[Chaos-l] [Fwd: M51]

[Allen Davis]

We did observe M51 last night at the East Coast Star Party.  The skies  
were not the best as far as transparency....but Kent Blackwell, the  
event organizer and I did look at it and compare using Megastar and a  
book for which I can't remember the name.  In the end, Megastar looked  
like there were a couple of targets that could be that star that you  
and I saw Robert, however, looking at a couple of printed sources  
there didn't seem to be anything that bright.  In the end, frustrating  
for us because it still was not conclusive either way.

If you get this out there in the ocean Robert, I hope you folks have a  
enjoyable and safe trip.....and hopefully you did pack your binoculars!

East Coast Star Party was a success, with some very nice observing  
both nights.  The seeing was exceptional especially Saturday night and  
Saturn and M5 kicked major butt.   allen

On May 22, 2009, at 9:06 PM, Robert Nielsen wrote:

> Well, I guess that settles that.  Still, if someone can look at M51  
> this weekend or take a photo, perhaps we can still see what I saw.
>
> Robert
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	M51
> Date: 	Fri, 22 May 2009 09:39:51 -0400 (EDT)
> From: 	dgreen at cfa.harvard.edu
> To: 	ROBERTNIELSEN at nc.rr.com
>
>
>
> A professional observatory imaged your position last night and found
> nothing new to mag 20.  So this is where an accurate position is  
> critical.
> Either your position is not even close to the real position (if  
> there is
> something new and real there), or there is not something new and  
> real there.
> Regards, Dan Green
>
>
>
>
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