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ree or four good nights each month during the summer...worthy of faint obje=
cts.=20

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If there is an object that I am wanting to observe I can drive easily to 5=
=2C000 feet or better within 1.5 hours. The problem is rain and clouds can =
move into the mountain regions very fast...without warning.

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The nights start cooling off and the humidity seems to dissipate by early S=
eptember here in Boiling Springs=2C and we normally have our first frost of=
 the season before mid-October. This would not be true for the gulf states=
=2C as summer would continue to linger for another six weeks or possibly lo=
nger=2C as compared to western N.C.

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I normally work a lot on double stars during the three summer months.=20

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It should be noted that in the 1880's=2C E.E. Barnard did incredible work a=
t Vanderbilt University in Nashville Tennessee during the summer months. He=
 discovered the faint and diffuse galaxy NGC-6822 in Sagittarius...now call=
ed "Barnard's Galaxy".

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It has been suggested that Herschel missed this object due to it's large an=
d extended size. The surface brightness is also very low. Herschel with his=
 very large telescope and small FOV was not able to detect this galaxy. It =
would have completely filled his eyepiece view=2C and he would have swept r=
ight over it.=20

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NGC-6822=3B Burnhams Celestial Handbook=2C by Robert Burnham=2C Jr.  Consid=
ered to be a member of the local group of Galaxies=2C and was discovered by=
 the sharp-eyed E.E. Barnard with a 5-inch refractor in 1884. For the small=
 telescope it is not a particularly easy object=2C though it's visibility d=
epends chiefly upon the darkness of the sky and the type of telescope used.=
 Hubble found it "fairly conspicuous" in a short focus 4-inch finder with a=
 low-power ocular=2C but "barely discernible" at the primary focus of the 1=
00-inch.

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Barnard also did incredible visual and photographic work of dark nebulae. H=
e was considered at the time to be the foremost authority in the world on t=
his subject.=20

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For our observers challenge next August we might consider NGC-6822=2C and p=
lanetary nebula NGC-6818 less than 1=B0 away. Skiff and Lunginbuhl could se=
e "Barnard's Galaxy" with a 60mm refractor. =20

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Roger

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    The moon and stars to govern the night=3B his love endures forever.   P=
salm 136:9

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From: rayworth1969 at hotmail.com
To: lvas at lvlug.org
Date: Sun=2C 14 Jun 2009 10:28:33 -0500
Subject: Re: [Lvas] M-27 and other

Rob=2C
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I found that same problem in Northwest Indiana. The skyglow from Chicago wa=
s horrible=2C even on a "dark" night. The whole three years I was there=2C =
I never saw a Herschel. Even way out of town there was a halo around everyt=
hing.
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Fred

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> Date: Sat=2C 13 Jun 2009 22:32:57 -0700
> From: scopegeek at gmail.com
> To: lvas at lvlug.org
> Subject: Re: [Lvas] M-27 and other
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> Guys=2C
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> I took my scopes on vacation to Alabama. I had forgotten what 'Bama=20
> humidity was like. I don't know how amateur astronomers do it down=20
> South. The humidity was so high that even on a clear night=2C the moon=20
> had a thick ring around it. Even a 1st Quarter Moon lit up the entire=20
> sky and wiped out everything but the Moon=2C Saturn and a few stars.=20
> There weren't even enough stars to locate a deep sky object=2C much less=
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> to observe one. Any thoughts about moving back to Alabama perished this=20
> past weekend. I enjoy my astronomy too much to be limited by the=20
> weather of the South. I'll be staying in the West.
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> Looking forward to the next two weekends at Kaibab Lodge and Great Basin.
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> Talk to you later.
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> Rob

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All=2C 
&nbsp=3B 
The humidity can really be bad throughout&nbsp=3Bthe months of (June throug=
h August) but begins to much improve in September here in North Carolina. T=
he further south&nbsp=3Byou go=2C the greater the heat and humidity. The gu=
lf states=2C including Alabama=2C Louisiana=2C Florida and Texas&nbsp=3Bwou=
ld be considered&nbsp=3Bthe worst in regard to high heat and humidity as re=
lated&nbsp=3Bto poor seeing conditions...especially transparency. 
&nbsp=3B 
The mountains of Virginia=2C West Virginia=2C North Carolina=2C and even Ge=
orgia can be excellent during the summer months. One of the largest astrono=
my clubs&nbsp=3Bin the US is&nbsp=3Bin Atlanta. They observe west of Atlant=
a in the high mountains of Georgia. Each Spring they have a national meet=
=2C called&nbsp=3B"Peach State."&nbsp=3B&nbsp=3B 
&nbsp=3B 
Until I went to the Tour of Georgia four years ago and watched Lance Armstr=
ong win the climb of Brasstown Bald=2C I never realized how mountainous the=
 NW portion of the state was.&nbsp=3BA jet helicopter picked up Lance and C=
heryl Crowe=2C almost immediately after winning this&nbsp=3Bmost difficult =
stage. 
&nbsp=3B 
There is actually a ski station in Georgia that runs from November till Mar=
ch. If you will check your map=2C&nbsp=3Bthe northern most part of Georgia&=
nbsp=3Bmeets the mountains of NC. &nbsp=3B&nbsp=3B&nbsp=3B 
&nbsp=3B