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Post by Martin Mc kenna on Oct 2, 2005 20:44:16 GMT
Sept has turned out to be yet another very good month for observing. I found the first half of the month to be very cloudy however the second made up for it with plenty of clear nights....heres the my own personal highlights.....
ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA
* 30 degree solar halo
* Two 22 degree solar haloes
* A 44 degree solar halo
* 3 Sundogs - one of which was a rare 30* dog
* 3 fine displays of Iridenscent clouds
* 4 Lunar Pillars
* 22 degree lunar halo (best i have ever seen to date)
* 2 Upper Tangent Arcs (one rare 30* UTA)
* A Circumzenithal Arc
* A Parhelic circle
* A 30* and two 46* degree lunar haloes
* My first sighting of a moondog
OTHER
* Found 3 new galaxies i have never seen before during my regualr comet sweeps.
* Seen 2 naked eye sunspots
* Attended a great EAAS meeting on Supernovae
* 3 Aurora Borealis displays
* The nice Moon and Mars conjunection
* My first sighting of the Zodical light....amazing!
* Being interviewed live on radio about auroras!
* Independantly discovering a bright comet in the SOHO LASCO C3 image!
* Spent 26 hours comet hunting and picked up 109 telescopic satellites (TM) and 24 telescopic meteors (TM).
Overall i have logged 827 hours 47mins of comet hunting and seen 2839 TS and 251 TM.
Clear skies!
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Post by weathergirl on Oct 2, 2005 22:07:47 GMT
I didnt see much: Venus Saturn Plaiedes Orion nebula Andromeda galaxy M101
Waiting to see Mars...
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Post by Martin Mc kenna on Oct 2, 2005 22:20:32 GMT
Thats a cool list Sonia, a nice mix of planets and galaxies! Everyone has there own special highlights, what i consider exciting may have the opposite affect on someone else but thats why it is a personal thing. I think everyone should give there own Sept highlights for everyone else to see..... Thanks for your reply
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Post by Aaron on Oct 3, 2005 13:32:21 GMT
Heres mine then M31 M27 (a first) M13 (a first) M57 (a first) M81 & 82 Mars surface detail " polar hood (again a first for me) 10 meteors 2 badgers 15 bats (one of which im sure was making a beeline for my neck!!) A number of naked eye sunspots (possibly 2 or 3) Listening to Martin on the radio ;D Chandra Wickramasinghe Lecture (and getting my book signed by him) First eaas meeting (well done committee) Moral support to Mark as he took that fantastic image of the cigar galaxy Thats about it for me Aaron
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Post by markdj on Oct 3, 2005 14:01:01 GMT
Sonia, how did you mange to see Saturn and Orion Nebula and miss Mars??
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Post by Martin Mc kenna on Oct 3, 2005 16:27:05 GMT
Thats a great list Aaron!!!!!!
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