[Chaos-l] Tues and Wed nights

[Robert Nielsen]

Yeah ... 4 out of the 5 of us lasted until almost 1 PM ... and I'm worn 
out!   But I must say, the 5th had a good excuse!

Any news, Mark?

Robert

Michael Hrivnak wrote:
> 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
>