observing weekends Kulnura

[h0ughy (David)]

Jupiters little happenings


This table was created using The Planets 2.02 a free program available from http://www.cpac.org.uk

Times are AEST, subtract 30 minutes for ACST and 2 hours for AWST. GRS = Great Red Spot. S = Shadow Transit, T = Transit

Wed 1 Jun 2005 00:03 Io : Reappears from Eclipse
Wed 1 Jun 2005 17:59 Io : Transit Begins ST
Wed 1 Jun 2005 18:01 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Wed 1 Jun 2005 19:05 Gan: Shadow Transit Ends T
Wed 1 Jun 2005 19:06 Io : Shadow Transit Begins ST
Wed 1 Jun 2005 20:11 Io : Transit Ends S
Wed 1 Jun 2005 20:48 Eur: Reappears from Eclipse S
Wed 1 Jun 2005 21:17 Io : Shadow Transit Ends
Thu 2 Jun 2005 18:31 Io : Reappears from Eclipse
Thu 2 Jun 2005 23:48 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Fri 3 Jun 2005 19:39 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Sun 5 Jun 2005 01:27 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Sun 5 Jun 2005 01:59 Gan: Disappears into Occultation
Sun 5 Jun 2005 21:18 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Mon 6 Jun 2005 23:38 Eur: Transit Begins T
Tue 7 Jun 2005 01:22 Io : Transit Begins TT
Tue 7 Jun 2005 02:02 Eur: Shadow Transit Begins STT
Tue 7 Jun 2005 22:34 Io : Disappears into Occultation
Tue 7 Jun 2005 22:57 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Wed 8 Jun 2005 01:58 Io : Reappears from Eclipse
Wed 8 Jun 2005 18:23 Gan: Transit Ends
Wed 8 Jun 2005 18:24 Eur: Disappears into Occultation
Wed 8 Jun 2005 18:48 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Wed 8 Jun 2005 19:50 Io : Transit Begins T
Wed 8 Jun 2005 20:35 Gan: Shadow Transit Begins ST
Wed 8 Jun 2005 21:00 Io : Shadow Transit Begins SST
Wed 8 Jun 2005 22:02 Io : Transit Ends SS
Wed 8 Jun 2005 23:03 Gan: Shadow Transit Ends S
Wed 8 Jun 2005 23:12 Io : Shadow Transit Ends
Wed 8 Jun 2005 23:22 Eur: Reappears from Eclipse
Thu 9 Jun 2005 20:26 Io : Reappears from Eclipse
Fri 10 Jun 2005 00:35 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Fri 10 Jun 2005 17:40 Io : Shadow Transit Ends S
Fri 10 Jun 2005 18:01 Eur: Shadow Transit Ends
Fri 10 Jun 2005 20:27 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Sun 12 Jun 2005 22:06 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Mon 13 Jun 2005 17:57 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Tue 14 Jun 2005 23:44 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Wed 15 Jun 2005 00:26 Io : Disappears into Occultation
Wed 15 Jun 2005 19:29 Gan: Transit Begins T
Wed 15 Jun 2005 19:36 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Wed 15 Jun 2005 20:52 Eur: Disappears into Occultation T
Wed 15 Jun 2005 21:42 Io : Transit Begins TT
Wed 15 Jun 2005 22:11 Gan: Transit Ends T
Wed 15 Jun 2005 22:55 Io : Shadow Transit Begins ST
Wed 15 Jun 2005 23:54 Io : Transit Ends S
Thu 16 Jun 2005 00:34 Gan: Shadow Transit Begins SS
Thu 16 Jun 2005 01:06 Io : Shadow Transit Ends S
Thu 16 Jun 2005 18:55 Io : Disappears into Occultation
Thu 16 Jun 2005 22:22 Io : Reappears from Eclipse
Fri 17 Jun 2005 01:23 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Fri 17 Jun 2005 17:24 Io : Shadow Transit Begins STT
Fri 17 Jun 2005 17:58 Eur: Shadow Transit Begins SSTT
Fri 17 Jun 2005 18:08 Eur: Transit Ends SST
Fri 17 Jun 2005 18:22 Io : Transit Ends SS
Fri 17 Jun 2005 19:35 Io : Shadow Transit Ends S
Fri 17 Jun 2005 20:38 Eur: Shadow Transit Ends
Fri 17 Jun 2005 21:15 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Sun 19 Jun 2005 17:11 Gan: Reappears from Eclipse
Sun 19 Jun 2005 22:53 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Mon 20 Jun 2005 18:45 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Wed 22 Jun 2005 00:32 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Wed 22 Jun 2005 20:24 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Wed 22 Jun 2005 23:19 Gan: Transit Begins T
Wed 22 Jun 2005 23:23 Eur: Disappears into Occultation T
Wed 22 Jun 2005 23:34 Io : Transit Begins TT
Thu 23 Jun 2005 00:50 Io : Shadow Transit Begins STT
Thu 23 Jun 2005 20:48 Io : Disappears into Occultation
Fri 24 Jun 2005 00:17 Io : Reappears from Eclipse
Fri 24 Jun 2005 17:59 Eur: Transit Begins T
Fri 24 Jun 2005 18:03 Io : Transit Begins TT
Fri 24 Jun 2005 19:18 Io : Shadow Transit Begins STT
Fri 24 Jun 2005 20:15 Io : Transit Ends ST
Fri 24 Jun 2005 20:35 Eur: Shadow Transit Begins SST
Fri 24 Jun 2005 20:43 Eur: Transit Ends SS
Fri 24 Jun 2005 21:29 Io : Shadow Transit Ends S
Fri 24 Jun 2005 22:03 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Fri 24 Jun 2005 23:16 Eur: Shadow Transit Ends
Sat 25 Jun 2005 17:54 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Sat 25 Jun 2005 18:46 Io : Reappears from Eclipse
Sun 26 Jun 2005 17:48 Eur: Reappears from Eclipse
Sun 26 Jun 2005 18:45 Gan: Disappears into Eclipse
Sun 26 Jun 2005 21:10 Gan: Reappears from Eclipse
Sun 26 Jun 2005 23:41 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Mon 27 Jun 2005 19:33 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian
Wed 29 Jun 2005 21:12 GRS: Crosses Central Meridian

