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First night out :)
Last post 09-19-2006 01:55 PM by mstrozier. 1 replies.
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  • 09-16-2006 08:41 PM

    First night out :)

    Finally, nothing but clear skys and thanks for everyones help on setting up my scope.

    Me and my son was out from 11pm to 1:30am star hopping.  We didn't observe too much but was enough to make me happy and also really sparked my sons interest!

    And the list:
    M15
    Kemble's Cascade
    Moon finally rising up around 1:10am
    2 shooting starts, both heading East.
    And finally Uranus.  Downside, in my scope, even at it's highest mag, which is 250x in a 5" reflector, all it appears is as a small greenish star.

    The best of the spots we saw last night was Kemble's Cascade.  My eyes stayed glued to the eyepiece and binos when observing this along with M15.   And felt good that I knocked out 1 out of 110 objects haha, so, 109 left to study and find!


    Tonight, eventhough it's clear going to give it a break.  My wife is currently at 8mos in our pregnancy so. . .going to remain inside and watch movies with her and the kids.  

    If next weekend is clear like this weekend, we plan on having an all nighter Saturday :)


    Thanks for everyones help!!!
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    7 x 35mm Bino's
    Meade Telestar 60AZ-A2 -- kids scope
    127mm (5") Celestron Powerseeker reflector with 9 piece filter/eyepiece kit on eq mount
    EP = 4mm, 12.5mm, 20mm, 32mm, 2x Barlow and 3x barlow.


    Nashville, TN Sky Report
  • 09-19-2006 01:55 PM In reply to

    Re: First night out :)

    Update.  M15 was not the object I spotted when observing fully the first time.  Rather it was M45.
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    7 x 35mm Bino's
    Meade Telestar 60AZ-A2 -- kids scope
    127mm (5") Celestron Powerseeker reflector with 9 piece filter/eyepiece kit on eq mount
    EP = 4mm, 12.5mm, 20mm, 32mm, 2x Barlow and 3x barlow.


    Nashville, TN Sky Report
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