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Solar observations summary for March 2002 Observer: Susan Delaney (DELS), Fairfield, CT USA Telescope: Celestron C102-AZ 4" f/10 refractor, Alt-Az, undriven ...
cnn is doing a poll on forms of pollution.One of them is light pollution.we need to get out the vote.Im sure some of you have seen this all ready,its been all...
... Unfortunately they are treating the poll (and the whole idea of light pollution) as a bit of a joke, when you look at the alternatives they offer. -- Geoff...
I took four of the items that I purchased at the PMO liquidation auction last Saturday to the ASH Naylor Observatory on Monday evening. This was my first...
Observer: Glenn Talbert Location: Chico CA. USA. (39.43N) Date: April 2, 2002 Telescope: C9.25 NGC 2346; Planetary nebula in Monoceros. Aka the Butterfly...
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Date and time: April 2, 2002 20:25-23:10 PST (4/3/2002 0425-0710 UT) Location: Rattlesnake Lake, near North Bend, WA Conditions: Seeing 2-3/5, occasional high...
To All Once again on the evening of April 1 I had the oppertunity to observe Comet Ikeya-Zhang. Using my "Genesis" 4" f5 refr. at 71x I observed the comet low...
Here's a photo of the comet when it was very near Mirach -http://mitglied.lycos.de/ntlpages/ikeya_zhang_01.htm - and a recent image of C/2002 C1 and M31 -...
Date and Time: 4/4/2002 4:30am EST Location.....: La Grange, KY Lat 38 24 N 85 23 W Conditions...: 6/10 at zenith, worse lower Telescope....: 10" f4.5 Meade...
... When I observed the comet from Bermuda a few weeks ago, I compared it to M31 in my 15x70 binoculars because I knew of the upcoming conjunction. Even back...
Hi all. I too recently looked for NGC 2835, it being on the list of bright galaxies recently posted. I had downloaded the DSS image and a chart. This is a...
Hi, According to the LEDA database, this galaxy has a mean surface brightness of sb=13.76 per square arcminute. The Sac database classifies this galaxy as an...
From: "Mitsuhiro Kawase" <goshawk301@...> ... What a super observing report format (and report)! Thanks. If all were like this, indexing them would be a...
Hi Susan, O.K., I'm getting jealous now with all these daily reports :-). I'm stuck here about 14 hours a day behind this desk & can't even remenber what the...
now that i have a richfield scope with almost 2.5 degrees fov where would i point it to see how many galaxies i could see at one time? down to 14th mag. i have...
I had what was undoubtedly my last evening view of C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang) on Thursday evening from the ASH Naylor Observatory. Rather poor transparency, light...
... The Virgo cluster would be the best place to start...the detailed chart in SkyAtlas 2000.0 2nd edition is a useful road map for identifying them. For more...
Hi, Last night I saw the comet as a naked eye object. In my 9 x 50 finderscope, Ikeya-Zhang appeared to have a slightly arcing tail approx. 1/1.25 degrees...
... Following ... Hi Sol: I saw the festoons last night through steady but thin cloud covered skies. The very dark spot was quite large and was ahead of the ...
... < snip > ... Hi Dave: Good report. I'll try to locate this comet when it is in the morning sky. Are there any charts available for locating this comet in...
... It is just north of the Andromeda Galaxy (and much brighter than it)...look below and to the right of Cassiopeia about 4:15 a.m. -- Geoff Gaherty Toronto...