[iceman (Mike)]

I won't be there tonight, as I've said before. Going out with the wife, dinner + Revenge of the Sith.

Have a great time, want to see reports + pictures after!

I'll be there next weekend though, I hope the clear weather keeps up.

Any NAS guys going tonight, or next weekend?

[Orion]

Wayne,
I bought the hair dryer in the camping shop in Belmont near Bunnings.

Sorry guys but I won't be able to make it ether but I will be coming along next week. Clear Skies!

[Rodstar (Rod)]

I'm a definite for next weekend..Saturday everyone?
Hope you have a great night tonight everyone.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by iceman

I won't be there tonight, as I've said before. Going out with the wife, dinner + Revenge of the Sith.

Have a great time, want to see reports + pictures after!

I'll be there next weekend though, I hope the clear weather keeps up.

Any NAS guys going tonight, or next weekend?

yes mike i can make it for next weekend

[iceman (Mike)]

Where's the report from last night? How did it go guys?

[frogman (Anthony Lord)]

ill leave the report for the other guys cause im stuffed..... i enjoyed the night very much .
and it was fun watching the two "boys" fight over the collimation of my scope hector is fun to drive and observe through, however, 20" is just too damn big. i think 12" will do just fine.

now back to the scopes once again i would like to thank Trufflehunter for the use of his toys.......i had the chance to use a 13 and an 8mm nagler ohhhh wow ..... and i had the chance to have a go at pushing buttons on a ""buzz click"" thanks wayne.

Thank the dark skies it was not a heavy dew night but only a light if any dew fall throughout the night...

I think that will do from me....

Hope all enjoyed..
Anthony... can i go to bed now ?

[cahullian]

Big thanks Anthony for the use of your dark skies last night.
My son Ron and I had a blast, the view of the Ghost of Jupiter was the highlight of Ron's night(through Hector) he is planning to brag to his Science teacher about it.
The highlight for me was finding the hamburger galaxy as I was unable to see it in my light polluted yard. It was really exciting for me to look through the other scopes and eye pieces there and a really big thank you to everyone for making ron and myself feel really welcome and part of the group especially Louie for letting me look through his ep's.
If she who rules with an Iron Rod lets me out of the house I will love to attend next weekend. From my yard I can see about 15% of the night sky so that limits what I can look for, but last night I could see so much sky I didn't know where to point my scope next week I will have a list of objects to aim for. With a little homework I will try for easy targets and a few that will stretch my knowledge of the sky and my scopes abilities. I also found out that there are red lights and there are red lights lol I'll try and bring something a little less bright next time. Being a newbe I think I'm entitled to make all the mistakes at least once. All my friends who have seen my 8" scope have been very impressed with it's size but my pride and joy looked like a little baby compared to what was on show last night, saying that I did manage to find a DSO that the 12" didnt I had a great time and met a nice bunch of blokes,learnt more about the night sky,got abused for not drinking tea or coffee ,found new DSO's,saw Jupiter (my favourite planet) in a 20' Dob,made some new friends,got lost on the way home he he he.
All in all a great night out for the price of a few litres of petrol.

Irish

[frogman (Anthony Lord)]

hahahah ok rub that find in its ok..... next week NO COFFEE DRINKING, NO ENTRY ! ...... nah just joking your more than welcome

Im no good at doing "write ups"..... sorry guys.

