[LVAS] Redstone Friday Night

[roger ivester]

All,

 

Just came in and the moon was much brighter than I thought it would be. I could not see NGC-1893, with the moon so close, much less IC 410. It will be impossible tomorrow night. When the moon sets it will be too low, and before moonset it will be right on top of it.  

 

Re: M-40 and faint galaxies

 

Fred, you might have the same problem that I did. It required pretty high magnification to see the fainter ones. You will be able to get them in the field, but you will need more magnification to see them. However, with a 16-inch it might be possible. I will be interested in hearing your report. 

 

It is 12:15 AM EST, and the sky is fabulous, wished that I could have stayed out longer. I plan on going out when the moon is setting tomorrow night and working on N-4889, NGC 4631, 27, 56, and 57.  

 

Roger      

 



 


From: rayworth1969 at hotmail.com
To: lvas at lvlug.org
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:16:34 -0500
Subject: Re: [LVAS] Redstone Friday Night



All,
 
In my 26mm Q-70 I can squeeze UGC-7534 (mag. 14.5), NGC-4364 (mag. 14.2), NGC-4335 (mag. 13.4), NGC-4284 (mag. 14.3), and NGC-4290 (mag. 12.7) all in the same field next to M-40. Now, whether I can actually see all of them tomorrow night, with even just a sliver of moon up, will be a challenge. We'll see.
 
Fred
 



From: drivester at hotmail.com
To: lvas at lvlug.org
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:27:03 +0000
Subject: Re: [LVAS] Redstone Friday Night




All,
 
It has been raining for the past couple of days. The forecast for today through Sunday is rain.
 
It looks almost certain that there will not be any observing in western North Carolina this weekend.
 
Reminder:
 
When you are observing M-40 it would be interesting to know if anyone can see NGC-4284 (mag 14.7) and brighter galaxy NGC-4290. All will fit nicely in a 0.50° FOV.
 
It will be doubtful that you will be able to see N-4284 with less than 150x. I have always had such an interest in these two faint galaxies.
 
Roger
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
    The moon and stars to govern the night.....   Psalm 136:9



 




From: rayworth1969 at hotmail.com
To: lvas at lvlug.org
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:17:19 -0600
Subject: [LVAS] Redstone Friday Night



All,
 
For those of you that are not going to make it to Arizona for the Messier Marathon, is anyone out there interested in going to Redstone tomorrow (Friday) night?
 
Fred Rayworth





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