I can attest to the quality of the mirrors and scopes being produced in John & Lisa's class. Bob Taylor had his new 16" f/4.43 (correct me if I'm wrong Bob) up at Wolf Creek this Saturday night. A first class instrument both optically and in performance. We had to pear through gaps in the clouds but we had a good time as well. Iota Cas at about 90 power was very sharp and split cleanly (2.7" for the ac pair.) 7331 showed several satellite galaxies and Stephan's nearby was quite nice...you could see that the foreground galaxy in the cluster was more distinct than the others. NGC 246 in Cetus was very nice & mottled. NGC 7332/39 in Pegasus displayed themselves well...two edge-ons in a tight dance. Congrats Bob (John & Lisa too) on such a great scope! Dave B. On Monday, September 13, 2004, at 09:31 AM, David Trevino wrote:
I was fun indeed.
I don't know if someone else will write a report on it, but let me give a quick review.
For many of us in John and Lisa's class, it was First Light Night for our scopes. I am terrible remembering names, but there several scopes out there ranging from 10" to 16".
We all had a blast taking looks at great targets, like Andromeda (M31) The Hercules cluster (M13) and the Ring Nebula (M57). Later on the night we enjoyed views of the Veil Nebula and the North America Nebula.
Other highlights were that there was plenty of food and great company by all.
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