[trufflehunter (Wayne Robinson)]

I can't believe I actually made it this time! It was another great night which we've all come to expect from Kulnura. A high mist kept hovering around which affected the transparency a little and the seeing I would rate at about 3/5. To the naked eye the stars were hardly twinkling at all but high power images weren't holding up quite as well as we might have liked, so my plans for splitting difficult doubles took a bit of a back seat. But it was ten times better than any 'good' night in my backyard! Thanks again to Anthony for putting up with us (and for feeding me your leftovers )

It was a pleasure to meet Narayan and chat about imaging. Looking forward to seeing the fruits of your labour that night, N.

Great to meet Cahullian and his son Ron. It would be great to see you there again next weekend! It is a tricky place to get out of back to Newcastle in the middle of the night, I know what you mean!

Hector was dazzling! Thanks so much to Andrew for bringing him along, and to John B for filling in. I wish I could remember all those NGC numbers that were flying around! The Tarantula and Eta Carinae through a 20" scope is simply breath-taking. The list of things we looked at through that beast is too long, but nothing failed to impress. Probably the highlight for me with Hector was when I decided to pan him around the Larger Magellanic Cloud... there were amazingly detailed patches of nebulosity and tiny globular clusters everywhere! I nearly fell off the ladder. I'm sure I spilled my coffee.

Louie, always great company mate! Thanks for the loan of the Pan 27 and for helping me collimate, and for the noodles!

Last but not least, big thanks to David (Houghy) for lending me his 12V hair dryer and his GPS-Mate. Even though he couldn't make it in person, he was there in spirit ! Hope you can make it next weekend, David!

I've attached a photo of Anthony's dob-truck. I think all you dob owners should get one! Sounds like an essential accessory along with those Cheshire thingies and Teflon Stuff you're always talking about... jeez it's like another language!

Rod and Mike. Missed you guys. Hope to catch up next weekend!

Finally... anyone reading this who hasn't yet come along, do yourselves a favour and try to make it next weekend. You don't know what you're missing out on. Honestly!

[iceman (Mike)]

Great report, soooo wish I could've made it. I hope you guys can make it this weekend too - though we'll have to keep an eye on the weather, it seems the clear weather has come to an end for a few days at least.

What was the bottom field like?

[atalas]

I liked It Mr Ice!

Louie

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Yes it was a great night, good to meet everyone and have a look through Hector..the view of M83 in particular through the big scope was fantastic, thnaks to John and Andrew.


Good to meet Cahullian and Ron with broken arm, (even though they failed to deliver the promised busload of girls)

As is now usual my battery pack died before I could accomplish anything useful but Louie being the champ he is came to the rescue.

I powered my laptop and webcam using his battery pack and Louie and I took the attached image of Omega Centauri through Louie's Tak. Anthony helped us focus on Jupiter before we turned to other objects.

I have to say I liked what I was seeing on the lap top screen so much that I had to go and get Wayne and Anthony to come and have a look. John had a look too.

Louie and I also imaged M104, 4595 and tried Tempel1. The M104 is attached but the other two didnt turn out all well unfortunately..think we missed the comet altogether and the galaxy requires more exposure,

Unfortunately my internet at home fell over so I couldnt post these yesterday

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

the M104 image has been compressed too much..it actually turned out much better. in full res..maybe I can bring it to work and post it tomorrow after resizing differently

remember these images were with a webcam on a mount that was not polar aligned and so limited to 30 to 40 second exposures, on an ordinary night as far as seeing is concerned

that Omega Centauri image I think is the best I have ever managed.....

everyone should have a Tak

[Rodstar (Rod)]

Sounds like I missed out on a great night, guys. Thanks for all of the details you have all posted.

Wayne, don't you worry, I'll be there with bells on next Saturday night!

[atalas]

Hey Guy's Narayan done all the work and congrats on these fine webcam images Narayan! I just looked in amazement what was being captured. Next time I will help and polar align the mount! pitty the others didnt turn out for you but they will next time.
A big thank you to all the guy's last night ,It was another fun night and oh yes big Hector well what can one say when he is being blown away!

ps Its time for a bigger chip Narayan!

Louie

[atalas]

Oh yes and I keep forgeting,Ice ,Rodstar,Houghy,Orion,big george,Brenden you were all missed last night so hopefully will catch up to you's on Saturday.

Louie

[Brendan]

Sorry louie, wont be able to make Saturday.
She who must be obeyed has scored tickets to a corprate box at Marthon Stadium.

Im a gonn'a see the knights get their preverbials handed to them yet again,

If the end of the month looks good how about then guy's - Uni should be finished by then too.

[iceman (Mike)]

I'll definitely be there next weekend.. I'll start a new thread for it soon.

[atalas]

Sorry to hear Brenden,but she who must be obeyed can be a lot of fun too!

Louie