I was trying to see the various parts of Schwassman Wachmann on Saturday
with 15 x 70 binos. There was nothing visible in the part of Lyra where I
expected to see the main part so I scouted around. Soon enough I saw a
roundish glow that looked bright enough to be part of the comet, so I set up
a telescope to look at the same area. I couldn't find the object again with
the binos at first. I was worried that maybe I had seen M13 instead so I
searched it out. I was relieved to see the star field was different. I
eventually located the original glow and tried to pinpoint its location with
the binos to aim the scope at the same spot. The location seemed all too
familiar, in eastern Hercules. I pointed the binos at M92s location and
sure enough that was my "comet".
It would be nice to have a list of things that look like comets in the
15x70s, wouldn't it?
Posted on sf-bay-tac May 08, 2006 11:24:40 PT
Converted by report.pm 1.4 Jul 18, 2006 17:09:22 PT