Omega Centauri
From Pawnee Prairie Grasslands (NE Colorado)
                           This is the first of four images taken from 1:32:04am-1:43:37am. This one
                           was 55 seconds.  Taken with a ST-6 through a 80mm Stellarvue refractor.
                           I thought this was the lowest altitude O.C. had been imaged, but.........
                                Above, a compliation of 2-22 second images.  According to TheSKY4,
                                    the parameters of Omega Centauri on 03/10/02 at 1:32am were:
Dreyer Descr. GCL,OMEGA CENTAURI
Magnitude: 3.7
RA:13h 26m 56.1s  Dec:-47d 29' 33"
Azm:173d 06' 34"Alt:+01* 21' 37" !!!
Rise: 00:40  Transit: 02:13  Set: 03:46    (Should have waited 41 mins)
RA:13h 26m 48.0s  Dec:-47d 29' 00"  Epoch 2000
Size (mins) 36.3
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 Star party site  Cactus Flats  40* 39' 15" N  by 104* 26' 52" W (Baker Draw Quad) 5039 ft

(Well, that didn't take long)    From LeRoy Gautney:  03/18/02
"Go North young man!  I'm wondering if you could do better than this guy did?
                              http://rppass.com/n5139-00.htm
It would only take 1 degree, 55 minutes, 45 seconds of latitude to edge his record
farthest north latitude (as far as anybody knows) of imaging Omega Centauri."
  But in my defense, my picture does not use the happenstance of refraction and the
cluster can readily be seen in my shot, it is VERY hard to see the cluster in Ralphs' shot.
Though I do appalude Ralph's efforts in obtaining an image of O.C. so far north I guess
I'm going to have to try this shot from Douglas Wyoming!!....ha ha

                 A 3-D plot of the image above        The plot at the top right is from the X-axis
                                         The plot at the bottom right is the Y-plot using IRIS software.
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The above four images of the O.C. GC are exposures from 17sec to 55 sec.
Even got a jet trail leavin' DIA.                                                              tjt  04/01/02