[Chaos-l] Brief report

[Terry Crook]

Sounds like y'all hit paydirt!
If Robert's photos of the Andromeda threesome turn out well, I'd welcome 
a print.
I had a framed one, taken by a classmate at Harvard over 55 yrs ago, 
that I misplaced when we moved south. :-(

Taurus Terry in Chapel Hill
35° 55' 47"N, 79° 01' 00"W

On 6/30/2011 3:46 AM, Allen Davis wrote:
>
> Just got home from Medoc after a really stellar night.  The clear sky 
> clock indicated a good one, but I don't think Robert or I either one 
> were prepared for how really clear it became after midnight.
>
> Beth and her family, as well as Michael and Robert and I enjoyed a 
> nice evening......Saturn was quite steady ...it is of course making 
> its way westward relentlessly.  But even relatively low it showed good 
> detail.
>
> And after it got dark, the sky looked very good, and M5 really was my 
> favorite glob of the evening .  I spent some time looking at a few 
> objects in Sagittarius, and revisited the Crescent and Veil Nebulae in 
> Cygnus.  Oh yes, before I leave Sagitarrius, I must mention that we 
> did some comparisons of using the UHC vs the OIII.  Most nebulae 
> looked better with the OIII, but the Eagle nebula in Sag actually 
> looked better with the UHC.  I have owned the UHC from Lumicon for a 
> long time, but seldom have used it.  But this tonight made me realize 
> I need to give both a try.
>
> After Michael and Beth et al left before midnight, the skies grew even 
> darker.  I decided to pull my copy of Kepple's Night Sky  Observer's 
> Guide, and looked for a few objects in Cygnus.  We actually, and I 
> finally, was able to detect IC5146 using the UHC filter.  I have tried 
> many times over the years, but somehow the combination was just right 
> tonight.  You could see the dark nebular of Barnard 168 near by.  BTW, 
> Barnard 164 was a real stunner in Roberts FSQ106....it really shown in 
> that wide field.
>
> I moved to Draco, where I saw NGC 6503....a nice galaxy....and skipped 
> around to a few other galaxies.  Then I turned to a rather dim 
> planetary..... Abell 50....a small uniform round 13.4 M planetary.  It 
> looked nice at 250x with the OIII....that was my swan song.  Robert 
> said....come look at Andromeda....and it was terrific in the 106 at 
> low power....you could see the entire galaxy along with its companions.
>
> Robert took some images with his Canon DSLR and it seemed to work 
> quite well.  I was impressed.
>
> We left around 230am.  When we did leave, we marveled at how great the 
> Milky Way looked.  I've seen it look much worse on clear nights in the 
> winter time.  But it was a real standout tonight....the Great Rift 
> evident.  Just all those stars..................allen
>
> E. Allen Davis
>
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>
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>
> D'Immenso"              by the immensity."
>
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