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Saguaro Skiesskies SaguaroSaguaro SkiesSkies Saguaro Astronomy Club, Phoenix, AZ Volume 44, Issue 4 April 2020 The President’s Corner mail to:[email protected] Inside this issue: It was a dark and stormy night ..., OK, it was a telescope, but I got some good (for me) shots of * Click Links to jump dark and breezy/chilly night. That was Thursday most objects until a little before 11 p.m. when I night at the Salome Emergency Air Field. I was called it quits, needing the late night constellations Editor Notes, Events 2 anxious to get some star gazing done and had been to transit overhead, and to get in out of the now watching the Blythe, CA, weather reports for a damn chilly air. Call for Observations window of opportunity. If we couldn’t have the Once in the warmth of my SUV, I decided to (Rick Rotramel) Messier Marathon, and I apologize for calling it off, give up pursuing the remainder of the objects, at least I could socially isolate myself in a place that satisfied that I could get the others in warmer certainly would be absent of any Covid 19 virus. weather. Friday morning I packed up and headed Best of the NGC : 3-4 The weather wasn’t perfect, pretty breezy, and home, not wanting to sit in the blowing wind, and NGC , NGC 2655, without an RV, downright chilly, bordering on cold. then try to work through what was forecast to be a colder Friday night. With partly cloudy, and still Galaxy in Camelopardalis But as the night wore on, I put on sweat pants over (SAC Imagers & Observers) chilly weather forecast for Saturday, I decided I’d my big boy britches, as well as a long sleeve t-shirt over my t-shirt, a hoody over that, a jacket over all wait until April to go back out. So, canceling the that, and managed to stay warm. There were three marathon didn’t turn out all that bad, after all, of us out there at the air field, others opting for the otherwise I would have suffered through the nights. Such-A-Deal: 5 antenna site. The first people I met getting to the Next year we will have no virus, perfect warm and Four old ads. airfield were a couple visiting the area in their RV. clear weather, and no reason for me not to stay up They had been there a couple of nights and had all night and get it done! At least that’s my hunch. been enjoying the solitude. They were amateur On a closing note, if you have the means, Bits & Pisces astronomers too (ck out their web site frequent your small businesses, especially SAC General Meeting Minutes 8 GeoAstroRV.com for info on their outreach activities) local/favorite restaurants for take out, they are (Jack Jones) but had not heard of our Messier Marathon and hurting. I’ve bought way more beer from my local SAC Meeting Place 9 * April, May & June SAC Meetings Canceled were both surprised at the volume of attendees who micro brewery than normal, but, hey, who’s (The GCU Campus is closed.) would normally be disturbing their solitude had the complaining. event occurred, and of SAC’s Grand Canyon Park Stay healthy, and clear skies. summer outreach activity. It is always interesting to SAC History 10 meet new people interested in our hobby. Tom Beginnings of the Saguaro Astronomy Club ©2018, By Former SAC President Fred Tretta The other individual was parked substantially down the runway, and I allowed him/her/them their space, parking on the north side of the road, shy of the N/S runway. I’d arrived in time to set up my SAC Observing 11-12 telescope and binoculars, then settled in to wait for The Astronomical Calendar, 2020 ©2019 By Guy Ottewell the darkness to occur. The moon and Venus were first things visible and I tried some shots of the two through my Canon, then when it got really dark, SAC President, Tom Curry went to work on my first ever attempt to Photo: Susan Trask SAC Sky 13 Venus passes the Pleiades photograph the Messier list. I am still a novice with Website: saguaroastro.org Like SAC on Facebook The Morning Planets my camera, and my SCT is not the nicest tracking SAC Officers/Chairs 14 Quick Calendar (Board Meetings, Meeting Location * Due to the corona virus pandemic and the governor's order of no gatherings over ten & Occultation Info) people, many activities are canceled. The Editor Tuesday, April 7: SAC ATM/Imaging Meeting, 6:30 PM, Paul Lind's Shop SAC Membership Form 15 Friday, April 10: SAC General Meeting, 7:30 PM, Speaker: Will Oldroyd, NAU PhD Student, Topic: “Research on evidence for a distant giant planet (Planet X) beyond