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MartinB

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lunator

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Don't worry about the targets. Trees stop me from getting within 20 degrees of te Southern horizon so any targets will be fairly high.

We have 2 possible projects.

Martin has picked a specific target M81/82. That can be tricky from light polluted sites so I could find 2 other targets that people can view if M81/82 proves elusive.

Let me know if this is of interest.

Cheers

Ian

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daz

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I would say I'm late to this thread, but given it was only started yesterday......

I think this a fantastic idea and one that would encourage everyone to take part. As you have all stated, it's not an equipment thing, but a visual comparative and report.

So, to make things a little easier to follow, how about I create a Monthly Comparative board where we can keep the reports together, each target(s) then has it's own topic within the board. I'd suggest that the thread title is then "M81/M82 - March 2005", so we can track them as time goes by.

One question - how do we go about choosing the following month's targets?

Ian - I'd say go ahead, so we can set up March's topic. We can discuss the question above then....

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Count me in, from sunny Glasgow. Just don't set the targets too l,ow on the horizon - I'm 56 degrees north up here. I'll use my LX90.

Are you going to set aside a particular place in SGL for the observation reports? - and when do you want the reports in by (oh powerful one).

Tom

Southerner!!!

59 dergrees north here!

nabban

I forgot Nabban - you are much further north than me. Good in Winter though - dark almost all the time.

Only been to Orkney once - lovely place on a Summers day. Highland Park single malt is good too.

Tom

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Hi Daz,

Why not simply pick a constellation that rises by 8pm and is fairly high above the horizon by 10pm - early observers still get to see it, and late observers will have it high in the sky by midnight. ???

Creating a monthly board is a great idea.

Tom

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So, to make things a little easier to follow, how about I create a Monthly Comparative board where we can keep the reports together, each target(s) then has it's own topic within the board. I'd suggest that the thread title is then "M81/M82 - March 2005", so we can track them as time goes by.

One question - how do we go about choosing the following month's targets?

Ian - I'd say go ahead, so we can set up March's topic. We can discuss the question above then....

Great stuff Daz. Here is a little aid to finding that could go on the intro to this months target. Ian has commented on the problem of LP for a dim target like this. the effect of LP on what we are able to see will be quite interesting. Would be a shame if people are excluded so perhaps Ian could suggest a more reliable target for people badly affected by LP. May be people could send in suggestions for future observing targets. I agree they need to get reasonably high in the sky at some point during the civilised time of night.

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Yeah, we want people to be able to observe the targets, however, it is also interesting to see if people with LP can see some of the fainter objects - in this way we could almost run our own LP study.

I like the idea that people make the suggestions for the following months targets.

I have a couple of questions for the rest of the admin team, but I would like to think by the end of the day, we should have this in place.

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OK, the board is now in place!

For the time being, only the Mod team can create new topics - mainly so we can keep it tidy and focused on the targets chosen.

I have posted the thread for M81/M82, and a question asking for suggestions for the 2nd target. Incidentally, how many targets should we have per month?

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OK, the board is now in place!

For the time being, only the Mod team can create new topics - mainly so we can keep it tidy and focused on the targets chosen.

I have posted the thread for M81/M82, and a question asking for suggestions for the 2nd target. Incidentally, how many targets should we have per month?

Daz

I suggested 3 targets earlier in the thread.

Easy, meduim and hard based on a medium sized scope (6" refector/4" refractor)

Very similar to what Greg has donw in the other thread.

Cheers

Ian

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