I need to clarify something about NGC5286 which I think you guys all
know already. This was only a glow like a faint fuzzy standing out
slightly from the background. If it were not for the mag 4.6 star
right next to it I may have missed it. I had to sit on my arse with a
blanket over my head for a long time to detect this one. So I too will
be looking forward to a real observation from lower latitudes someday.
I bet Greg in Arizona if he gets deep south would do better, every
degree would help a lot.
Does anybody know if Chew's Ridge location one can see the straight
south ocean/sky boundry? (Chris?)
Jamie Dillon wrote:
> You know, I mentioned 5986 as a globular I'd seen from Arizona; it
> took till now to really sink in where ngc 5286 is, that Johnston
> caught a globular from here that's 4 degrees south of Omega Centauri,
> at 51°22'.
>
> As you know I've systematically looked at every globular cluster I can
> see from here in an 11", and this one's on my list sure enough, set up
> for a trip to Costa Rica or Chile. In my copy of SkyAtlas on pg 21
> it's glossed with "SG great one," i.e., recommended by the Animal.
>
> One more strange TACo logging stuff that no one else has thought was
> worth the trouble. Of course we think you're in good company, Mr
> Johnston.
>
>
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