[Chaos-l] Brief report

[Allen Davis]

IC 5146 is also called the Coccon nebula, and very elusive.  Technically IC
5146 is the star cluster not the nebula..the nebulae is actually Sh 2-125.
allen

 

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Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 3:47 AM
To: 'North Carolina Observers That Chase Photons In Medoc Mountain State
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Subject: [Chaos-l] Brief report

 

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

starstorm151 at embarqmail.com

 

"M'Illumino              "I am enlightened

D'Immenso"              by the immensity."

 

   -Ungaretti               -Ungaretti

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