Observing Notesfrom the Tuckahoe IrregularsI was itching to get out again, so at the last minute I decided to take a chance. It got wet early on and stayed that way most of the night. There was some light fog coming and going also. The sky conditions were fair. The moon was out until 1:00 am. I spent some time looking at the moon through my 17.5inch. I had never done that before. I had an interesting view of sunlight entering a crater that must of had some high peaks along the west rim. This sunlight seemed to enter the crater floor in 4 bands, then after time filled in the rest of the floor. I had never seen that before. After the moon set, the sky conditions where good. It got a bit milky once in awhile but the southern Milky Way was visible. I started hunting down mostly globular clusters in the southern sky. Here is what I remember... Messier objects: 11(OC), 26 (OC), 15, 13, 17(Neb), 16(Neb), 9, 23, 54, 28, 22, 2, 4, 19 NGC objects: 6144, 6356, 6342, 6507(OC), 6440, 6995,92 (Veil), 6284, 6293 Other: PK357+7.1 One of the NGC globs 6293 and planetary PK357 both fit into my 22Pan FOV. That was a nice view. I also enjoyed the open cluster M11. Tim Milligan |