MESSIER SEARCH 2019

Location:  Front yard, Little Lepreau, NB, Canada

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.

                  

Orion with M43 and M42 setting in the west at 2230hrs.

Taurus and M45 setting at 2232hrs.