It's just a suggestion in follow-up to Tuesday's meeting that probably will not pan out. The only way to tell is to look. (I was also interested in making a short list of these interacting galaxies, so I don't miss them next season.) SPOC is LPR limited, but I'm not going to guess what the Grim Scope can reach. The two times Mark B. has demoed it for me into light polluted areas using an LPR filter, the 30" scope was doing more on extended objects than I would have ever imaged. My recollection of that particular RA and Dec is at 11:00pm it is in a mag 5.3 darker pocket NW of the Grantsville West-I15 horizon light spike. But I'm shooting for the hip - or keyboard -:).
Do you think you could discern any structure at SPOC?
Probably not, other than gross interacting disks. If not, I'll just have to wait for C60-61 to swing around next spring. - Canopus56(Kurt) --- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:
That's rather faint, and at the listed size I'm thinking it might be pretty indistinct. Do you think you could discern any structure at SPOC? I wonder if a broadband LPR might help. (yes I know they are not optimized for stellar sources) What's the policy on using one's personal eyepieces on the Grim scope? Did Bruce adjust the spacing for a tad more "in" travel?
--- Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> wrote:
Arp241 UGC9425
http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/Figures/big_arp241.gif
J143751.13+302847.0 mag B15 dia. 0.85'
In glancing at a chart last night, it looks like only Arp241 would be high-enough just at astronomical twilight to be seen at the SPOC party on Friday.
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