http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/ Observing reports and questions Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:32:55 GMT Jeff Bondono http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31212 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31212 Hi Doug, I enjoyed reading your observing report and comparing to what I've seen in my smaller 14.5-inch scope. NGC 6738 is on my list to-observe at the next Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:55:11 GMT Judson Mitchell http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31211 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31211 My son from Troy Ohio (near Dayton) just called to tell me that he had seen a very bright meteor traveling North to South about 9pm Wednesday night. It Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:54:54 GMT lalande21185 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31210 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31210 August 31, 2008 (Sunday night ? Monday morning) (1 of 3) Report no. 63 Aql: NGC 6738 Oph: M62, NGC 6304, NGC 6316 Sgr: M55, M69, M70, M75 Sgt: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:46:25 GMT amthornett http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31209 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31209 Two nights ago for one golden night I could see the Milky Way (naked eye) running across from the top of trees at the Northeast of my garden to the West over Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:20:09 GMT George Mastry http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31208 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31208 I recieved this a week ago-George in AZ http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/121.shtml "Further to AAVSO Special Notice #121, we urgently request Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:43:32 GMT Jeff Bondono http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31207 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31207 Well first off, I should probably state that my magnitudes estimates, distance estimates and position angle estimates are only rough guides. I'm not out there Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:07:09 GMT Kaubhai http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31206 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31206 Hey Jeff, Thanks for the great report. I have a newbie question regarding star magnitudes, you have mentioned in the report. I am wondering how do you Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:55:10 GMT Gene Baraff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31205 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31205 ... Multiplying. Gene Baraff Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:18:00 GMT Jeff Bondono http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31204 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31204 Yes, that's how I do it. That's why my estimates become more accurate at higher powers than lower powers; it's a lot easier to judge a quarter of a field than Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:41:34 GMT wayne_schlapkohl http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31203 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31203 Fantastic report. I too was looking around Cygnus last week, what a wonderful area. One of my favorites. I'm impressed at your ability to estimate size at Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:55:31 GMT Jeff Bondono http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31202 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31202 I went out observing with my 14-3/8 inch homemade Newtonian scope on August 26th and 31st 2008 at my rural observing site just north of Imlay City, Michigan. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:55:18 GMT Franciszek Cesarski http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31201 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31201 Thank you, Geoff, that link prompted me to look up more things and one was a page discussing diffraction limit which stated that an average night can exhibit Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:17:26 GMT Mike Lynch http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31200 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31200 All, A fellow worker tells me he saw a bright meteor or similar object traveling generally south last night shortly after 9:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. He Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:26:06 GMT Geoff Gaherty http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31199 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31199 ... Regarding seeing, here's a great simulation of what a star image looks like at high magnification at various levers of atmospheric turbulence: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:54:21 GMT Franciszek Cesarski http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31198 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/starrynights/message/31198 Hi, I'm a new telescope user living in the light polluted skies of SoCal. My interest in telescopes has arisen from the purchase of a dslr last year. I pointed