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davidpretorius
22-10-2005, 10:38 PM
Tomorrow evening, i have noticed that venus and m19 are very close 1/2 degree???

This happens at around 9.30pm by my reckoning with starry night pro.

Would it be easy to image???

It should fit in my 40mm eyepiece ie 30x
RB
23-10-2005, 12:51 AM
mmmmm interesting !!

Thx for the headsup Davo.
h0ughy
23-10-2005, 09:00 AM
If it isnt raining I will have a go at taking a picture
xrekcor
23-10-2005, 04:20 PM
Hey it finally looking good for some observing here tonight, but then again it was the same last night and it ended up clouding in here on the north coast. Haven't been able to have a good crack at the sky for a few weeks now : (

But if it stays ok I'll definitely stop by Venus and M19

regards,CS
xrekcor
23-10-2005, 06:38 PM
hmmmmmm :confuse3: maybe not

As I post this Venus is now covered... damn cloud... but hey we could be in for some lightening :)

regards,CS, G'luck
davidpretorius
23-10-2005, 07:31 PM
there is also a mag 15 comet????
h0ughy
23-10-2005, 08:31 PM
I had a go, thick high cloud sorry i thing it is a dud shot. only got one go. the wife is miffed???

I realised after I took the shot I missed M19 :sad:
davidpretorius
23-10-2005, 09:23 PM
good try, high level cloud here stuffing things around and now it is too low!!

oh well, next time.

thanks for trying!
RB
23-10-2005, 11:21 PM
:shrug: Sorry Davo,

Tried to get one but no go tonight, cloud stuffed things up.

I hope to have a go tomorrow night while they're still close enough.
xrekcor
24-10-2005, 02:15 PM
In the end I was able to spend a good deal of time observing. That cloud seem to rise out of the ground got to a fair height and took off to the north east leaving me with rather spectacular skies until mist rolled in around the same time the moon appeared.

Using both 30mm SV and 14mm XW I got pretty good views, with each in the same FOV in both ep's. Venus being so bright did wash M19 out a lil. Still it's always nice to see multiple objects in the same FOV. thanks for the heads up

regards,CS
xrekcor
24-10-2005, 02:21 PM
By around 7pm local time they will about pretty much the same seperation they were last night, except Venus will be on the east side of M19

regards,CS
xrekcor
24-10-2005, 02:24 PM
Also Venus is moving into Cresent mode :P

regards,CS
davidpretorius
24-10-2005, 02:57 PM
excellent rob, i am hoping for better skys tonight, but it is not looking good.

It was great you got to view it!!!
xrekcor
24-10-2005, 03:21 PM
David,

We're about to be clouded in here, I can hear Thor moaning to the west. I should of packed the scope away this morning, we might of had clear weather.

I hope it settles down for Mars, been meaning to image that lately... but I'm not sure if it's laziness or the visual side is taking over. Mind you it hasn't pasted my test for imaging of late.

Good Luck! with Venus & M19

regards,CS