--- "Mike J. Shade" <mshade@No-Spam> wrote:
> At 12:02 PM 1/22/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> >As luck would have it, a fun wedding and road trip combine with a new
> moon
> >in New Mexico for me. Kelle suggested we hit Star Hill Inn (I don't
> know
> >what got in to her but I ain't complaining) so I have 2 nights with a
> 22
> >inch dob scheduled for March 26/27.
> >
> >Was hoping some folks with experience using real aperture might have
> some
> >favorites that just look awesome with the extra glass (I'm used to a
> >measly 14.5")? What do I just have to see?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jeff
>
>
> When the kludge was operational here in Sonoita (the useless 22" f/5),
> most
> "showpiece" objects looked even better with the big aperture...but why
> waste your time with those? I found Arp Peculiar galaxies to be an
> interesting challenge as well as galaxy clusters and Hickson groups.
> M42
> was awesome, the horsehead was reasonably easy, M51 looked like a
> picture
> so spend some time looking at your favorites but push yourself and the
> instrument. The "dimmest" I saw was a magnitude 17.5 galaxy early one
> morning (magnitude listed in The Sky) when we had one of "those" Arizona
>
> nights.
>
> Now that I am plodding along with a C-14 and CCD camera, these
> aforementioned unusual objects look really good on the computer screen
> :)
As I'm sure Mike would agree, Abell planetary nebulae are not a bad list,
many of them ranging from pretty easy to daggone tough to utterly
impossible with typical big scopes. O-III filters help. I always enjoy
hunting these down - sometimes you hit a really unknown object that turns
out to be a total champion, and those moments are realy rewarding...
Have a blast!
Bruce Jensen
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