Observing Report 10/11/2007

[Sentinel]

For the third night in three weeks, I have been out to Kumeu Observatory for an observing session.

Still busy observing nebulosity and open clusters on the southern side of the Tarantula nebula.

Observing report can be found;
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~michell...B-07-11-10.htm

Enjoy.

[§AB]

nice report there mate. Aren't we lucky to be living in the southern hemisphere?

You state your seeing as 4.5/5, in other words very good. Try cranking the mag to 400-500x on 47 Tuc. You'll will be drooling! I do it all the time in typical seeing with good results

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by §AB

nice report there mate. Aren't we lucky to be living in the southern hemisphere?

You state your seeing as 4.5/5, in other words very good. Try cranking the mag to 400-500x on 47 Tuc. You'll will be drooling! I do it all the time in typical seeing with good results

276x is my top Magnification. The seeing in our neck of the woods is typically average, so I often do not even get the 7mm Nagler out of the box.

I was pretty pleased with the views I got, but I must confess, I have never used more than 300x on any dob.

I just remember I had a good look at the Saturn Nebula at the high power as well, I love the detail at that power.

[DougAdams]

Nice stuff, Paul. You really opened up the LMC and gave it a good shake