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Date: 27 Nov 2006 08:20:25
From: Martin R. Howell
Subject: Using Junk Food to Locate M57 (repost)
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Here's some practical advice. During daylight hours enlist a friend to
hold a confectioners powdered sugar coated doughnut against a cooperating
neighbor's exterior house wall which you painted flat black. This kindly
neighbor should live between 300 and 400 feet from your scope and that
newly painted black wall should be clearly in sight. Now, with your
daylight adapted eyes, center that doughnut in the FOV of your finderscope
and peer through the eyepiece of your telescope. Look at the doughnut.
Study it carefully. Take an afocal photo or two of it if you are so moved.
Eat the doughnut.
Then, when night falls, direct the telescope to the area between Beta Lyrae
and Gamma Lyrae and slowly sweep the region until you see something that
looks familiar. Voila!! Messier 57.
--Martin R. Howell
Author of "Identifying DSO's With Junk Food"
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Date: 27 Nov 2006 18:18:46
From: John Nichols
Subject: Re: Using Junk Food to Locate M57 (repost)
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"Martin R. Howell" <martinhowell@ilikestarsisp.com > wrote in message
news:nuyfy8gk8y45.10mfhlme73188.dlg@40tude.net...
> Here's some practical advice. During daylight hours enlist a friend to
> hold a confectioners powdered sugar coated doughnut against a cooperating
> neighbor's exterior house wall which you painted flat black. This kindly
> neighbor should live between 300 and 400 feet from your scope and that
> newly painted black wall should be clearly in sight. Now, with your
> daylight adapted eyes, center that doughnut in the FOV of your finderscope
> and peer through the eyepiece of your telescope. Look at the doughnut.
> Study it carefully. Take an afocal photo or two of it if you are so
> moved.
> Eat the doughnut.
>
> Then, when night falls, direct the telescope to the area between Beta
> Lyrae
> and Gamma Lyrae and slowly sweep the region until you see something that
> looks familiar. Voila!! Messier 57.
>
>
>
Even if you don't find Messier 57 you at least get to eat a doughnut.
What's not to like?
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Date: 28 Nov 2006 02:39:08
From: KLM
Subject: Re: Using Junk Food to Locate M57 (repost)
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pretty funny - I knew you had it in you. Thanks! I go to bed in
30 minutes smiling. he hee - pretty good!@ powdered cake donnut
against flat black house! I know hguys who would kill somebody over
this - and Court would order the offender to build the guy a new house!
You do realise dont you that in this modern world some people
wouldactually paint their house flayt black just to be able to make one
white spot it for the prupose youd escribe! hee hee - 'cause there are
no black powdered cake donnuts, or chocolate ........... oh just
forget it. Been a long day. LONG YEAR! Goodnite. Still laughing...
smiling
"Martin R. Howell" wrote:
> Here's some practical advice. During daylight hours enlist a friend to
> hold a confectioners powdered sugar coated doughnut against a cooperating
> neighbor's exterior house wall which you painted flat black. This kindly
> neighbor should live between 300 and 400 feet from your scope and that
> newly painted black wall should be clearly in sight. Now, with your
> daylight adapted eyes, center that doughnut in the FOV of your finderscope
> and peer through the eyepiece of your telescope. Look at the doughnut.
> Study it carefully. Take an afocal photo or two of it if you are so moved.
> Eat the doughnut.
>
> Then, when night falls, direct the telescope to the area between Beta Lyrae
> and Gamma Lyrae and slowly sweep the region until you see something that
> looks familiar. Voila!! Messier 57.
>
> --Martin R. Howell
> Author of "Identifying DSO's With Junk Food"
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