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toastmaster425
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alright folks, theres no work tomorrow, my clear skies chart is dark blue acrossed the board, and theres not a cloud in sight! minus the moons glow, it should be an awesome night! whats out and about thats worth checking out for me and my 8inch dob on this pleasant evening?
my list is as follows:
andromeda galaxy
double cluster
orion nebula
trapezium galaxy
ring nebula
jupiter
moon
pleiades
hyades
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JayinUT
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Reged: 09/19/08
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Loc: Utah
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I usually don't do to much with a full or gibbous moon. So, since you want to go out, I wouldn't try to many galaxies but double stars and some open clusters will be fine. I would recommend the following from Tom Trusock Small Wonders Cassiopeia Don't try the nebula or galaxy with the moon this bright. Good luck and enjoy.
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Location: Lat: 40.514N Long: -112.032W
Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.
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Edited by JayinUT (11/01/09 09:13 PM)
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caheaton
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Loc: SW Ohio
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When moonlight interfere's, your best objects are usually the planets and double stars (and of course, the moon itself). Among the double stars Gamma Andromeda and Gamma Aries are nice. Others you could check out include: Eta Cassiopeia, Eta Perseus and Polaris (often overlooked, but I like it). Also, as long as you're going to try for the Ring, you could check out Epsilon Lyra...the "double double". It's a nice challenge to split the pairs into 4 stars.
Craig
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starrancher
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Reged: 06/09/09
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Loc: Northern Arizona
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Open clusters can be viewed at a decent level also with the Moon glow .
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panhard
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Loc: Markham Ontario Canada
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Bright moon = double stars and clusters.
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earthbot1
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Reged: 08/27/09
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Loc: Central Virginia
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Ring Nebula...I've not seen that yet. How does that look on a good night?
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starrancher
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Ring Nebula...I've not seen that yet. How does that look on a good night?
Like ...A Ring ! .. 
Wait till the Moon goes away for the best view but it is relatively bright & you should still get it decent . It tends to do good at about 125X to 150X for me .
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Edited by starrancher (11/02/09 05:02 PM)
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hfjacinto
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Reged: 01/12/09
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Saw all the items on your list last night, but there are 4 open star clusters that are also very nice M34, M36, M37 and M38.
The moon will wash some of them out, but any chance to look at stars is a good night for me.
BTW M45 and the Hyades with an F5 scope and a 36MM 72* FOV Eyepiece, that is awesome.
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panhard
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Ring Nebula...I've not seen that yet. How does that look on a good night?
The Ring Nebula looks like a small smoke ring. When searching for it you have to be careful as it looks like an out of focus star, it's easy to go right by it in moderately light polluted skies.
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JayinUT
I'm not Sleepy
Reged: 09/19/08
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Loc: Utah
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How'd it go?
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Jay in Utah
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Location: Lat: 40.514N Long: -112.032W
Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.
— Ptolemy, c.150 AD
My Blog
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