[Chaos-l] Kids on guard

[Jon Stewart-Taylor]

On Sep 24, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Jayme Hanzak wrote:

> [...]  Camp Butner [observing session]
> I know it's going to be just past the full moon and viewing is going  
> to be very limiting.

O ye of little faith!  This time of year, there's a bunch of things  
which are still findable (and still look pretty good) under full moon.

    Double stars: Alberio; Mizar and Alcor; beta Sco, double-double;  
Ras al Gethi; gamma And; gamma Del; etc.
    Garnet Star (mu Cep)
    Bright open clusters: M6/M7; M 11
    Asterism: Coathanger
    Bright globulars: M13, M22 (especially at higher powers, to  
increase the background contrast)

It's true that most fuzzies won't look so good, especially the nearer  
the moon you get, but we ought to be able to keep the kids busy.

J.
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