Kurt, Thanks for the quick response. I would love to get my hands on the Excel version, and I would also appreciate a few suggestions for the coming month, if you have any recommendations that are particularly striking. I can use either the Tak Epsilon 160 for those with reasonable separation, or I can break out the Tak CN212 and go for either F/4, F/9.9, or F/12 if higher powers are required for more difficult targets. You can email it to me at: tylerallred "at" earthlink "dot" net Thanks again for your input. Cheers, Tyler _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Canopus56 Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:33 PM To: Utah Astronomy List Serv Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Obs Report 2008-2-10 7-8UT 12-1MST Tyler asked:
I would like to try imaging a few double stars at some point. Do you have any suggestions for colorful doubles that might be photogenic?
I have two lists - one in Excel that covers a compiled list of color contrast doubles from various sources above -38 declination. A second is in Astroplanner. For that list I extracted doubles listing color contrasts from Haas' _Double Stars for Small Telescopes_ (Sky Pub 2007) that pass within 20 degrees of the zenith for a 41N observing point. The Astroplanner list can be ported to Excel. What's your pleasure for a transfer format? Or I can give you a short list of two or three suggestions for the current month. It was cold, but still nice to stretch my legs for an hour. - Kurt ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com