by Stacy Jo McDermott
Saturday was a beautiful day and it promised to be a superb night. Had an inkling to get up to Montebello but with day time activities and a dear friend stopping by for a visit, I decided to set up the 120mm at home to bag some doubles for the AL Double Star list for a short but satisfying observing session.
My observing was in Orion...and what a treat it was! Orion is packed full with lovely double/mulitple stars. Of course there's the Trap - was able to view this in fine detail. Some of my housemate's friends were over and I showed them this and needless to say they were very impressed.
| Beta Orionis | Wow, I was able to just make out Rigel's companion star. It was going in and out, but what a thrill! So capturing it at around 10 mag was pretty cool. |
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| Theta 2 | Pretty nifty. However, I think I neglected to plot compnent C - duh! Will have to reobserve this one to make my log correct (don't have it with me at the moment - just quick notes I have in my purse). |
| Lambda Orionis | Got this one...nice. |
| Sigma Orionis | another nice one but with a tighter separation. |
| Struve 747 | like what my car headlights are supposed to look like ;-) Very cool to find, identify and log. |
I also took some time to visit Saturn and showed this off to our visiting friends. After about 90 minutes, a slight wind came up and I went indoors to warm up, got a little too comfy and fell asleep (doh!)...however short it was though, it was nice just to get out.
| Equipment | 120mm refractor (Voyager) with 25mm & 15 mm eyepieces. |
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Since the week holds promise for clear(er) nights, I've left my mount up for more viewing at The Pacifica Observatory located on Linda Mar Blivd.
Posted on sf-bay-tac Jan 31, 2005 15:24:14 PT
Converted by report.pm 1.2 Jan 31, 2005 18:51:04 PT