Hi Rich, What sort of telescope were you using? Sounds fabulous! -- Joe Joe Bauman science & military reporter Deseret News bau@desnews.com (801) 237-2169

Rich Companion to NGC 584 is NGC 586. Also in field of view at 115x are NGC 596, PGC 5754 and IC 127. Clear Skies Don Colton -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Richard Tenney Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 11:18 PM To: Visit http://www.utahastronomy.com for the photo gallery. Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Saturday @ Wolf Creek? Saturday night was fabulous no smoke or clouds to trouble the view; I stayed until about 3a.m., and logged 24 new Herschel-400 entries in my observing journal (I'm up to about 100 so far); most of the night was spent in the Cepheus/Cass region with all those open clusters. I did wander into Cetus and Aquarius and picked up a few galaxies over there; also bagged NGC 40, a small PNe. The two highlights of the night for me were NGC 7000, the North American Nebula, nearly at zenith, with the 2-inch O-III and the 35mm Panoptic, it was STUNNING -- the level of detail visible just blew me away. I spent several minutes in the region studying the amazingly huge dimensions of the quite extensive nebulosity, and could have been there a long time, but I had to drag a few of my neighbors over for a look; it was way too good to not share. The other was a very lovely surprise, NGC 7789, which I dubbed the rose cluster, as it looked like a stellar rose; one of the prettiest open clusters in the sky, IMHO. Being in such a rich star field didn't hurt either!. NGC 559 reminded me of a bunny rabbit (eyes and nose, swept-back ears and a bright hind foot); NGC 7510 had a very interesting shape, as did NGC 457 (this one's been dubbed the owl cluster, or the spaceman, or even a bug; symmetrical with two bright "eyes"). Over to Cetus, NGC 584 shared the field of view (@115x) with another very faint, elliptical galaxy. Anyone know what that one is? Anyway, those were some of my highlights. We had about a half dozen scopes up there (Lowell Lyon's 20-inch obsession was the biggie of the group) and several eager college students showed up and kept me around for another hour after I was ready to call it a night -- their enthusiasm was quite infectious! Saturn and Mars also made a good showing. I love observing up there; it's well worth the drive (about 90 minutes for me each way). Rich --- David L Bennett <dlbennett@mac.com> wrote:

Hi Folks,

Did anyone make it up to Wolf Creek on Saturday night? How were the observing and smoke conditions?

Dave

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