Victory!
How long Goddess? How much longer must I suffer?
Not much longer, Crumby. But you have a few more tribulations to endure before you espy that comet. Then, once those tribulations are history, you shall happily espy that comet.
This morning Goddess, I may espy Comet Lulin this morning?
Yes Crumby. You shall espy the comet this morning. But first you must surmount the tribulations.
Thus assured by the Blessed WG that I was fixing to get to espy Comet Lulin this very morning I headed out. The skies were clear but Moon was still up. Yes. The Moon was still up and pretty dang conspicuous. My first tribulation was to kill time until Moon went down.
I know Crumby. Let’s check out the Sunflower Galaxy. It’s always invisible. So the fact that the Moon is up won’t make any difference. So that’s what we did, search for the Sunflower Galaxy while Moon gradually descended. Sure enough, the Sunflower Galaxy remained consistently invisible, Moon or no Moon.
OK. Next let’s check out the mostly invisible M61. Wait a minute! What’s the matter with the dang Rigel? Mercy! While fixing to hone in on barely naked eye 16 Virgo, a necessary hop to M61, Crumby noticed that the Rigel Quickfinder was bobbing. Dern it! The miserable tape has come loose again.
It was true. The two-sided tape had come loose from the distal end of the Great Red Tube. When Crumby attempted to adjust the Rigel, the whole Rigel apparatus bobbed in response to Crumby’s manly twisting of one of the several adjustment screws.
Ironic isn’t it. The two-sided Rigel tape never comes loose on the Lomos, but comes loose on the Great Red Tube when afflicted with either low or high temperatures. This is precisely why average amateur astronomy shall remain a solitary pursuit for Crumby Ovate. Yes. Equipment malfunctions are justification enough. No star parties, fer me, fer me, fer meeeeeeeeeeee!
All righty then. I shall not fix to fix the Rigel in the dark. We shall continue with no Rigel.
Sadly and half-heartedly Crumby attempted a few star hops employing only the finder for guidance. But once an average amateur astronomer has a nice Rigel, then when suddenly that Rigel is subtracted from life’s mix, life as we know it is just not the same. No. Life as we know it becomes increasingly miserable, sans Rigel.
Great! Now I am fixing to have to look for that dern comet with no Rigel. Life as I know it is totally unfair, thought Crumby. But then Crumby remembered the ovation of the Blessed WG. Yes Crumby. You shall espy the comet this morning. But first you must surmount the tribulations.
Hmm. The dearth of my Rigel must be one of the tribulations, thought Crumby, along with cold feet. Hark! Lookee yonder! Is that not bright Antares upon the far horizon? Yes. There is my pal of old, bright Antares, heart of the Scorpion.
The sight of bright Antares fired Crumby up. Yes. The recently despondent Ovate shook loose from a lifetime of regret. Ha! Now I shall espy that comet, despite the treachery of my Rigel. Despite that both my star charts have incredibly annoying page breaks at the juncture of Scorpius and Libra. Despite cold feet. Despite Moon. Despite light pollution. Despite the miserably invisible Sunflower Galaxy. Despite my entering 47 Libra as 46 Libra in a previous blog entry that I had to correct. Ha! Now we shall see!!!!
Turns out, Comet Lulin is a little fuzzball, about three or four times the diameter of 47 Libra, just a smidgen east and very, very, very close to 47 Libra this morning. Observed at 40x, 60x and about 130x, Comet Lulin appears as a tailless little fuzzball. The time of observation is about 5:55 AM until about 6:30 AM. Three big coyote yips for Comet Lulin. Yip! Yip! Yip!
Stupidly, yesterday morning, Crumby was expecting a big bright Comet Holmes like comet. Maybe later.
Not much longer, Crumby. But you have a few more tribulations to endure before you espy that comet. Then, once those tribulations are history, you shall happily espy that comet.
This morning Goddess, I may espy Comet Lulin this morning?
Yes Crumby. You shall espy the comet this morning. But first you must surmount the tribulations.
Thus assured by the Blessed WG that I was fixing to get to espy Comet Lulin this very morning I headed out. The skies were clear but Moon was still up. Yes. The Moon was still up and pretty dang conspicuous. My first tribulation was to kill time until Moon went down.
I know Crumby. Let’s check out the Sunflower Galaxy. It’s always invisible. So the fact that the Moon is up won’t make any difference. So that’s what we did, search for the Sunflower Galaxy while Moon gradually descended. Sure enough, the Sunflower Galaxy remained consistently invisible, Moon or no Moon.
OK. Next let’s check out the mostly invisible M61. Wait a minute! What’s the matter with the dang Rigel? Mercy! While fixing to hone in on barely naked eye 16 Virgo, a necessary hop to M61, Crumby noticed that the Rigel Quickfinder was bobbing. Dern it! The miserable tape has come loose again.
It was true. The two-sided tape had come loose from the distal end of the Great Red Tube. When Crumby attempted to adjust the Rigel, the whole Rigel apparatus bobbed in response to Crumby’s manly twisting of one of the several adjustment screws.
Ironic isn’t it. The two-sided Rigel tape never comes loose on the Lomos, but comes loose on the Great Red Tube when afflicted with either low or high temperatures. This is precisely why average amateur astronomy shall remain a solitary pursuit for Crumby Ovate. Yes. Equipment malfunctions are justification enough. No star parties, fer me, fer me, fer meeeeeeeeeeee!
All righty then. I shall not fix to fix the Rigel in the dark. We shall continue with no Rigel.
Sadly and half-heartedly Crumby attempted a few star hops employing only the finder for guidance. But once an average amateur astronomer has a nice Rigel, then when suddenly that Rigel is subtracted from life’s mix, life as we know it is just not the same. No. Life as we know it becomes increasingly miserable, sans Rigel.
Great! Now I am fixing to have to look for that dern comet with no Rigel. Life as I know it is totally unfair, thought Crumby. But then Crumby remembered the ovation of the Blessed WG. Yes Crumby. You shall espy the comet this morning. But first you must surmount the tribulations.
Hmm. The dearth of my Rigel must be one of the tribulations, thought Crumby, along with cold feet. Hark! Lookee yonder! Is that not bright Antares upon the far horizon? Yes. There is my pal of old, bright Antares, heart of the Scorpion.
The sight of bright Antares fired Crumby up. Yes. The recently despondent Ovate shook loose from a lifetime of regret. Ha! Now I shall espy that comet, despite the treachery of my Rigel. Despite that both my star charts have incredibly annoying page breaks at the juncture of Scorpius and Libra. Despite cold feet. Despite Moon. Despite light pollution. Despite the miserably invisible Sunflower Galaxy. Despite my entering 47 Libra as 46 Libra in a previous blog entry that I had to correct. Ha! Now we shall see!!!!
Turns out, Comet Lulin is a little fuzzball, about three or four times the diameter of 47 Libra, just a smidgen east and very, very, very close to 47 Libra this morning. Observed at 40x, 60x and about 130x, Comet Lulin appears as a tailless little fuzzball. The time of observation is about 5:55 AM until about 6:30 AM. Three big coyote yips for Comet Lulin. Yip! Yip! Yip!
Stupidly, yesterday morning, Crumby was expecting a big bright Comet Holmes like comet. Maybe later.
posted by ray pistrum at Thursday, January 08, 2009
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