Joe, We have had balmy weather all last week. I finally turned on the heat in the house. Last Wednesday night, I wheeled my 15" onto my driveway and viewed mainly open clusters and planetary nebulae despite the bright moon. Wowed my neighbor with views of the moon, Double Cluster, and Dumbell Nebula. Only stayed out till 10pm though but it was fun. I got my ladder out and tossed a towel over my neighbor's outdoor light. That helped immensely. If the power goes out again, I'm wheeling the 15" out before the lights come back on, weather permitting. On 2016-11-17 10:16, Joe Bauman via Utah-Astronomy wrote:
I'm worried the weather won't be good up here in SLC until about April. Even when if the clouds part, we'll still have cold weather and humidity, which equal frost or dew.
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On Nov 17, 2016, at 10:05 AM, astrodeb@beyondbb.com wrote:
Hi,
I was reading the book "The Caldwell Objects" by Stephen James O'Meara cause I was interested in his observations of planetary nebulae. He wa saying instead of putting in a high magnification eyepiece, use a moderate power eyepiece with a 2X barlow. You essentially get the same magnification with higher contrast. He said to try it with the barlow then switch back to the higher magnification eyepiece to see if there is a difference.
I was thinking of getting my refractor out tomorrow night to see some fall-winter objects and will take my TeleVue 2X barlow with me. Digital Setting Circles are working great since I tightened the nut on the RA encoder.
I also checked out a good observing book at the local library. It is called "1001 Celestial Wonders to See Before You Die" It has some great photographs of deep sky objects. Hopefully the weather should clear up soon.
Clear skies,
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