obs log 20/01/2010

[GrahamL]

backyard ballina nsw
seeing average to better
22 t4 /14 xw /filters used


ngc 1700,1407,1395,1232,1269,1291,613,3 00,55,253 (high alt object)
ngc 1973,1975,2175,2244,2237,2298,2392. 2264 ,2261 .

M -42,78,41,93,47,46,1

mars, tarantula

time 100 minutes (sneaky peak ) :)

notes .. high level meteor ?.. passed through ngc 253 round 9.00pm
write clearer idiot !!!... I can't read some of this stuff and have excluded it.:D

[Paddy]

Sounds like a good night's observing Graham.

[trent_julie]

thats a big effort!,

Julie got to see a meteor pass whilst observing m77 on the 19th
Weather has been brilliant of recent

Cheers

Trent and Julie

[DavidU]

Two dozen items in 100 min. Good work Graham.

[Lismore Bloke]

That's a great bag of objects logged there Graham, excellent stuff.
That's where Argo is so good. You could see 4 times more targets than I could in the same time. Did you use tour mode? Not that I know much about how Argo works. I would like to have Argo plus Uranometria and the Observer's Guide series, will have to save up. That won't be easy since we have a wedding to fund this year!! Cheers, Paul.

[GrahamL]

Thanks guys :thumbsup:.. Yes paul thats on a tour of selected constellations .
I had that many again to get through but spent some time trying to solve a small technical problem I engineered:P

I have become pretty lazy since I got the argo and havn't been happy
with myself about that of late .. Like its great to turn it on and rattle off dozens of objects , but I wasn't planning any observing , which I
thinks is still an important part no matter how much technology you have at hand .

So last night I sat down for a short while before and gave some thought to what was on offer and what I wanted to see .. and planned to record it .

Had a great night out and really enjoyed myself for a change .

[Lismore Bloke]

That's a very good point Graham. I also would much rather see a smaller number of objects properly, and spend some time at each one, than rattle off 40 or 50. I suppose I'm just impatient at not being able to instantly find things without hunting around. Might get Argo one day, but maybe not for another 6 months or so at least.