[Lvas] 12 years ago

[Fred Rayworth]

Roger,

 

Wish I could draw like you! Outstanding drawings.

 

I met Hale in Oklahoma in 96 or 97. At the time he was unemployed. Even famous observers have their hard times!

 

Attached is a photo of him posing with me and my oldest granddaughter.

 

Fred

 

 

 


 


From: drivester at hotmail.com
To: lvas at lvlug.org
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:20:10 +0000
Subject: [Lvas] 12 years ago



It's hard to believe that it has been 12 years since Hale-Bopp streaked across the overhead and northern sky.
 
I have attached a sketch from the night of March 16th 1997. I was using my 10-inch reflector with a 20mm UO Erfle and a 2.8x UO Klee barlow. Magnification was 160X with a FOV of 0.38° or 23 minutes of arc.
 
The sketch was made at 4:00 AM local EST. The temperature was 29°.
 
I was using high magnification to study the nucleus and coma. 
 
Using a small RF telescope at low power I measured a tail of over 5° 
 
I noted the coordinates at:    Right ascention: 23h 15m   Declination: +44° 30 minutes
 
Now that was a comet...
 
I also attached NGC 3226-3227 interacting galaxies.
 
Best regards, Roger Ivester

 
    I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.      Abraham Lincoln






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