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[vsnet-obs 5696] Southern observations



Hereby some more results of visual observations with the apogee
40x120 from Pretoria: 
Nice open sky, some haze, smoke and dew problems last night 4
May (batteries were flat, I need a proper charger!):

Star          UT        Magn

cvs
HD 5980   05-03.1   10.8
EK TrA   05-04.0  <12.2
FV Ara   05-04.0   <12.6
V745 Sco  05-04.0  <12.2
N Sgr 90  05-04.0  <12.4
V394 CrA  05-04.0  <12.2
AR Pav  05-04.0   12.6:  
V3804 Sgr  05-04.0  12.5
V919 Sgr  05-04.1   <12.1
V2905 Sgr  05-04.0  11.6
RZ Gru   05-03.1  11.8

rcbs
SY Hyi   05-03.1   12.1
V618 Sgr  05-03.0  <12.6   VSNET seqs
WX CrA  05-03.0   11.8    Berto's seqs
U Aqr    05-03.1  11.5
 
I also obtained a very nice and steady image of Jupiter using a
completely (helped on) dewed up eyepiece! The dew layer on the
glass seems to act as a corrective attenuation filter. Any
comments?

Regards,

Berto Monard / MLF