[Lvas] Fell out of my chair

Sat May 2 08:01:41 PDT 2009

All,

This is exactly why I love to look at these objects. You'll never see the propeller in a photograph because it is going to be overexposed, compared to the human eye.

Can't wait.

Fred

From: drivester at hotmail.com
To: lvas at lvlug.org
Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 12:21:04 +0000
Subject: [Lvas] Fell out of my chair

LVAS all,

Just had to share my excitement this Satruday morning. 

Local eastern time 7:30 AM

Turned my computer on and my lovely wife Debbie, handed me my morning cup of coffee and read my first e-mail from Dr. Oive. I almost fell out of my chair.

Please see Don's preceeding e-mail. This will give me access to a "true and real Rictchey-Chretien" carbon truss tube 16-inch telescope. The observatory is only one mile from my house. I am "hopeful" that Dr's Dire and Olive will give me a key for the nights they are not using. I may be able to do better things as compared to my work with my 10-inch. 

I plan to be there upon it's arrival and will make some pictures for all of my friends of the LVAS.

Re: June "Observers Challenge" object M-13

I am also forwarding a sketch of a sketch. While watching TV with Deb last night I sketched Lord Rosse's original sketch from 1850 of M-13 with the "propeller" clearly showing in the central region. 

Over the years many amateurs thought that WSH was referring to all of the "tentacles" of stars leading out...not so.  

I mentioned earlier, but this is what Walter Scott Houston was eluding to in 1953, July column in S&T.

John Bortle saw the lanes in 1980 with a 12-1/2 inch reflector at 176x. In a letter from John, he was tired of reading all of the folklore of the lanes in WSH's column, and set out to disprove their existence.  

Also Dennis di Cicco was surprised how easy the lanes were at Stellafane 1981 using the 12-inch Porter turrent scope. 

The preceeding information from Deep-Sky Wonders by WSH selections and commentary by Stephen O'Meara.

Roger 

> Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 02:06:09 -0400
> From: dolive at gardner-webb.edu
> Subject: Re: FW: [Lvas] Fabuolus book sale
> To: drivester at hotmail.com
> 
> 
> Roger,
> 
> Have you heard? I wanted you to be one of the first to hear about the 
> new instrument we will have at Williams Observatory. A brand new 16" 
> RCOS with the Ion Milled option!
> 
> http://www.rcopticalsystems.com/telescopes/16truss.html
> 
> Sorry I haven't been very responsive with my e-mails lately. I've been 
> under a crunch getting the semester classes finished off and while 
> orchestrating the new scope. 
> 
> We are heading over Tuesday to pick it up from the donor. If you are 
> around, come meet Dr. Dire and I when we return to campus.
> 
> Don
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> roger ivester wrote:
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> >From: drivester at hotmail.com
> >To: lvas at lvlug.org
> >Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 16:34:10 +0000
> >Subject: [Lvas] Fabuolus book sale
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> >LVAS all,
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> >Astronomics has a sale on deep-sky observing books. If you are serious 
> about observing get the following books. There will probably be very 
> few reference books written in the future, due to the surge of 
> astrophotography, however they can be well used by the AP to locate the 
> fine detail as seen or described. 
> > 
> >Galaxies and the Universe by D. Eicher, An observing guide from deep 
> sky magazine. A fabulous reference book covering hundreds of galaxies. 
> Excellent photo's and description notes. Read all about NGC-4631,4627, 
> 4656, and 4657. I have worn mine out over the years so I am ordering 
> another today. Glossy pages, with a thick glossy cover. $5.95 
> "amazing". A fine reference book with a lifetime of work on some of the 
> best and lesser known galaxies. 
> > 
> >The Universe from Your Backyard D. Eicher - An excellent hardback 10" x 
> 8". Not a coffee table book, but full of photos and descriptive notes. 
> I have this one already. Covers all of the constellations. $14.95
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> >Star and Galaxies - I am unfamiliar with this book, but am going to 
> order. $9.95
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> >The following books are not available from Astronomics...
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> >If you are really serious about observing you should get 
> Skiff/Luginbuhl, Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects. 
> This book has been out of print for the longest time but there are 
> quite a few listed on www.Amazon.com . I would not sell my pristine 
> hardback for $200, or maybe more. I know that I could buy a replacement 
> cheaper...but this is the book that I have used personally for almost 
> 18 years.
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> >If you can get the hardback you will be fortunate indeed. This book 
> will tell you what to look for "visually" or by imaging. The finest 
> deep-sky book ever written. It covers over 2,000 DS objects to a 
> scientific level that is beyond belief. 
> > 
> >I perceive Skiff and Luginbuhl to be the greatest observers of all 
> time...period. 
> > 
> >Another great book for reference. Deep-Sky Wonders by Walter Scott 
> Houston. Selections and commentary by Stephen James O'Meara. This is a 
> summary of the articles that WSH wrote in S&T from 1946 to 1993. 
> Published by Sky Publishing Corporation.
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> > 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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