Probably we could handle a fairly small target because the aperture will be good for enlarging the object. I'll have to scratch my head on this one for a while (and hope I don't lose any more hair!) ________________________________ From: Wiggins Patrick <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 12:23 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Your opinion: Faulkes target size I don't know that anyone has mentioned a deadline. Though it would probably be handy if we were able to come up with a short list at least before we arrive at Bob's conference room. We've got about 35 minutes after our session starts before the start of astronomical dark and we could use part of that time to make quick shots of a few short list targets before picking the one we decide to work seriously on. But we probably would not have time to test more than a small handful. FWIW, using round numbers it appears RA 04h 30m will be transiting in the south at the start of astronomical dark with RA 07h 00m transiting at the end of our session. So my preference would be to work something transiting half way through our working time. That would be near RA 05h 45m. Also the facility's website indicates we could shoot as low as 35 degrees altitude which would be about Dec -30 in the south and Dec +70 on the north. But personally I'd prefer to stay as high in the sky as possible. If we ignore the lower limit on size there are several possible targets. But that's why I asked earlier about a lower limit on size so we can narrow the search. patrick On 14 Jan 2013, at 23:47, Joe Bauman wrote:
Also, a few of us (well, I) would like to know when the deadline is for making the suggestions. I have a lot to do and want to schedule a little time to work on the project. Thanks, Joe
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