I know we did Fridays last time. The weather was bad, so I kinda forgot about it. The transparency tonight is looking suboptimal, and, given my options, I might just settle for hitting some binary stars. My best view is of the eastern sky, and most everything there right now is faint fuzzies, so I don't have especially high hopes.
Tonight's itenerary:
Going to hit the Leo triplet again
Going to hit Bode's Galaxy again
M94
-M48
-M44
-M67
M3 if it's high enough
Gamma Leo
Zeta Ursa Majoris
Probably off itenerary:
Going to save the owl nebula and cigar Galaxy for a night with better transparency.
I'm considering M84, M86, and M87 if they're high enough, but given the conditions and relatively low altitude, probably not.
Anyone else getting their scopes out? What are you going to look at?
Klanky @sopuli.xyz - 9mon
Man I need to get my scope out again. It’s been years. Maybe one of these days…
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conditional_soup @lemm.ee - 9mon
Report: ended up scuttling the plans. I've had a few late nights in a row, and the transparency was bad enough to give me a good excuse to sleep instead. We'll get them next time, team.
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Stargazing Saturdays 2025-03-15
I know we did Fridays last time. The weather was bad, so I kinda forgot about it. The transparency tonight is looking suboptimal, and, given my options, I might just settle for hitting some binary stars. My best view is of the eastern sky, and most everything there right now is faint fuzzies, so I don't have especially high hopes.
Tonight's itenerary:
Probably off itenerary:
Anyone else getting their scopes out? What are you going to look at?
Man I need to get my scope out again. It’s been years. Maybe one of these days…
Report: ended up scuttling the plans. I've had a few late nights in a row, and the transparency was bad enough to give me a good excuse to sleep instead. We'll get them next time, team.