I sorted mine by constellation and then by RA in each constellation. It
seems to work pretty well.
Michelle Stone
Custom Telescopes by Plettstone
http://www.plettstone.com/telescopes
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam [mailto:sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam]On
> Behalf Of Mark Wagner
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 11:18 AM
> To: The Astronomy Connection
> Subject: Re: [TAC] Lists - who's doing them?
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>
> I can clarify. I was referring to my H2500 list, which is sorted by
> constellation, then diminishing mag. Some constellations, Hydra comes to
> mind immediately, cover a huge area in RA. I can have to mag
> 13.5 objects
> next to each other on my list, but they can then be 3 hours apart in
> RA. This means doing precisely what Bob Jardine found difficult
> - jumping
> all over the sky while proceeding down the list. Yes, one could
> look down
> the list to see if there are any objects close to the one just observed,
> but in the 2500 there can be a hundred targets, so it becomes cumbersome.
>
> I like my current approach - 2 hours of RA sorted S to N.
>
> At 1/29/2004, you wrote:
> >I'm confused, Mark.
> >
> >Which, if either, is the different way you would do it if you were to
> >start over?
> >
> >Christopher
> >
> >Mark Wagner wrote:
> >>On my H2500, they are sorted by diminishing mag then RA, within
> >>constellations. I would do it differently if I were to start over.
>
>