Was the globular NGC 6541? I'm going to look for that one when I get up to Bryce this month. It is a Mag 7.3 globular at RA 18ho8m, Dec -43 42'. David Eicher has a sketch of it in this month's Astonomy magazine. I've seen it down in Texas but haven't looked for it in Utah. Debbie On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Michael Vanopstall <opstall@math.utah.edu>wrote:

Greetings --

Very good night for Lakeside. Got there about 11:45 -- just about when the whole sky was covered by a large cloud mass. I sat in the car with books making a plan and set up, and about five minutes later all was clear. No wind the whole night. No howling sounds or military tests. Very quiet and dark.

I had all luck. I was looking for a galaxy in Centaurus that was pretty close to the horizon. Pointed the scope at some star that was visible, checked the field -- there it was. Looking for a globular in Corona Australis. Just as the constellation started to rise, I thought I'd check with binoculars if the stars I was seeing were correct -- there was the globular in the binos. Pointed the scope roughly in the direction NGC 6819 in Cygnus and looked -- there was the cluster....

So my list for the day was accomplished pretty quickly and without much satisfaction. Ian showed up a bit after 1:00 and we ran through some Messiers.

Interesting note: about 2:32 am I was driving east towards home on I80, and due east I saw a large meteor actually break into pieces. I have no idea how far away it was.

---- Rev. Michael A. van Opstall Department of Mathematics, University of Utah Office: JWB 313 opstall@math.utah.edu

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