Pacheco

by Michael Linnolt

I was there with my 8" f/3.7 and showed the public the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, M42, M81/82 and Comet Q2/Machholz. The comet was still visble at about m1=7.7 and some detail could be seen in Jensen's 18" Dob, possibly the remnants of a tail or assymetry in the southern part of the coma.

At the very end, a few of us caught Omega Centauri at about 5deg elevation in a gap in the hills which block part of the southern horizon there.

A fun event!

Posted on sf-bay-tac Apr 17, 2005 12:44:32 PT
Converted by report.pm 1.2 Apr 23, 2005 21:17:46 PT