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I arrived at Ron's early. Spent a bit of time cleaning my eyepieces as they were a bit grubby from having a herd of kids observing through them the other night.
Set up the scope and relaxed for a while.
Straight from my log book.
Jupiter - daylight observation, picked up 2 of the moons, later found 3.
6.23pm - Hubble flyover
Alpha Centauri
NGC 3766 o/c
3532 o/c
I 2602 o/c wide spread
7.01pm - iridium flare, my first one, Brilliant -6
7.14pm - Genesis flyover - very faint - passed through the middle of Crux.
Sombrero
Ring Neb. M57
Dumbell Neb
Omega Centauri
N5316 faint o/c
N5281 faint o/c
I was using these two clusters to hop to Planetary neb. N5189 but was distracted by Dennis showing me.......
Brown carbon star, just above B Crux, Mimosa. Very brown. Haven't seen this since Andrew showed me it a year of so ago.
47 Tuc
N362 Glob
N346 - emissionn neb. within SMC
N419 - Sml glob within SMC
N376 - o/c inbetween the above glob and neb. Looks neb like.
N55 - galaxy
Andromeda - M31, M32, M110.
1.29am - Brilliant meteor to the north! Aqua blue in colour. Broke up in the end. A couple of other small ones the same colour soon after to the west.
These are what I observed with my own scope. Of course more was to be seen at the other ones. Most notable was the Veil and N5189 through Rons dob.
As Dennis and I were set up next to each other, we spent most of the night comparing views between my 10" and his 12".
Thanks Ron for your hospitality.
Enjoy your Cheese Cake.
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