Date Time: April 1, 2019 from 2115-2315hr, April 2nd 0400-0530hrs
Weather: Strong gusty winds, subsiding just before dawn, -2C through the evening, -5C at dawn. Clear, with a reddish haze circling the horizon at during morning session. Haze greatly affected viewing.
Attendance: Ed O, David McCashion
Equipment: Telescope 80 ED/APO with 30mm eyepiece and goto mount.
Objective: To view as many messier objects as possible.
Report:
- Very gusty winds cooled things off drastically.
- Observed 30 messier objects through the whole session. Details in the images below.
- I worked the goto and we both observed, with Ed writing down our observations.
- Many were too low, below the tree line to see. Many others, especially galaxies in Virgo were too faint to see, partially because of a reddish haze that circled then entire horizon in the morning.
- We both viewed three moons to one side of Jupiter, just before sunup, after first light.
- A few satellites were seen and about 6 shooting stars were seen. Some very fast, but faint.
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| Orion with M43 and M42 setting in the west at 2230hrs. |
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| Taurus and M45 setting at 2232hrs. |
