Top 10 Amatuer Astronomical Objects

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 07:37:17 GMT, Paul Lawler wrote:


Don't you have a PST yet, Martin? g


I should give myself one for Christmas. . .


Thanks, Paul.



Regards, clear skies, and clean optics,


Martin

WHAT is an amatuer???
Clear, Dark, Steady Skies!
(And considerate neighbors!!!)

A poor speller, it seems :-)

Wfoley2 wrote:
WHAT is an amatuer???
Clear, Dark, Steady Skies!
(And considerate neighbors!!!)

WHAT is an amatuer???

One that frequents the Amatu festival?
The Amatu festival is one of the most important for the Hani. It is a kind of
homage to the village's goddess.
Quite a party, actually.
Dragons, ghosts, sacrifices, virgins...

http://sinohost.com/yunnan_travel/fe...ival_hani.html

SSX

Chris D wrote:
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 13:32:22 -0600
Shawn wrote:


Good list. Some comments;
If you mean first objects a beginner points a telescope at
"The Milky Way" is kinda vague. Perhaps "The Milky Way in
Sagittarius" is more precise.


Well, for telescope "The Milky Way" might be kinda vague, but I
know I love lying down in my backyard and just looking with
naked eye at the great white band running north/south above me.
If I can wander down to the local footy oval, it's even better.
It's relaxing, and, when you think about the size of it, and
what it all means, it's pretty mindblowing. I'd put it as a
favourite object.

-Chris D

Very true. Here's a visual experiment. When the Milky Way is directly
overhead turn so you're facing 90 deg to the galactic plane. Look up at
the Milky Way arching across the sky. Does it trace a straight line
from your left to right across the sky or does it curve? If so, which
way? Now turn around. Facing the other way, any curve? If so, which way?

Shawn

Mean Mr Mustard wrote:
Northern Hemisphere

1. Jupiter
2. Saturn
3. The Sun
4. The Moon
5. The Milky Way
6. The Pleiades (M45)
7. Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
8. The Orion Nebula (M42)
9. The Hercules Cluster (M13)
10. Mars


1. Saturn
2. Jupiter
3. Whirlpool
4. Omega Centauri
5. M31 (with suitable binoculars)
6. Mars
7. Markarian's Chain
8. M42
9. Lagoon/Trifid area.
10. M57

These are all jaw-droppers for newbies, given dark skies.
The moon is a major jaw-dropper, but it was only a 10 item list,
and I'm extracting revenge from the moon.
Omega Cen is the toughest, from up here in N. California.

Regards,
Uncle Bob





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