Re: [Utah-astronomy] Omega Centauri (NGC 5139)
Jim, You would be better off to take a trip down to Arizona to bag Omega Centauri. I once viewed it south of St George back in 2002. I had my 15" Obsession and a 22mm Panoptic eyepiece. After I looked it up on the computer, my scope went all the way down to the horizontal position. But it was in the eyepiece and what a sight it was even though it was low on the horizon. Good Luck, Debbie On Wed Apr 1 7:07 , Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> sent:
It looks like Omega Centauri NGC 5139 will reach it max Alt for the most part of April of about 2* 13.5’. Does anyone have better data? Jim
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Many of us have seen it from Rush Valley. It is visible there when it is at or near the meridian. Jim,
You would be better off to take a trip down to Arizona to bag Omega Centauri. I once viewed it south of St George back in 2002. I had my 15" Obsession and a 22mm Panoptic eyepiece. After I looked it up on the computer, my scope went all the way down to the horizontal position. But it was in the eyepiece and what a sight it was even though it was low on the horizon.
Good Luck,
Debbie
On Wed Apr 1 7:07 , Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> sent:
It looks like Omega Centauri NGC 5139 will reach it max Alt for the most part of April of about 2* 13.5â. Does anyone have better data?  Jim
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As seen from Rush Valley, there is a little hill on the southern horizon that Omega Centauri will 'roll down'. Dave On Apr 1, 2009, at 2:57 PM, erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net wrote:
Many of us have seen it from Rush Valley. It is visible there when it is at or near the meridian. Jim,
You would be better off to take a trip down to Arizona to bag Omega Centauri. I once viewed it south of St George back in 2002. I had my 15" Obsession and a 22mm Panoptic eyepiece. After I looked it up on the computer, my scope went all the way down to the horizontal position. But it was in the eyepiece and what a sight it was even though it was low on the horizon.
Good Luck,
Debbie
On Wed Apr 1 7:07 , Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> sent:
It looks like Omega Centauri NGC 5139 will reach it max Alt for the most part of April of about 2* 13.5’. Does anyone have better data?  Jim
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