There have been many times in the past when I have grabbed my binoculars to observe the night sky from my bedroom. The bed is adjacent to the window, so I have...
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conanld@...
Mar 3, 2001 1:36 am
... paid for ... mosquitoes. :) Or ... I still ... that goes ... that ... Perhaps one of the most troubling things about bad earthquakes is that unlike many...
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shneor@...
Mar 2, 2001 10:47 pm
Hi, Robert, enjoyed reading your report. My observing buddy Gregg and I were there Monday night, observing from 10 p.m. until about 2;15 a.m. Gregg's scope is...
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Dave Jurasevich
howldog@...
Mar 2, 2001 9:33 pm
Hi Susan, Very good question. Let me tell you what I have done to evaluate dimension when viewing through an eyepiece. For example, working through the...
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Greg Crinklaw
crinklaw@...
Mar 2, 2001 7:26 pm
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Robert Leyland
rleyland@...
Mar 2, 2001 6:05 pm
Hi Dave, Thanks for the comments. To me the "helmet" looked like a side on view, with the tendrils like a raised faceguard, and neck protector. It must have...
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Susan Delaney
delaneys@...
Mar 2, 2001 4:56 pm
Hi Steve, Welcome! I enjoyed the report on your website. Feel free to post your reports in an e-mail to the group too! Looking forward to reading more; keep...
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Susan Delaney
delaneys@...
Mar 2, 2001 4:49 pm
Hi everyone! I think there is a lot of value in being able to give dimensions and relate proximity of objects to one another. Especially when I read NSOG...
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Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky
jgortatows@...
Mar 2, 2001 4:45 pm
Being in Southern California I guess I consider it a price to be paid for 300+ clear days a year with little to no humidity and no mosquitoes. :) Or so I tell...
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starfo@...
Mar 2, 2001 4:31 pm
This is my 1st time to post an observing report here. I've been recording my observing sessions recently to make them more productive, and have put them on my...
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Robert Leyland
rleyland@...
Mar 2, 2001 2:59 pm
Oops, minor gaffe, I called M51 the pinwheel galaxy, its the whirlpool. Robert. -- -- rleyland@... ...................... leyland@... snappy saying...
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djm28@...
Mar 2, 2001 8:52 am
... snip ... from ... a ... been ... Robert, The original nickname of NGC 2539 was the Viking Helmet since that is exactly what it resembles, IMO. I can't...
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djm28@...
Mar 2, 2001 7:51 am
... description, ... embellish ... Doug, Some five years ago I described NGC 2755 almost the same way after observing it with the ASH 17" f/15 classical...
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Robert Leyland
rleyland@...
Mar 2, 2001 6:50 am
I started to write, "what a great night", well it was great, mostly because we've had so long since we could star gaze. With the clear spell on Tuesday I was...
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Mitsuhiro Kawase
goshawk301@...
Mar 2, 2001 6:02 am
... description, ... Thanks Doug! Your description sounds very much like how I observed it. I was a bit too blase about the quake yesterday - I didn't realize...
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conanld@...
Mar 2, 2001 1:40 am
I just thought I would pass on my own experience with the quake. It happened while I was in the men's locker room at the Boeing fitness center. I had just...
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Gordon Nason
gnason@...
Mar 2, 2001 12:01 am
During a few clear spells tonight, I had a look at Jupiter, Saturn and the Moon with an ETX 90 spotting scope on a heavy photographic tripod. Optically, this...
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Susan Delaney
delaneys@...
Mar 1, 2001 10:48 pm
Thanks Doug, that's my approach too. I don't like to see pictures before I observe them either. I'm like that with movies too; I don't read reviews before I...
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Susan Delaney
delaneys@...
Mar 1, 2001 10:39 pm
This can get tricky so here are some examples using Geoff's method: 6pm-11pm EST: 2001-02-27 18:00-23:00 EST (2001-02-27/28 23:00-04:00) 9pm-11pm EST: ...
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Susan Delaney
delaneys@...
Mar 1, 2001 10:39 pm
Yes, contrary to all the negative stuff you hear about how bad the skies are here in the NE US, my personal experience has shown me otherwise :-) Lucky me! ...
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Doug Herbst
dherbst@...
Mar 1, 2001 7:59 pm
Hi Mitsuhiro! I saw that one in December 2000 and wrote down the brief description, "compact and round with a bright core". Maybe someone can embellish upon...
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Doug Herbst
dherbst@...
Mar 1, 2001 7:53 pm
Hi Susan! Great report! Nice details! NGC 3628 was a real treat for me because I saw a dust lane that I wasn't expecting to see. (My NSOG notes had...
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Mitsuhiro Kawase
goshawk301@...
Mar 1, 2001 7:22 pm
Has anyone seen this galaxy (10th mag. in Cancer)? Last Sunday I saw it as a dim circular glow with no elongation at all, and Digitized Sky Survey image shows...
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Geoff Gaherty
ggaherty@...
Mar 1, 2001 5:48 pm
... I prefer using local time and (double) date for recording deep sky objects, since the local time is more relevant in terms of twilight and position in the...
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Mitsuhiro Kawase
goshawk301@...
Mar 1, 2001 5:09 pm
This is a bit late since we have already been adding entries, but I would propose that we standardize the format of date/time entry (for easy chronological...
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Olle Eriksson
mail@...
Mar 1, 2001 5:03 pm
... Backyards are seldom very good observing sites, unless you live far from any city.. Here are my own observing notes and a sketch of M65, M66 and NGC 3628...
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Mar 1, 2001 4:36 pm
... Wow! Your skies are pretty good if you can see this. I can only see it on the best of nights from my backyard....
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Susan Delaney
delaneys@...
Mar 1, 2001 3:19 pm
Observer: Susan Delaney Date/Time: 2001-02-28 21:00 - 22:30 EST (02:00 - 03:30 UT) Location: Fairfield, CT, USA, suburban, Latitude: 41.12 N, Longitude: 73.15...
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Susan Delaney
delaneys@...
Mar 1, 2001 2:38 pm
Hi everyone! For those participating on the Starrynights shared observing lists projects, here's how to add your observations to the database, using Sigma...
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Mike Boschat
aa063@...
Mar 1, 2001 11:15 am
Hello: Just got an email with an attachment of "joke.exe"; with title Snow White - the Real Story from "Hahahah" It has a virus attached to it... i deleted it...
