Monday, December 29, 2008

Observing log: December 28, 2008

I had a delightful two hour session last night just outside Waco. M31, 32, 33, 42, 43, 74, 77, 81, 82, 103, 110. NGC253, 281 (maybe, just barely), 457, 1023, 2236, 7331, 7662. Double Cluster. Rosette Nebula (maybe, just barely). Basically, I got everything on my observing list for the night. But I cheated and almost always used the paper setting circles on my Dobsonian telescope, together with AstroInfo 3.10(prerelease) for n-star alignment on my PDA (eventually, the setting circles gave 0.25 degree precision for most objects, or better).

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