[Chaos-l] Tues and Wed nights

[Michael Hrivnak]

Last night was a lot of fun, so I'll be out again tonight by about 10:30.

At least 5 people made it out last night, and 4 of us lasted until nearly 1am.  
It was very clear, but the seeing was only average at best.  The sky was 
particularly bright with the glow of light pollution, but I think that will 
be better tonight.

We looked at quite a few objects with the new (to me) Starmaster.  Several 
edge-on galaxies showed very clear dust lanes.  Around 12:30, the Ring Nebula 
looked spectacular even through the glow of Chapel Hill's light pollution.  
Perhaps the view of the night was M13, no more than 40 degrees above the 
horizon and still well within the light pollution, with a 17mm Nagler 2" 
eyepiece in a televue 2x barlow. It was truly outstanding.

Thanks to everyone who came out last night.  It was a lot of fun, and it was 
nice to have lots of suggestions on what to look at and where to find it.  
Observing with you folks is always a learning experience.

Headlights were a real problem last night until probably about 11pm.  I will 
strongly consider setting up on the eastern fork tonight, unless someone else 
beats me to it.

Michael
919-622-4537


On Tuesday 29 April 2008 18:51:57 BOBI GALLAGHER wrote:
> Sounds cool. I will go too, shortly after 8.
> - - - Mike Gallagher
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark South" <md_south at mac.com>
> To: <john.6.miller at gsk.com>
> Cc: "Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society" <chaos-l at rtpnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 5:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Tues and Wed nights
>
> > i'll try to be out there ~ 8pm
> > thanks Robert
> > mark
> >
> > Mark South
> > http://web.mac.com/md_south
> >
> > On Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at 03:48PM, <john.6.miller at gsk.com> wrote:
> >>Sounds good Robert - I will plan to arrive around 8 PM.  Hope to see you
> >>there as well Mark!
> >>
> >>John
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>"Robert Nielsen" <robertnielsen at nc.rr.com>
> >>29-Apr-2008 15:42
> >>Please respond to robertnielsen at nc.rr.com
> >>
> >>
> >>To
> >>john.6.miller at gsk.com, "Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society"
> >><chaos-l at rtpnet.org>
> >>cc
> >>
> >>Subject
> >>Re: [Chaos-l] Tues and Wed nights
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>John,
> >>
> >>I can be out there around 8 PM ... which is the time of sunset ... and
> >>I've got a permit (one for you too!)
> >>
> >>Robert
> >>
> >>john.6.miller at gsk.com wrote:
> >>> I would like to go also but would probably like to arrive earlier.
> >>>  Problem is I do not have a copy of the permit.  Is anyone that DOES
> >>> have a copy planning on going??
> >>>
> >>> John Miller
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> *"Michael Hrivnak" <mhrivnak at hrivnak.org>*
> >>> Sent by: chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org
> >>>
> >>> 29-Apr-2008 13:15
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> To
> >>>                chaos-l at rtpnet.org
> >>> cc
> >>>
> >>> Subject
> >>>                Re: [Chaos-l] Tues and Wed nights
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> It's actually clear, so I'm headed out to Farrington tonight.  The
> >>> forecast is
> >>> for about 3-4 days of clear skies, so I'll probably be out each
> >>> evening.
> >>>
> >>> Tonight I'll be there around 9:45.
> >>>
> >>> Michael
> >>>
> >>> On Sunday 27 April 2008 15:49:51 Michael Hrivnak wrote:
> >>> > The forecast has been consistent for the past 48 hours that Tues and
> >>
> >>Wed
> >>
> >>> > nights should be clear!  I have now owned the Starmaster for 22
> >>>
> >>> days, and I
> >>>
> >>> > haven't yet had it out under decent skies to see what it can do.
> >>>
> >>>  I'm dying
> >>>
> >>> > over here!
> >>> >
> >>> > Unfortunately, I have evening rehearsals this week.  Assuming it will
> >>> > actually be clear, I'll hit Farrington around 9:45 and 10:15pm
> >>>
> >>> respectively
> >>>
> >>> > on Tues and Wed.
> >>> >
> >>> > I also picked up a 17mm Nagler type 4, so I'll have a respectable
> >>>
> >>> eyepiece
> >>>
> >>> > to use in this thing.  Perhaps in the near future I'll solicit advice
> >>
> >>on
> >>
> >>> > the next one or two eyepiece purchases I should make.
> >>> >
> >>> > Anyone game for Tues or Wed?
> >>> >
> >>> > Michael
> >>>
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