I saw it almost overhead in Australia. It is a spectacular site as is 47 Tucanae and Eta Carinae. But nothing has come close to matching the Large Magelllanic Cloud as it rose in November 1994 from 10,000 feet in the Atacama Desert of Chile. In the cloud we could resolve numerous globulars with a 10 inch and the Tarantula Nebula is the most spectacular nebula in the sky. Clear Skies Don Colton -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Richard Tenney Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 6:19 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Omega Cen. I spotted it easily from Rush Valley last year in binos. Impressive big blob, I can only imagine how spectacular it must look at zenith from a truly southern (aka south of the equator) dark site in a big dob with a fat 2-inch eyepiece (oh, say, a 31 Nagler)! Has anyone on the list seen it like that? Rich --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
astrodeb@charter.net wrote:
It would be interesting if I could spot Omega Centauri from there.
Debbie
Theoretically it can be seen from as far north as SLC but it only gets a bit over 1 degree above the southern horizon.
It has been seen from Rush Valley.
From Bryce (and St. George) it reaches about 5 degrees.
In early June it transits about 2215 MDT.
Patrick
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