That's a great report, Daniel. I had a birthday party to attend or would have been in the western desert too. On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 11:37 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote: Nice. I love looking at the larger galaxies with a large bino from a reasonably dark site. M51 is a favorite. On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:30 AM, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote:
The weather was good for viewing last night, so I drove out to the west desert for some binocular viewing. Only stayed a couple of hours. It was warm and dry with a slight breeze. Patches of cirrus cloud were here and there in an otherwise beautiful sky.
M51 was directly overhead so leaning against the SUV with 20x80's I could easily see spiral structure. M101 was easy to spot. as well. M10 and M12 globulars jumped out even in 10x50's in the middle of OPH which was still rising above the glow of SLC. M68 in Corvus was getting low in the southwest. M3, M4, and M5 rounded out the night for globulars.
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