Re: M57, Ring Nebula


"Michael McCulloch" <michaelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 20:57:24 -0500, "Joe S." <anon@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

I live in an urban apartment complex with the usual "security" lights,
street lights, light spilling from neighbors' windows, and the general
light
cone of a city of 200,000. As a result, my viewing is limited to bright
objects ...

Joe, I've invited you several times to get out of town and do so again
here. Our club was at Look Rock last night in fact under decent skies
away from city lights. Two places we observe are less than an hour
drive from where you live.

http://www.smokymtnastro.org

If you prefer the comforts, check out the TAO location which has a
heated classroom and restrooms. I've seen mag 5.7 skies in the
direction of Orion from TAO in the winter months.

---
Michael McCulloch

Mike --

Thanks for the invite -- maybe one of these days . . . when I observed M57
last night was the first time I have had the cover off my scope since the
Spring. I made one trip to Norris with the Knoxville Observers last Spring
and have not had the cover off my scope since then.

As you may recall, we moved to Knoxville after being wiped out in Hurricane
Katrina. My parents live here -- shortly after we came back to Knoxville,
my father had a stroke, lingered for a while and died late last year, so, we
were totally engaged with him and with clearing up things after his death.

Then, my wife had several health problems that eventually cleared up but
because of them I was limited in how much time I could be gone from home.

Just as we thought we were getting squared away, my mother was diagnosed
with pancreatic cancer and we are now in the midst of dealing with that. I
am pretty much living at her place 24/7, cooking, cleaning, back and forth
to doc, dispensing meds, dealing with visitors, banks, insurance, etc. with
only an occasional break -- I am the only family member within several
hundred miles and it's all my responsibility to care for her. Don't know of
your experience with pancreatic cancer but it's not good -- just about
everything we wanted to do is now on hold indefinitely.

Again, thanks for the invite but for now . . .



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