Re: Southern objects

From: Dennis Beckley ^lt;dbeckley_at_No-Spam>
Date: Wed Oct 12 2005 - 20:58:09 PDT

Thanks for the references Jamie.

What must-see objects would most include on their short list? Tuc
47, eta Carina nebula, tarantula nebula, omega centauri, LMC, SMC?

What do the TACOS who been down South say?

Dennis

At 03:52 PM 10/12/2005, you wrote:
>I really want to make that trip to La Ensenada sometime. Heard
>nothing but good about Costa Rica over long years. For a 10-inch
>scope, Edmund's Mag 6 star atlas has a great selection of southern
>deepsky objects, and it's highly portable!
>
>On the Caldwells, do read Alister Ling's essay. Alister is a major
>observer with excellent street cred.
>http://members.aol.com/anonglxy/lingmoor.htm
>This is on Ray Cash's deepsky pages, a fine resource with a high fun
>factor. Ray's one of us TACos.
>http://members.aol.com/anonglxy/deepsky.htm
>
>You're gonna have way more than your quota of fun, Dennis. If you
>haven't yet read Rob Hawley's and Steve Gottlieb's OR's from that
>very place, use a drool bib to read 'em.
>
>Cheers,
>DDK
>
>
>
>--
>Jamie Dillon <*> speech pathologist
>jamie_dillon@No-Spam
>"_____" -- Harpo Marx
Received on Wed Oct 12 20:59:42 2005


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