NSAS Observing for April will be on the Fridays 13th and 20th, at North Turramurra GC. Watch this space for an update as to whether it will go ahead on the afternoon of the day. Visitors are, as usual, welcome.
Observing Report 23 Mar
26 03 2012We finally got a good observing session in last Friday night at North Turramurra, with some wind, but reasonably good seeing. We had six members with five scopes from a 6″ to 16″, and five visitors. Geoff Unsworth provided the following list of observed objects:
M: 95, 35, 50, 46, 47, 93, 95 (sans Supernova), 96, 105, 66, 65,
NGC: 2392, 2266, 2244(Rosette Nebula), 2301, 2261 (Hubbles Variable Nebula), 2264 (Christmas Tree Cluster), 2467, 2477, 2451, 2440, 3132 (Eightburst Nebula), 3201, 2374, 2391, 2660
Other: Jewel Box, Tarantula Nebula, Eta Carina Nebula; Blue Nebula, and the difficult NGC2867
Here’s Tim Herridge’s list:
M42/M43 nebula in Orion
Eta Carinae nebula in Carina
NGC2808 Globular Cluster in Carina
NGC2516 Open cluster in Carina
NGC3532 Open cluster in Carina
NGC3242 (Caldwell 59) Ghost of Jupiter planetary nebula in Hydra
M68 Globular cluster in Hydra
NGC1851 Globular cluster in Columba
NGC3918 Blue planetary nebula in Centaurus
Omega Centauri globular cluster in Centaurus
47 Tucanae globular cluster in Tucana
M104 Galaxy in Virgo
M65 Galaxy in Leo
M66 Galaxy in Leo
M95 Galaxy in Leo
M96 Galaxy in Leo
M105 Galaxy in Leo
Mars
Saturn
Everyone enjoyed the show, and are hopeful that we will have more like this in the coming months.
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Observing tonight Fri 23rd is ON
23 03 2012Observing at North Turramurra is ON tonight. There will be someone there from 6:30 PM if you need help with your scope.
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Observing Fri 16th is Cancelled
16 03 2012Observing tonight, Fri 16th, is cancelled due to increasing cloud. We’ll try again next Friday.
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Observing for March
1 03 2012Observing for March at North Turramurra will be the Fridays 16th and 23rd. We did get Observing in late in February, so maybe our luck with the weather will continue.
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Observing Fri. 24th Feb is ON
24 02 2012It seems we will have some clear skies tonight at last.
Therefore observing tonight (Friday 24th February) is ON!
The location is North Turramurra Golf Club.
There is a map here:
http://nsas.org.au/contact/north-turramurra-golf-club/
The Sun sets at 7.39pm.
The Moon is a very thin 2 day old crescent and probably won’t be visible.
I will aim to be there to open the gates around 7pm.
Peter Nosworthy
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Observing tonight 17 Feb cancelled
17 02 2012Due to thunderstorms moving in, and a forecast of cloud behind them until late tonight, observing at North Turramurra is cancelled tonight. We’ll try again next Friday.
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Observing for Feb
16 02 2012Just a reminder for anyone interested that Observing at North Turramurra this month will be tomorrow, Fri the 17th, and next Fri the 24th. Tomorrow’s forecast is not good, so watch this space.
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Observing Fri. 20th Jan. is OFF
20 01 2012Yet again, the forecasts are for increasing cloud tonight.
So observing for tonight (Friday 20th January) is OFF.
We still have another chance next Friday (27th) when there will be a 4 day old crescent moon.
Peter Nosworthy
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Observing Fri. 20th Jan. – decision at 5pm
20 01 2012The forecasts for tonight are conflicting – some say mostly clear and some say cloudy.
I will wait to make a decision until about 5pm, which is 3 hours before sunset.
Peter Nosworthy
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