Hi Bernd and all, Well, we just came in from observing asteroid 2002NY40 hummmm past Earth!
Conditions were 65 F, a bit gusty from the north (cold front a few hours ago swept "most" cloud away....YAH!), but still a little high, thin cloud that gave the stars a hint of fuzzy halo. Using an AstroPhysics 105mm f6 and a 9mm Nagler eyepiece for a magnification of 70x, it was our first eyeball view of any asteroid....and to see it actually move past the background stars as one watched....awesome! After following it for awhile, we took Bernd's suggestion and visited the Hercules Globular Cluster M13, the Ring Nebula M57, and of course Albireo. The setting first quarter Moon was pumpkin-orange, and undulating with rising air currents as the night sky sucks the heat from the ground. Even so, it and the near-miss asteroid really do bring home to us the astounding priviledge of holding samples from them in our hands here on the ground. Time for a cup of hot joe, and "goodnight"....... Dave and Sarah ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
