Here is a short report of my experiences at WOW. WI.weather cooperated for once and two out of three days were excellent.Great transparency and fairly still air,300x
possible on objects at Zenith. Comets
C/2001 Q4{NEAT}and C/2002 T7{LINEAR}
were observed.This was the first time
the weather has cooperated and I have been able to see these comets. This was the one of the highpoints of the weekend. My setup was a Discovery 15in.F5 truss dob TeleVue bino with Siebert optics 2in 1.3 OCA with Siebert eps. A number of children were at this starparty,all were able to merge sucessfully and enjoyed the views.M13 at 240x was very popular with M27 and M57 at 110x not far behind. Jupiter was also a good target for children. Of special interest are the storms raging on the edge of the southern equatorial belt.
These appear as black streaks and a dark dot. Everyone who looked through the bino setup enjoyed the views.Around 150 observers were in attendance with 22 different Astronomical societies represented.
Kudos to Ty and Newstar for a great starparty. Clear skies,Scotty
possible on objects at Zenith. Comets
C/2001 Q4{NEAT}and C/2002 T7{LINEAR}
were observed.This was the first time
the weather has cooperated and I have been able to see these comets. This was the one of the highpoints of the weekend. My setup was a Discovery 15in.F5 truss dob TeleVue bino with Siebert optics 2in 1.3 OCA with Siebert eps. A number of children were at this starparty,all were able to merge sucessfully and enjoyed the views.M13 at 240x was very popular with M27 and M57 at 110x not far behind. Jupiter was also a good target for children. Of special interest are the storms raging on the edge of the southern equatorial belt.
These appear as black streaks and a dark dot. Everyone who looked through the bino setup enjoyed the views.Around 150 observers were in attendance with 22 different Astronomical societies represented.
Kudos to Ty and Newstar for a great starparty. Clear skies,Scotty
