Michelle,
I've got an OIII filter on it's way in the mail as
we speak. :-) It should be here any day now and I
can't wait.
-- Doug "Is that a filter in your pocket or are you
just happy to see me?" Wolf.
--- Michelle Stone <mstone@No-Spam> wrote:
> If you can, try an OIII filter on M27 and the Veil
> Nebula. You won't believe
> what you can see!
>
> Michelle Stone
> Custom Telescopes by Plettstone
> http://www.plettstone.com/telescopes
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam
> [mailto:sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam]On
> > Behalf Of Wolf Doug
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 1:13 PM
> > To: sf-bay-tac@No-Spam
> > Subject: [TAC] Observing at Montebello on
> 28-October-2003
> >
> >
> > Hey Gang,
> >
> > I've been a lurker for awhile and finally
> decided
> > to come out into the dark. :-)
> >
> > Went to Montebello for the first time on
> Tuesday
> > night and was lucky enough to run into Bob Jardine
> and
> > another fine gent named John, and they were kind
> > enough to let me tag along on their permit for the
> > evening.
> >
> > Seeing was so-so, but there were targets
> a-plenty.
> > Michelle and I managed some decent views of M27
> (which
> > responds *very* nicely to a Lumicon UHC filter),
> the
> > ever-popular NGC-253 near-edge on spiral galaxy in
> > Sculptor, the nearby NGC-288 which is a BEAUTIFUL
> (but
> > *faint*) globular. This glob is kind of special
> in
> > that the core doesn't seem to be overly dense,
> > resulting in the abililty to resolve quite a few
> > stars. We also wandered to M92 in Hercules and
> John
> > and I spent a bit of time trying to optically
> chase
> > down the Veil Nebula. This is *FAINT!* Managed to
> > find a few whisps with the help of the UHC filter,
> but
> > plan to try again from a darker site.
> >
> > Bob & John, I wanted to thank you both again
> for
> > helping me finally compare my optics to other
> scopes.
> > Bob, the Takahashi 5-mil eyepiece is *wonderful*
> and I
> > plan on getting one.
> >
> > I'll definitely be making more mid-week
> appearences
> > at MB. Can't beat it for a 1/2 hour mid-week
> drive!
> >
> > -- Doug
> >
> >
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