Monday 22 February 2010

Clear night at WWT

Had a nice evening on Saturday at the WWT Slimbridge, with a substantially clear evening for viewing.

Kicked off with a short talk about the Messier objects, and then Martin Sinton filled a slot on cosmic scales.

Then went out and had some nice views of the Moon, Mars, the Pleiades, M42, M31. Was struggling to find M79, which was low in the mirk, and the scope was dewed up. Hopefull will get another chance before its too late this winter.

Thanks to Martin and Rob Davis from Cotswold AS for helping out on the evening.
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  1. Sidewalk Universe2 March 2010 at 17:43

    Hey R.A if M79 is a bust try NGC 2371-2 in Gemini just southwest of Castor. With your SCT you should get a nice view!

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  2. CallumP17 March 2010 at 14:18

    Thanks for the suggestion - will look it up next clear night.

    Re. M79 - i was really wanting to find a glob. visible in winter months - there are not many accessible this time of year.

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