Re: Herschel Objects
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI remember seeing your two copies of Uranometria so full of fly speck notes that it was difficult to see the plotted objects. Inspiring. ? We had some great times in Coinjock, didn¡¯t we? I¡¯ll never forget the night a couple of campers stopped by the cedars and you showed them something in the 25. The husband climbed the ladder first and put his eye to the eyepiece with its dew heater right at the top, and he gasped, ?and called to his wife ¡ ¡° Martha, this gets you so close, you can feel the HEAT from these stars!¡± ? I mostly remember those nights when I¡¯d leave there in the wee hours for the hour drive back to Virginia Beach. ?The startling sight of the crescent moon rising over the Currituck sound as I left the cedars was exhilarating. ?More than enough to keep me stoked all the way home. ?I can close my eyes even now and see that view as if it was this morning! ? Ted ? ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kent Blackwell via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 3:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BackBayAstro] Herschel Objects ? That¡¯s quite a list, Ted. You and I enjoyed viewing some of those objects from Coinjock back in the day. Thank you for your many contributions to our hobby through the years. ? I have always liked Herschel¡¯s method of using abbreviation in his descriptions. I ¡°borrowed¡± his method for many years. Before the days of typing logs on a PC, and now a smartphone I wrote those abbreviations directly on my printed star maps in as tiny print as I could to squeeze it all in. I can tell that was a long time ago because the print is so small on those maps that I can no longer read them, even with reading glasses. Ah, the perils of aging. ? Kent Blackwell? |
Ted Forte