(meteorobs) Mojave CA Question

[Bruce McCurdy]

> I have been a reader/ member of meteorobs for many years, but rarely 
> submit
> anything.  I hope I'm doing this correctly!  I am going to Mojave CA 
> desert
> Saturday and Sunday night. I'm going to take my telescope (Meade NGC/ NG
> Series, which I'm just learning to use).  Are there any suggestions on 
> thnigs to
> look for in the night sky?  Both with naked eye, and with  telescope?  I'm 
> a
> total rookie, so keep it "simple" if you can! LOL!

    Hi Laurie. For observations of interest to the naked eye the answer is 
obvious: the Leonids! I refer you to Joe Rao's excellent article on 
space.com:

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/071116-ns-leonid-preview.html

    Objects of telescopic interest and such are generally beyond the purview 
of this list. However, may I suggest you download the latest issue from 
skymaps.com which includes a star chart, sky calendar and a list of 
accessible celestial objects. The northern hemisphere version is available 
here:

http://skymaps.com/skymaps/tesmn0711.pdf

    Hope this helps!

    Bruce
    *****