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Post by pickinduck on Aug 14, 2017 4:55:05 GMT -8
I took my BUSHNELL 10X50 Legacy Binoculars out last night for some stargazing. My intended targets were the head of Draco and UGC 10822. I remembered last year viewing the head of Draco and splitting Nu Draconis but I could remember what I used. I ran in and out several times checking my charts and book just trying to locate the head of Draco. I think I finally did so using Vega and throwing horns to get 15 degrees. What I thought was Nu Draconis wasn't really split so I was thinking that maybe I used 15x70s the prior year. I could not distinguish UGC 10822. This morning I checked my astronomy log from last year and on Oct. 17, 2016 it says that I found and split Nu Draconis with my BUSHNELL 10X50 Legacy Binoculars. I'm thinking either atmospheric conditions kept me from splitting Nu Draconis last night or I really wasn't looking at it.
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Post by pickinduck on Aug 14, 2017 5:17:31 GMT -8
In my book Sky & Telescope's POCKET SKY ATLAS on page 63 it shows UGC 10822 as being apparently large enough for me to see. The book indicates magnitudes of stars but maybe not galaxies. The book indicates in its Chart Legend that UGC 10822 is 40'x30' (to scale). I'm thinking that's size by minutes. Got to find something that says how bright UGC 10822 is and maybe what it is view-able with.
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Post by pickinduck on Aug 14, 2017 5:26:46 GMT -8
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Post by pickinduck on Aug 14, 2017 5:35:10 GMT -8
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Post by Sherlew99 on Aug 14, 2017 6:22:41 GMT -8
I took my BUSHNELL 10X50 Legacy Binoculars out last night for some stargazing. My intended targets were the head of Draco and UGC 10822. I remembered last year viewing the head of Draco and splitting Nu Draconis but I could remember what I used. I ran in and out several times checking my charts and book just trying to locate the head of Draco. I think I finally did so using Vega and throwing horns to get 15 degrees. What I thought was Nu Draconis wasn't really split so I was thinking that maybe I used 15x70s the prior year. I could not distinguish UGC 10822. This morning I checked my astronomy log from last year and on Oct. 17, 2016 it says that I found and split Nu Draconis with my BUSHNELL 10X50 Legacy Binoculars. I'm thinking either atmospheric conditions kept me from splitting Nu Draconis last night or I really wasn't looking at it. Yeah, it's hard to say which it was. I must ask about the 'throwing horns, though.' I'm drawing a blank on that.
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Post by Sherlew99 on Aug 14, 2017 6:32:44 GMT -8
A lot of things will be out of our reach. What we ought to do is make a list of the celestrial objects that are within our reach. There should be quite a few. Although we lack opportunity on some things, there are sill many other things we can do.
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Post by pickinduck on Aug 14, 2017 6:38:53 GMT -8
OMG, I was just thinking about us making lists! Maybe? Possible Targets Achieved Target and with what Out of reach targets
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Post by Sherlew99 on Aug 14, 2017 6:44:10 GMT -8
Yes, achieved targets, possible targets and the out of reach targets would all be good categories.
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Post by pickinduck on Aug 14, 2017 6:45:25 GMT -8
I took my BUSHNELL 10X50 Legacy Binoculars out last night for some stargazing. My intended targets were the head of Draco and UGC 10822. I remembered last year viewing the head of Draco and splitting Nu Draconis but I could remember what I used. I ran in and out several times checking my charts and book just trying to locate the head of Draco. I think I finally did so using Vega and throwing horns to get 15 degrees. What I thought was Nu Draconis wasn't really split so I was thinking that maybe I used 15x70s the prior year. I could not distinguish UGC 10822. This morning I checked my astronomy log from last year and on Oct. 17, 2016 it says that I found and split Nu Draconis with my BUSHNELL 10X50 Legacy Binoculars. I'm thinking either atmospheric conditions kept me from splitting Nu Draconis last night or I really wasn't looking at it. Yeah, it's hard to say which it was. I must ask about the 'throwing horns, though.' I'm drawing a blank on that. It's one of the ways to make sky measurements. You extend your pointer and pinky fingers and stretch them apart and at arms length that measures about 15 degrees. The distance from Vega to Eltanin is very close to 15 degrees.
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Post by Sherlew99 on Aug 14, 2017 6:49:46 GMT -8
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Post by pickinduck on Aug 14, 2017 6:56:11 GMT -8
It doesn't go by that. I just put them together. Didn't you post something on measuring the sky with your hand? It's in more then one of the books that I have.
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Post by Sherlew99 on Aug 14, 2017 6:58:21 GMT -8
I did, just a bit slow this morning, I guess.
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