Comments on: Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: June 20-22, 2008

By: Tammy Plotner

Tammy Plotner — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:58:02 +0000

Thanks, marcellus!

Keep watching those variables… I didn't realize just how cool tracking a variable star was until I started doing it. If you want really weird, there's another variable in the same field of view with U Corona Borealis – SAO 64632 and and rapid flare star (HD 137050), too!

I'd love to observe with you some time.

By: marcellus

marcellus — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:42:00 +0000

I recently did IC 4665 for the Binocular Deep Sky list. It is an extremely beautiful object in binoculars. (I have 15X70 Celestron Skymaster Binocs). I highly recommend seeking this one out.

Good job, Tammy, keep the weird stuff coming!

By: Tammy Plotner

Tammy Plotner — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:54:30 +0000

Thanks, RapidEye! I'm glad someone else likes my weird choices in things to look at…

There's more to the sky than just the Messiers.

Let's dance!

By: RapidEye

RapidEye — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:26:14 +0000

I love IC 4665 in Oph – to me it looks like a small version of the Orion Constellation: it has the hourglass shaped body, a sword, a raised left arm, and even a shield in the right arm to the side.

It appears a tad smushed, but the shape is very obvious in my 10×50 binox. I still see it in my telescopes, but the increased power (lowest I can go is 30X in my 4.5" dob and 42X in my 10" dob) doesn't help – this "Mini-Orion" looks best in 10 Power Binoculars!

Enjoy!
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