Jim, It sounds like you and I find things in a similar way. I have noticed that I have trouble finding M81 & M82 this time of year. I think that it is because the Big Dipper is upside down to the way I usually see it during the Summer and Fall. I have found that I always move the wrong way when I go searching for it. I picked them up a few weeks ago, when the moon had washed out Leo and Virgo's galaxies, and they were real bright. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jim Gibson [mailto:xajax99@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 1:44 PM To: Astronomy in Utah Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] The moon Debbie You wrote: Do you live near the mountain in PG? Yes, I do. I use a telrad to get me on target, but I seldom hit right on, then I start searching through the eyepiece. That method has worked for me before. I just had a tuff time last Saturday night. You wrote: The globular clusters looked good If you are talking about M13, I did locate that with no problem. It is beautiful. I am thinking of adding a 3" finder scope to help in the search. Do you know of any good ones? I did a little googleing and all I turned up were 9X50mm. I think a 3" inch finder scope will be more like 150mm won't it? Jim _____ Do you Yahoo!? The New <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/search/mailsig/*http://search.yahoo.com> Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.
DaveI am sure you are right about being disoriented. I caught myself searching the wrong side of Alkaid for M51. I will try it again in a couple of nights.Jim David Dunn <david.dunn@albertsons.com> wrote:Jim, It sounds like you and I find things in a similar way. I have noticed that I have trouble finding M81 & M82 this time of year. I think that it is because the Big Dipper is upside down to the way I usually see it during the Summer and Fall. I have found that I always move the wrong way when I go searching for it. I picked them up a few weeks ago, when the moon had washed out Leo and Virgo's galaxies, and they were real bright. Dave-----Original Message----- From: Jim Gibson [mailto:xajax99@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 1:44 PM To: Astronomy in Utah Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] The moon Debbie You wrote: Do you live near the mountain in PG? Yes, I do. I use a telrad to get me on target, but I seldom hit right on, then I start searching through the eyepiece. That method has worked for me before. I just had a tuff time last Saturday night.You wrote: The globular clusters looked goodIf you are talking about M13, I did locate that with no problem. It is beautiful. I am thinking of adding a 3" finder scope to help in the search. Do you know of any good ones? I did a little googleing and all I turned up were 9X50mm. I think a 3" inch finder scope will be more like 150mm won't it? Jim --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo._______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.
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