[Lvas] FW: Markarian's Chain

[roger ivester]

  A commendation to Fred Rayworth from Marty Klein of North Carolina... 

 


From: drivester at hotmail.com
To: martyk1 at bellsouth.net
Subject: RE: [Lvas] Markarian's Chain
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:26:40 +0000



Marty,
 
Thank you for the remarks, I will forward your comments to the LVAS right now... 

Marty, you and I have a couple unfinsihed projects that we must complete...I will get with you next week
 
Roger Ivester  


Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:22:00 -0700
From: martyk1 at bellsouth.net
Subject: Re: [Lvas] Markarian's Chain
To: drivester at hotmail.com





Roger,
   Tell Fred I'm impressed, and wouldn't have been without the drawing!!!
Marty





From: roger ivester <drivester at hotmail.com>
To: Dr. Jim Dire <jdire at gardner-webb.edu>; Dr. Don Olive <dolive at gardner-webb.edu>; Tom English <trenglish at gtcc.edu>; Jim Lamm <jlspacerox at aol.com>; Don Brooks <dbrook at bellsouth.net>; Steve Davis <steve.davis at fascontrols.com>; John Elmore <jbcustom at darrcam.com>; Brett Clapper <blclapper at yahoo.com>; Tommy Forney <tjafj at bellsouth.net>; Bob Eskridge <reskridge1 at carolina.rr.com>; Frank Barrett <frankb at celestialwonders.com>; Barre W Spencer <bwspencer at duke-energy.com>; Paul Webb <pdwebb53 at sc.rr.com>; Marty <martyk1 at bellsouth.net>; The Dire's <direduo at bellsouth.net>; judyhoff at carolina.rr.com
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 4:00:57 PM
Subject: FW: [Lvas] Markarian's Chain



Hello all,
 
I would like to forward some observing reports from a "new" found friend in Las Vegas. They are not that long...please take the time to read, as I am sure that you will find them very interesting. 
 
This is the reason I wanted to start an observing report. I am honored that one individual has become so excited with his "newly" gained knowlege.
 
I am honored and elated with these reports....Roger  
   

 


From: rayworth1969 at hotmail.com
To: lvas at lvlug.org
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:37:17 -0500
Subject: [Lvas] Markarian's Chain



All,
 
My final input for Roger's observing project is to see if I could see all nine galaxies aroud M-84 and M-86, which is a large part of Markarian's Chain in Virgo, the realm of galaxies.
 
Virgo was high enough in the sky to take a crack at it, and with a little zap of my green laser finder, I had this group in the field of view in an instant.
 
I had no trouble at all seeing all nine galaxies in the field, and because of this observing project, I saw that ninth one for the first time, only because I knew it was there.
 
NGC-4387 is magnitude 13, and considering the night, it was by far the faintest galaxy I saw all night. If I hadn't known it was there, I would have missed it. In fact, several other people looked at the group and only counted 8. I don't feel bad missing it so many times before!
 
I used a 26mm Q-70 eyepiece from Orion. It has a 70 degree field, and despite a fishbowl effect at the edges, I had no problem seeing even the galaxies at the edges. Of course, I moved around a bit to catch each one in the center of the field, but to satisfy the observing challenge, I DID see all 9 at once in the field.
 
All of the galaxies, even M-84 and M-86 were featureless. No mottling or any detail at all, but they were all definite faint fuzzies and all had distinct shapes. The most fascinating of the group, to me, was NGC-4388, an edge-on spiral. It was a nice, though faint large streak, and out sized and outclassed the similar NGC-4402.
 
This is the stuff I live for! Seeing nine galaxies at once, and being able to positively identify every one of them is a real thrill.
 
Attached is my requisite crummy drawing, but it should give you an idea of what you will see if you have enough aperture.
 
Fred
 



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