[Lvas] M13 propeller

[roger ivester]

Pretty amazing considering your conditions and low altitude. This has got to be a record. Imagine the view at a true dark site with this object on the meridan. 

 

This gives me hope that I might be able to see with my 10-inch...however I am going to try to have at least a 12-inch handy.

 

roger ivester

 
 
 
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> Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:55:04 -0700
> To: lvas at lvlug.org
> From: Yahoo at awit.com
> Subject: [Lvas] M13 propeller
> 
> I have to admit, when I first heard about the "dark lanes" and 
> "propeller" in M13, I was rather skeptical. I pulled up a couple of 
> images of M13 off the net, ran them through some contrast adjustments 
> in a photo editor, but did not see what was described.
> 
> Then someone sent a pair of images of M13, one with an overlay of a 
> propeller. Thereafter, I couldn't help but see the propeller in many images.
> 
> Tuesday night, Rob and I were up at Camp Lee Canyon, for a school 
> event. Once it got real dark, and M13 peeked out from behind the 
> trees, I slapped 200x of 12" LX200 SCT on it, and, sure enough, there 
> was the propeller!
> 
> Wondering if I was just preconditioned to see it, I called over the 
> teacher who was running the event. I explained that there were dark 
> lanes in M13, that formed a 3-blade propeller. It was about the size 
> of the central core of M13, and not centered. I paused to see if I 
> needed to give any other clues, but he almost immediately said 
> "...it's down at the bottom?..." He had nailed it, first try.
> 
> So it does seem to be real, but it doesn't seem to photograph well 
> (gets washed out by stacking?) I need to get out and try it 
> sometime, maybe at Cathedral Gorge next weekend.
> 
> -- David
> 
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