Neptune” Saturday, May 2: T-Bird Park Spring Public Star Party, 6:30pm-9:00pm; *TBD if held or not. Tuesday, May 5: SAC ATM/Imaging Meeting, 6:30 PM, Paul Lind's Shop Friday, May 8 SAC General Meeting, 7:30 PM Sat. June 13-Sat. June 20: Grand Canyon North Rim Star Party, for details, see page 2; TBD Header image © 2000-2013 Stellarium Developers if it will be possible to hold this event. The Editor Scorpius setting in the southwest. © Saguaro Astronomy Club, 2020 Page 2 Saguaro Skies April 2020 Click here to return to page 1 Editor Notes Schedule of Events 2020 SAC General Meetings Hi Folks, Jan 10 plus April 10 Board Mtg. Feb. 7 Mar. 6 Canceled This is a trying time for all of the world and May 8 June 12 July 3 plus astronomy due to the corona virus pandemic. I Canceled Canceled Board Mtg. Aug. 7 hope that all of you are staying sane with all of this Sept. 4 Oct. 2 plus Nov. 13 Dec ? Board Mtg. Holiday Party uncertainty going on. I keep my spirits up looking Meetings held at Grand Canyon University at the night sky every night before I retire for the 3300 W. Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ evening, as I usually do. Engineering Building 1-202, 7:30 to 10:00 PM Best of the NGC features this month, NGC 2655, Galaxy in Camelopardalis. Such-A-Deal has four old ads. ATM/Astro Imaging Meeting Tuesday, March 3rd, 6:30 PM @ Paul Lind's Shop Bits & Pisces has the minutes of the March SAC 210 W. Tierra Buena Lane, Phoenix, AZ General meeting and some SAC history. (Cancelled this month) Due to the GCU campus being closed, the April, May and June SAC General Meetings are canceled. Star Party, Antennas The SAC Observing feature has sky info for Saturday, April 18th, Sunset * Weather permitting April, courtesy of Guy Ottewell. (Cancelled this month) SAC Sky has the planet locations this month. Enjoy, 43rd T-Bird Spring Public Star Party Saturday, May 2, 2020, from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm; Maybe? Rick Rotramel, Editor Grand Canyon North Rim Star Party Sat. June 13 to Sat. June 20, Coordinato, Steve Dodder; Maybe? http://www.saguaroastro.org/grand-canyon-star-party/ 2020 SAC Officers Photo by Susan Trask 2020 SAC Officers President: Tom Curry Call for Best of the NGC images, notes and sketches. Vice President: David Dillmore For May, NGC 7209, Open Cluster, 22 05.2, +46 Treasurer: Paul Dickson 30, 6.7 mag, 25.0', 50 stars, in Lacerta. For submitting images, send your file as an Secretary: Jack Jones attachment in an email to the editor. Please send Properties Director: Kevin Kozel caption details of the image: Optics, camera, main software used, exposure, location and date taken. Photos: Susan Trask (3) and Rick Rotramel (1, of Kevin Kozel) Observation notes are sent in the email text area or as an attached file. For scanned sketches, send a file with caption details: optics and eyepiece power used. SAC Announcement Email to: [email protected] For June, NGC 5005, Sb Galaxy, 13 11.0, +37 03, 10.6 mag, 6.3'×3.0', in Canes Venatici. Attention SAC Members: For July, NGC 3079, Sb Galaxy, 10 02.0, +55 41, 11.2 mag, 8.7'×1.6', elongated in PA 165 degrees, SAC 2020 Renewals Are Due Now. in Ursa Major. Use the form on the last page of this issue. Page 3 Saguaro Skies April 2020 Click here to return to page 1 BestBest ofof thethe NGC:NGC: NGC 2655, Galaxy in Camelopardalis By SAC Imagers, Observers & Sketchers 46 Camelopardalis Star Chart Guest Image by: Maurice Clark, Combination of 5, 3 minute © http://www.astrosurf.com/jwisn/camelopardalis.htm images unfiltered, SBIG STL-1001E CCD, 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham * Map created in Guide 7.0 cassegrain telescope at prime focus, Texas Tech University.. David Douglass Continued on next page... Page 4 Saguaro Skies April 2020 Click here to return to page 1 BestBest ofof thethe NGC:NGC: NGC 2655, Galaxy in Camelopardalis By SAC Imagers, Observers & Sketchers SAC Observer Steve Coe, 1949-2018 SAC Observer Rick Rotramel 13” f/5.6; Bright, pretty large and little elongated 16” f/4.4 Newtonian, 90x; Bright, fairly at 135X. This galaxy is much brighter in the large, spiral, dense large core, faint ams close to middle with a bright central nucleus at 220X. core. 13" f/5.6; 8/10 Sentinel - just seen in 11X80, 150X - bright, pretty large, elongated 1.5 X 1 in PA 90, very suddenly much brighter in the middle with a stellar nucleus. Averted vision helps a lot on this nice, but not spectacular galaxy.
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