nov 23rd, looks good tonight

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:58 am

LAds,
It's looking clear for tonight, maybe a trip to the burren is in order ?
A good long observing session could be on the way
what do you think ?

Roy Stewart · Post by **Roy Stewart** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 11:31 am

Was thinking the same thing
myself, what time were you thinking
of??

Cheers Roy

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 11:48 am

dunno, leave limerick at 8 maybe ?

Roy Stewart · Post by **Roy Stewart** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:05 pm

Sounds good to me... But if you
want we could leave a little earlier
and check out that place in sixmile bridge.

Do you want to send out a club txt?

Cheers Roy

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:02 pm

this is all assuming the sky is 100%, if it isnt then Im staying in the dome
As for sixmilebridge, Im not bothered tonight tbh., that place can be checked out any night.

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:54 pm

the reason for 8pm leaving limerick is that there is a big moon on on the sky, it'll take a while to set

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 10:07 pm

Well, what a grand night, finished up at 3am, got home at 4.
Some very light drizzle threatened for a few mins at the very start but then it cleared for the rest of the night.

Jupiter though the obsessionator was THEE best I've ever seen it, the GRS was very easily seen, the swirling detail in the belts and then to top it off, Io began a transit across the disk with its shadow right next to it. Io showed a light orange colour and was visible clearly as a tiny little sharp disk, we were able to push up the power to 500x, it was an amazing sight.
I put it down to the fact its the highest in the sky I've seen Jupiter with the obsessionator, the mirror was a 1.8 degrees above ambient and the seeing wasn't too bad. The detail was razor sharp.

The Moon was fab, showing alot of great detail, we also hunted down some of the brighter planetary nebulae, and open clusters, M42 was its glorious self.

The moon killed off the fainter ngc objects, but hey, it a night I wont forget anytime soon.

I did notice a light blue hue on the mirror early in the night, so Ive taken the mirror out for a good cleaning and am going to install some primary mirror heaters. They not needed during use, they're just there to keep the mirror dew free during storage but can be used to remove dew if it forms during the night..

Roy Stewart · Post by **Roy Stewart** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 11:29 pm

Ya it was a good session, best we've done
in a while...

U forgot Kemble's Cascade"NGC 1502"(One for the quiz)..

Cheers Roy