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(Lack of) Clear Skies
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10-11-2010 3:11pm#1Has not been the best observing weather for quite a while now
But....started to clear up a bit early last night so I set the 'scope up....
(Stargazing withdrawal had set in in earnest....even to see a star with the naked eye would have been considered a victory
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Jupiter and much of the Eastern sky were nice and visible!
Then....wow....space station.
Watched it through the viewfined (x10) and the scope at x38 but the image was wobbly....though I could make out the outline of the ISS.
Left the 'scope to cool....
When I went out later....cloud...but I could still see Jupiter.
Views were not great at higher (> x150) so decided to look around the sky.
Up towards Lyra....and....yes....that's the Ring Nebula....
And wow! This is the best view I've had of that nebula!!
It was lovely at x300. Clear (with averted vision) doughnut shape and some 'detail' in the the core.
(In retrospect....this may have been at x150......I should keep a diary/log....)
And the cloud started to clear.....
Dragged my 11 year old to see the Ring Nebula, but she had been on the PC so could see nothing....even the scope!
Back to Jupiter...there's the GRS.
As it was a total 'visual' night I cracked out some filters and used the blue on Jupiter and it contrasted the clouds and GRS nicely. This time at about x300.
Got a bit cold then so packed up for the night.....
But when I was locking up the animals (no not my kids!) for the night I couldn't resist having another look around with the binoculars.
Andromeda was great!
I still haven't managed to find Bode though
Not a bad night observing
This is why Winter can be so good
Clear Skies,
Peter2
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Having grown up in Dublin I can appreciate what you're saying
I'm luck enough to live 'in a Bog in Ireland' so it can get reasonably dark.
On a decent night I can see (albeit with averted vision) Andromeda with the naked eye
But so far, even with the 'scope, Andromeda looks like:
A cotton ball in the centre of an elongated and fainter cloud.
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Up towards Lyra....and....yes....that's the Ring Nebula....
And wow! This is the best view I've had of that nebula!!
It was lovely at x300. Clear (with averted vision) doughnut shape and some 'detail' in the the core.
(In retrospect....this may have been at x150......I should keep a diary/log....
I was viewing Jupiter that night and couldn't go further than x150 'cause of the seeing and when I read your post and saw you got up to x300 the same night I was cursing you under my breath, unfoundedly now it seems
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Caught my first (blurry) view of Saturn this season the following morning, rings opening up nicely and Spica rising with promises of next year.0 -
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