[Chaos-l] Update from Pettigrew

[Robert Nielsen]

Mark,

On Monday night, one of the most amazing things I saw was Saturn at 275 
X.   Absolutely bright, clear, and so much detail on the planet.  There 
was also the "notch" in between the rings that are almost edge-on but 
not quite!    I'm glad Michael and Walter tried the ridiculous powers 
that night at Farrington and showed me it could be done.

I'll be writing an observing report soon ... but I do want Michael to 
put something on his blog and read what he has to say.   I hooked up the 
coffee maker on Monday night, and after a couple of cups of coffee 
Michael had NO problems observing the ENTIRE night!    He (and I) were 
definitely seeing stuff we had not seen before, like in the Swan 
Nebula.  Not sure if we were going bleary-eyed or had too much caffeine 
in our bloodstreams ...

Robert

Mark South wrote:
> This place is amazing.
> I also saw m51 from there once in the 15 inch and I said to myself. 
> "this is why I drove 3 hours in 20 degree weather" it looked like a photo
>
> There is more than apeture fever... It's dark sky fever!
>
> I'll be at farrington tonight and wish I were out there... But hey at 
> least I'm out observing!
> mark
>
> Sent from my cell
>
> On Mar 30, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Michael Hrivnak <mhrivnak at hrivnak.org> 
> wrote:
>
>> Robert and I had some great observing last night. We initially fought 
>> the wind and had to move away from the lake, but once we got setup 
>> again, the observing was incredible.
>>
>> Whirlpool was unbelievable. No averted vision needed. The arms were 
>> clear as day.
>>
>> I observed over 100 galaxies, and I think Robert probably did the same.
>>
>> We also looked at omega centauri through binoculars. It's huge!!!
>>
>> Tonight should be another great session. More to come later.
>>
>> Michael_______________________________________________
>> Chaos-l mailing list
>> Chaos-l at rtpnet.org
>> http://rtpnet.org/mailman/listinfo/chaos-l
> _______________________________________________
> Chaos-l mailing list
> Chaos-l at rtpnet.org
> http://rtpnet.org/mailman/listinfo/chaos-l
>
>