In particular, I'm very much looking forward to getting a telrad and a
> > right-angle finder.  I found M13 last night with my scope, but I gave up
> > on  M92 because of the contortionist tricks necessary to look through
> > the finder.   I used "Turn Left at Orion" and found it to be very
> > helpful as a beginner.
> >
> > My membership application will go out in tomorrow's mail.  Thanks to
> > everyone  for all the advice and help so far.  I look forward to
> > continuing!
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > On Monday 18 June 2007 3:09:41 pm Mark South wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> We had an impromptu observing session at Farrington Point Last
> >> night.    The weather was nice and clear the entire evening.  Seeing
> >> 4/5  Transparency 3/5  Cloud cover 5/5
> >> Steve, Andrew, Michael, my Dad and I were there.
> >> I had the opportunity to view Jupiter, M13 and M4 Globulars, Sombrero
> >> Galaxy, the Ring Nebula, Whirlpool, NGC 3565, Lagoon, Trifid, Omega
> >> (Swan) Nebulae, M24 (star-field).   I was happy to see lots of bands
> >> on Jupiter-- including the shadow of Io very late in the morning.
> >> Steve, Andrew, or Michael feel free to share your
> >> thoughts/observations. Mark
> >>
> >>
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