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ree =3Bor four =3Bgood nights each =3Bmonth during the summer..=
.worthy of faint objects. <BR>
 =3B<BR>
If there is an object that I am wanting to observe I can drive easily to 5=
=2C000 feet or better within =3B1.5 hours. =3BThe problem is rain a=
nd clouds can move into the mountain regions very fast...without warning.<B=
R>
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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 =3Bfirst f=
rost 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 possi=
bly longer=2C as compared to =3Bwestern N.C.<BR>
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I normally =3Bwork a lot on double stars during the three summer months=
. =3B<BR>
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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 =3Bsummer mon=
ths. He discovered the faint =3Band diffuse galaxy <STRONG>NGC-6822 in =
Sagittarius</STRONG>...now called <STRONG>"Barnard's Galaxy".</STRONG><BR>
 =3B<BR>
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 =3Bto detect =3Bth=
is galaxy. It would have completely filled his eyepiece view=2C and he =
=3Bwould have swept right over it. <BR>
 =3B<BR>
<STRONG>NGC-6822</STRONG><EM>=3B =3BBurnhams</EM><EM> Celestial Handboo=
k</EM>=2C by Robert Burnham=2C Jr. =3B Considered to be a member of the=
local group of Galaxies=2C and was discovered by the <STRONG>sharp-eyed E.=
E.</STRONG> <STRONG>Barnard</STRONG> with a 5-inch refractor in 1884. For t=
he small telescope it is not a particularly easy object=2C though it's =
=3Bvisibility depends chiefly upon the darkness of the sky and the type of =
telescope used. <STRONG>Hubble found it "fairly conspicuous" in a short foc=
us 4-inch finder with a =3Blow-power ocular=2C but "barely discernible"=
at the primary focus of the 100-inch.</STRONG><BR>
 =3B<BR>
Barnard also did incredible visual =3Band photographic work of dark neb=
ulae. He was considered at the time to be the foremost authority in the wor=
ld on this subject. <BR>
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For our observers challenge next August we might consider <STRONG>NGC-6822=
=2C and =3Bplanetary nebula NGC-6818 less than 1=B0 away. =3BSkiff =
and Lunginbuhl could see "Barnard's Galaxy" =3Bwith a 60mm refractor.&n=
bsp=3B =3B</STRONG><BR>
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Roger<BR>
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BR><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> =3B<BR><FONT face=3DArial> =3B<BR><BR=
> =3B<BR></FONT><EM><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG> =3B =3B =3B=
</STRONG></FONT>The moon and stars to govern the night=3B his love endures=
forever. =3B =3B Psalm 136:9</EM><BR><BR><BR><BR> =3B<BR>
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From: rayworth1969 at hotmail.com<BR>To: lvas at lvlug.org<BR>Date: Sun=2C 14 Jun=
2009 10:28:33 -0500<BR>Subject: Re: [Lvas] M-27 and other<BR><BR>
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Rob=2C<BR> =3B<BR>I found that same problem in Northwest Indiana. The s=
kyglow from Chicago was 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 wa=
s a halo around everything.<BR> =3B<BR>Fred<BR><BR> =3B<BR>>=3B D=
ate: Sat=2C 13 Jun 2009 22:32:57 -0700<BR>>=3B From: scopegeek at gmail.com<=
BR>>=3B To: lvas at lvlug.org<BR>>=3B Subject: Re: [Lvas] M-27 and other<B=
R>>=3B <BR>>=3B Guys=2C<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B I took my scopes on vacati=
on to Alabama. I had forgotten what 'Bama <BR>>=3B humidity was like. I d=
on't know how amateur astronomers do it down <BR>>=3B South. The humidity=
was so high that even on a clear night=2C the moon <BR>>=3B had a thick =
ring around it. Even a 1st Quarter Moon lit up the entire <BR>>=3B sky an=
d wiped out everything but the Moon=2C Saturn and a few stars. <BR>>=3B T=
here weren't even enough stars to locate a deep sky object=2C much less <BR=
>>=3B to observe one. Any thoughts about moving back to Alabama perished =
this <BR>>=3B past weekend. I enjoy my astronomy too much to be limited b=
y the <BR>>=3B weather of the South. I'll be staying in the West.<BR>>=
=3B <BR>>=3B Looking forward to the next two weekends at Kaibab Lodge and=
Great Basin.<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B Talk to you later.<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B =
Rob<BR><BR>
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