Saturday Nights Observing!

I was clouded all evening but amazingly the sky cleared around 20.00 so i uncovered the 16" and did my usual thing for 4 hours. I had a look at the veil Nebula and M42 were i could see really obvious bright pink, red and purple like colours at 57X..i have never seen M42 so colourful before..it was utterly stunning!!!!

The Gegenschein was also amazing and very elongated at 20*X10* and had now shifted noticeably eastward since the previous dark period. Look for it directly below M45..its amazing!

The Taurids are on the increase again and last night i was treated to a handsome number of orange/red slow earth grazers with long tails. Overall i had a great session. I found an extremely red star in Cygnus last night during my comet sweep in that region and couldnt believe just how red it was, of all the 1000,s of stars i seen that evening this one jumped out at me, i have never seen it before in that last 850 hours of patrolling so i must check starry night pro for further details. It would be along the lines of R Leporis and the Garnet star.

I hope its clear on Monday evening!

Great report Martin, thanks for sharing it with us. It's been a beautifully clear day all day down here, I hope it stays that way!

Thanks Neil...have a good one!

Time to get a wizard's hat for Christmas Martin if we all are now to call you 'almanac'

:idea:

Keith..

LOL LOL LOL LOL thats just what i need, the neighbours think im nuts as it is wihout adding a wizards hat.

Keith..