Some Southern Globular Clusters
How long has it been? Let’s look it up. OK. April 22, 2009 of the Julian was the last date any average amateur astronomical activity occurred at the CB. That’s almost a month. That’s also why average amateur astronomical activity is thin gruel as a stand alone hobby. An average person could go nuts waiting to have a little pleasure in life or to spice up one’s lifestyle while hoping yet patiently waiting for a handful of stars to become visible. Yes. If average amateur astronomy was a person’s only pleasure in life, then that pleasure would occur only at fairly long intervals, maybe.
Fortunately, Druids train themselves to have plenty of hobbies. That way, one’s lifestyle or way of life may include a great many pleasurable stimuli from a variety of stimulations, not merely a handful of stars. Yet last night, that mere handful of stars took precedent.
A hobby may have special rules known only to the enthusiast or practitioner of that particular hobby. Last night, the big rule was, the Great Red Tube shall not be moved until it goes back inside. Which meant, that if I played by the rule, I had to work fast to espy the various globular clusters before they went behind a cedar elm.
Them ol’ elums. That’s right, them ol’ elum trees. Got to espy the globular afore it goes behind that ol’ elum tree.
Huh-huh. Who, these days, pronounces elm, elum? Not many, I swan. These days, many are such dumbasses. All one hears is Jesus this, or Jesus that. Dumbasses!
Anyway, there are a goodly bunch of Messier globulars hanging low in the southern sky, hanging out, up yonder like bunches of mustang grapes, the vines of which have climbed on up into the old elum.
I espied eight before I quit on my old nemesis M14. These were the ones I espied. M4, M19, M62, M9, M80, M107, M10 and M12. That’s twain quartets for the Crumby Ovate.
Of these, all are visible in the finder except M107. That’s why M107 is M107. The vertical band of stars in M4 was particularly impressive this night at 100x, 12.5mm UO ortho.
Fortunately, Druids train themselves to have plenty of hobbies. That way, one’s lifestyle or way of life may include a great many pleasurable stimuli from a variety of stimulations, not merely a handful of stars. Yet last night, that mere handful of stars took precedent.
A hobby may have special rules known only to the enthusiast or practitioner of that particular hobby. Last night, the big rule was, the Great Red Tube shall not be moved until it goes back inside. Which meant, that if I played by the rule, I had to work fast to espy the various globular clusters before they went behind a cedar elm.
Them ol’ elums. That’s right, them ol’ elum trees. Got to espy the globular afore it goes behind that ol’ elum tree.
Huh-huh. Who, these days, pronounces elm, elum? Not many, I swan. These days, many are such dumbasses. All one hears is Jesus this, or Jesus that. Dumbasses!
Anyway, there are a goodly bunch of Messier globulars hanging low in the southern sky, hanging out, up yonder like bunches of mustang grapes, the vines of which have climbed on up into the old elum.
I espied eight before I quit on my old nemesis M14. These were the ones I espied. M4, M19, M62, M9, M80, M107, M10 and M12. That’s twain quartets for the Crumby Ovate.
Of these, all are visible in the finder except M107. That’s why M107 is M107. The vertical band of stars in M4 was particularly impressive this night at 100x, 12.5mm UO ortho.
posted by ray pistrum at Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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