How to find Messier 15 & a nearby (tough!) double
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- www.eyesonthesky.com Messier 15 is off the "nose" star of Pegasus. Learn where to find this globular cluster, and a nearby double star that will be quite a challenge to split! See what's up in the night sky every week with "Eyes on the Sky" videos, astronomy made easy.
Enif is one of my favorite stars in the constellation of Pegasus for it pointed me towards Comet West back in 1976. And what a Comet it was!
Wish I'd seen that one, but I was far too young then. Hyakutake an Hale-Bopper were pretty darned amazing though...
Eyes on the Sky They were! In the past 45 years I would say Comet West would be on the top of my list, then Hale-Bopp, Hyakutake, Halley, and lastly Comet IRAS-Araki-Alcock. The last one was interesting because I constantly had to _bump_ the telescope to keep it in view (and it was not because of the Earth's rotation either).
It depends on the comet and its/your location along with the magnification at which you're viewing as to how quickly it appears to move relative to the background stars. But right now, there aren't any really bright comets in the sky - most are 10th magnitude or fainter.
Ditto what David said, and this website is pretty good on keeping up on current events in regards to comets www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html . All listed are quite faint!
Where to submit my observations on variable stars?
When do you think it would be a good time to observe Saturn?
well the best season for saturn is over
In the morning skies, next year in late February / early March. I did a video on observing Saturn in the evening skies when it was well-placed about 5 months ago. czcams.com/video/CqxF2-TArxc/video.html
fiiiiiiiiiirrrrrst, first time. Thanks for this episode, I really wanted to find m15.
You're welcome - thank you for watching!
Just informing you that there's a typo in the beginning: "followig" should be "following"
Great video btw!
Whoops! Thanks for catching that. I'll get that fixed next time I edit a video. Clear and dark skies!
Eyes on the Sky Thank you!
P.S It's in nearly all your past videos!
Happy Friday all.
Thank you for sharing my videos on your site! Much appreciated.