An April Fool's Report
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:29 am
April 1 2020
Fairmount Illinois
10:30 PM -1:30 AM
ES AR 152 f6.5
Docter 12.5
Televue 22 Panoptic
Moon 56% illuminated
The moon was over my shoulder in the west.
Most of my observations were of Galaxies. It has been a long time since I have had this opportunity.
MOON
M106
M104
M3
M5
M49
M51
M58
M59
M60
M61
M63
M64
M65
M66
NGC3628
My first observation was the moon.
TheES AR127 f6.5 performed very very well. In particular I had very high detail in the Montes Apenninus range. The view from Manilius to Conon revealed very nice granularity of detail in the approach to the peaks of the Apenninus range.I attempted a quick cell phone snap through the eyepiece, but it does not reveal what the eye can see through the eyepiece.
I observed no appreciable color aberration in my lunar views, the blue tinge in this snap is due to the camera settings.
With the moon in play I can make a general comment that all of myDSO observations were low contrast views. Some objects were brighter but not much detail was observed although there were some sharp bright points revealed in the core.
M104 gave me less than I have had in prior outings, especially my 2017 season, but even at that I did recognize a transient bar glitter.
For me the notable view was the Leo Triplet.
I found a delightful view of three galaxies in the Docter 12.5 eyepiece, M65,M66 and NGC3628.
Please see Post by Jim, (Juno16), here: Triplet.viewtopic.php?f=66&t=8602
Clear Skies !
Fairmount Illinois
10:30 PM -1:30 AM
Docter 12.5
Televue 22 Panoptic
Moon 56% illuminated
The moon was over my shoulder in the west.
Most of my observations were of Galaxies. It has been a long time since I have had this opportunity.
MOON
M106
M104
M3
M5
M49
M51
M58
M59
M60
M61
M63
M64
M65
M66
NGC3628
My first observation was the moon.
The
With the moon in play I can make a general comment that all of my
M104 gave me less than I have had in prior outings, especially my 2017 season, but even at that I did recognize a transient bar glitter.
For me the notable view was the Leo Triplet.
I found a delightful view of three galaxies in the Docter 12.5 eyepiece, M65,M66 and NGC3628.
Please see Post by Jim, (Juno16), here: Triplet.viewtopic.php?f=66&t=8602
Clear Skies !