[Lvas] Sawmill Trailhead

[ryan rogers]

i m "the guy" that saw the propeller in m-13 in Fred's scope. once i found it it was very odvious. thank yu again for the wonderfull veiws in your scope fred.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Fred Rayworth 
  To: Las Vegas Astronomical Society 
  Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 9:46 AM
  Subject: Re: [Lvas] Sawmill Trailhead


  Rob,
   
  Though I didn't leave empty-handed, Sawmill pretty much sucked. The icy wind was very annoying, and the skyglow was so bad, I couln't even see my laser pointer until almost 10PM. I did manage to get a few Herschels, and I saw the propeller in M-13!
   
  I started with 70X and M-13 was just a fuzz ball with a few individual stars and the spider arms, which are not the same as the propeller. Then I cranked it up to 140X and saw the propeller flashing in and out. When I cranked it up to 203X, I saw the propeller better but had trouble keeping it in the field because of the gusty winds, blurring in and out of focus, and my eye watering. However, I had another guy look and asked him to tell me what he saw, and he saw the propeller too, right when I did. I knocked it back down to 140X and had no trouble seeing it from then on, though it was still a bit erratic.
   
  I also logged the Leo Trio again, but the wind was blowing right down the tube at that angle. I managed to see a bit of a twist in that edge-on and hope to do a better drawing in the next few days.
   
  Anyway, it wasn't a totally wasted night, but I wish I'd gone to Redstone.
   
  Fred
   
   
  > Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 07:53:48 -0700
  > From: scopegeek at gmail.com
  > To: lvas at lvlug.org
  > Subject: Re: [Lvas] Sawmill Trailhead
  > 
  > Fred,
  > 
  > Dave was out of town on business, and I along with many others were at 
  > either Red Rock or Lamping Elem School doing outreach, so we weren't 
  > able to make it. Our dark sky weekend will be next weekend at Cathedral 
  > Gorge. Hope you can make it. That's where I hope to do our Challenge 
  > observing for the month. I thought I saw the Propeller while at Red 
  > Rock last night, but ran out of time to try to capture it.
  > 
  > Take care,
  > 
  > Rob
  > 
  > Fred Rayworth wrote:
  > >
  > > All,
  > > 
  > > Part 2. Is anyone going up to Sawmill Trailhead tonight?
  > > 
  > > Fred
  > > 
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