Attached is a list of 112 clusters, nebulae and galaxies to view or image while you are the astrofest.
The visual observers will probably see most of them, the imagers might capture a few
The objects have RA greater than 13 and declination less than 50.
Vmag is the visual magnitude
SBr is the surface brightness
L & W are the length and width in arcmins
RA is in h m s
dec is in d m
In the USA, and elsewhere, they have Messier Marathons where they try to look at all of the 109 Messier objects in one night.
I am planning to do a Dunlop Marathon during the Qld Astrofest and attempt to see 150 Dunlop objects in one night.
If you want to join me go to http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=79654
James Dunlop catalogued these objects in 1826 from Parramatta, NSW with a 9" aperture reflector. http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/10919/
well me and my young fella won't be coming this year....i had to cancel the building trade has been a little quiet just like the rest of the country and iv'e just picked up a heap of brickwork and i'm not going to let it go,well see you all at the next astrofest...
well me and my young fella won't be coming this year....i had to cancel the building trade has been a little quiet just like the rest of the country and iv'e just picked up a heap of brickwork and i'm not going to let it go,well see you all at the next astrofest...
fair enough Peter - you can be our sacrifice will be sad you are not there though
I have been contemplating my navel – that’s no mean feat. A question has been pondering, lingering, bothering me – what to take to the eclipse. So this is a very directed question to those that are attending Queensland Astrofest and who will be driving up to Cairns in November. Would you have room for a HEQpro5, tripod and battery? . Also I would be entrusting you with my mount until Astrofest next year.
I am prepared to chip in some fuel money, and you would have the use of the mount until the next Astrofest when I can pick it back up?
I am trying to work out my logistics for this year………
hope you're all packing yer winter woollies. It was -2 in town this morning. The frost was thick on the ground. The front steps were slick with ice.
Duckadang would have been at least 4 degrees colder. Brrrr
Couldn't believe it last year when on a cloudy night I went to bed 11:00pm to waken at 11:30pm by someone to decided to play a DVD on full volume in the bunk house.
Almost everyone shows consideration, but there always seem to be one who doesn't.
I have been contemplating my navel – that’s no mean feat. A question has been pondering, lingering, bothering me – what to take to the eclipse. So this is a very directed question to those that are attending Queensland Astrofest and who will be driving up to Cairns in November. Would you have room for a HEQpro5, tripod and battery? . Also I would be entrusting you with my mount until Astrofest next year.
I am prepared to chip in some fuel money, and you would have the use of the mount until the next Astrofest when I can pick it back up?
I am trying to work out my logistics for this year………
I'm not going to cairns for eclipse David,but if you need a staging post-you can store and re collect gear here,if needed,not far from astrofest site.goodluck
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will be sad you are not there though
