Re: Einstein's cross

Ah yes, Einstein's Cross. . . More observing notes, and notes from several others can be found on my webpage: www.raycash.org/deepsky.htm  More specifically:  http://www.raycash.org/einstein.htm Ray Cash Petaluma ________________________________ From: Julien Lecomte <julien.lecomte@No-Spam> To: TAC mailing list <tac@No-Spam> Sent: Sun, February 7, 2010 9:51:02 AM Subject: [TAC] Einstein's cross The gravitational lensing object known as Einstein's cross is featured on APOD today. I searched the TAC archives and found these reports from our very own Jay Freeman (using his 14" Celestron SCT): http://observers.org/reports/1998/98.12.19.3.html http://observers.org/reports/1999/99.08.11.html and here's another one from Bob Czerwinski (using his 14" Starmaster dobsonian): http://observers.org/reports/2001/2001.08.18.3.html So it looks like, under the right conditions, an experienced observer can visually see it as a non-stellar object, not quite round, with a scope in the 14" range. I might give it a try this fall with my (hopefully ready by then) 16" scope. Has anybody on this list ever been able to see it as 4 clearly separated components? Cheers! Julien -- Who's observing/imaging where? http://observers.org/OI-calendar/ GSSP is coming, July 10-14 http://www.goldenstatestarparty.org TAC's imaging mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TAC-Imaging/

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Who's observing/imaging where? http://observers.org/OI-calendar/
GSSP is coming, July 10-14 http://www.goldenstatestarparty.org
TAC's imaging mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TAC-Imaging/