[Lvas] Omega Centauri - South Mountains, NC +3 5° 15' Latitude

[Fred Rayworth]

David,

 

Thanks. It's looking more and more like I'll have to wait until next year.

 

Fred


 


Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 21:37:20 -0700
To: lvas at lvlug.org
From: Yahoo at awit.com
Subject: Re: [Lvas] Omega Centauri - South Mountains, NC +3 5° 15' Latitude

Omega Centauri crosses the meridian about 10:00pm on May 23, 9:00pm on June 8, and 8:00pm on June 23 (sunset).  So it will be high enough to see for the next couple of weeks, but the moon will interfere.  

The next weekend without a moon (June 13), it will be well past the meridian by the time the sky gets dark enough to try for it.

-- David


At 08:06 PM 5/26/2009, you wrote:

Roger and All,
 
Yup, can't wait to get a peek at it. I hope it's still up by next month. Does anyone know?
 
Fred

 


From: drivester at hotmail.com
To: lvas at lvlug.org
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 10:23:00 +0000
Subject: Re: [Lvas] Omega Centauri - South Mountains, NC +35° 15' Latitude

 
Fred and all,
 
I am going to present more comparative views with different telescopes in the future. 
 
Re: Omega Centauri; The 4-inch did resolve any of the stars. The surface was very smooth, with "absolutely" no detail at all.   
 
The 12-inch resolved many stars, and the surface was very mottled. Fred, I feel sure that a 16-inch would have presented a view similar to a photograph. 
 
I am going to go back and look at Rob's image through his mallincam from Death Valley.  
 
Roger
 
   




 


From: rayworth1969 at hotmail.com
To: lvas at lvlug.org
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 22:36:22 -0500
Subject: Re: [Lvas] Omega Centauri - South Mountains, NC +35° 15' Latitude

Roger,
 
I cheated and looked on the card, but still, the detail is distinctly different between the two. I haven't yet seen it and it's looking more and more like I'll have to wait until next year to try for it.
 
Fred

 


From: drivester at hotmail.com
To: lvas at lvlug.org
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 15:26:44 +0000
Subject: [Lvas] Omega Centauri - South Mountains, NC +35° 15' Latitude

All,
 
A sketch of Omega Centauri, 20 minutes N of Boiling Springs, North Carolina at an approximate, +35° 15' latitude.
 
One sketch with a 4-inch refractor and another using a 12-inch reflector, 9mm Nagler at 170x. 
 
Can you identify which sketch is which?
 
Roger

 



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