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Moon (Moon)
Observer: Doug Sample (e-mail: dougapril0126@cotswoldwireless.co.uk)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector Location: Fairford, UK
Light pollution: light Seeing: good
Time: Sat Mar 4 19:30:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1506
I went out tonight to try to catch a glimpse of Mercury. I went out about half an hour before sunset and began looking. I couldn't find it, so I turned my attention to the sliver of moon that was showing. I used my 20mm eyepiece for some spectacular views. As I was looking, I noticed something sticking out of the moon into space. I then went to my 12.5mm, then my 5mm eyepieces and finally put my 2x Barlow inline with my 5mm eyepiece. I'm sure I was able to see a lunar mountain sticking out from the horizon into space. I even took a few photos of the moon through my eyepiece. They weren't very good due to my shaking while taking it.
Saturn (Planet)
Observer: Doug Sample (e-mail: dougapril0126@cotswoldwireless.co.uk)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector Location: Fairford, UK
Light pollution: light Seeing: good
Time: Mon Feb 18 21:30:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 1491
I just bought myself a Celestron 6in reflector. Living in the UK, tonight is the first good seeing night I've had since my purchase. I viewed Saturn at 75x and 150x, then I decided to try the amateur thinking and go for the max magnification I could with the eyepieces I have, 300x. I could see the rings clearly and make out some of the planetary details. Next, I found Andromeda which looked very good at 75x, I could make out the bright center. I tried finding M51 but had trouble locating it. The freezing fog began to roll in so I had to call it an early night.
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