Sunday Night Observing

6/13/99

Make Up Session

by Peggy Bernard

This was a makeup session after being Skunked at Fremont Peak the night before.

6/13/99 Observing, Tonopah, conditions excellent, Moon New, sky glow low,moisture content low, temperature very warm 70 degrees. 10" DOB.

Note: Conditions deteriorated to very poor when the fog rolled in around 1:45 AM 6/14/99.

Began about 2130 hours 6/13.

Primary Target area Sagittarius, Ophiuchus, Serpens Caput. Finished around 0145 hours 6/14 due to fog rolling in and dew starting to set.

New objects:

• M5 (NICE GLOBULAR - PLAYED WITH DIFFERENT POWERS UP TO 312x)
• 5850/ 5846 (FAINT BUT THERE! USED 104X.)
• 5854
• STAR 13E OPHIUCHUS
• PLUTO (NEAR STAR 13E- APPEARED AS DIM OBJECT@ 5:30 EYEPIECE POSITION) WILL HAVE TO TRACK THIS FOR A FEW NIGHTS TO VERIFY.
• M57 (MY SON HAD FUN FINDING THIS HIMSELF WITH NO HELP FROM MOM!)
• M107
• M6 (MODERATE OPEN CLUSTER - NAKED EYE @ THIS LOCATION)
• M7 (BIG FAT OPEN CLUSTER - NAKED EYE@ THIS LOCATION)
• M69 (SMALL GLOBULAR)
• M70 (SMALL GLOBULAR)

CAN'T FIND:

• M83 & M68 (TOO LOW TO HORIZON!)

So this session more than made up for the bad weather last Saturday Night. (I did have a good time chatting with a few folks Saturday night so that made the trip worth while).