Re: (meteorobs) Re: Limits of IMO LM charts?

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• Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Re: Limits of IMO LM charts?
• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus>
• Date: Wed, 21 Aug 96 13:59:35 -0400
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Trond had also asked:
>Is it easy to see the Milky Way near Sirius from your place?  I saw
>it once when it was ~5 degrees above the horizon.  (Made me proud to
>see it at all, since I live on latitude 60.)

As far as I can remember! (It's been over 10 years since I lived in South 
Florida year-round. These days I *normally* observe from what I affectionately 
call my "Pink Sky Site", near Boston. I generally love living in New England, 
but those dark skies sure did make me homesick... :<)

Anyway, Sirius gets up to as high as 50 degrees elevation in the Keys in Winter, 
so seeing the Milky Way there wouldn't be much of a challenge! Viewing Eta 
Carinae in a telescope through the southern horizon sea mist, or spotting the 
Jewel Box cluster in Crux naked-eye, might be a more comparable challenge to your seeing the CMa Milky Way from up 
where you are, Trond!

Of course, I can't say I ever saw any aurorae or NLCs from the Keys either! :>

Clear skies Trond!
Lew

• (meteorobs) Re: Limits of IMO LM charts?
• From: trond.erik.hillestad@fof.kog.no (Trond Erik Hillestad)

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