I beg to differ!! No less than 4 people were able to observe Jupiter in very
steady seeing through an 8" SCT for - I'm not making this up - almost 10
minutes.
Of course....then twilight ended, and it clouded up and everything else you
said was true.
Mike
In a message dated 4/6/2002 10:24:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
mluttinen@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> Well,
>
> I must say that conditions at Flatiron were exceptional tonight.
>
> Seeing: yes
> Seeing stars: no
> Transparency: n/a, probably excellent at 30,000 ft and above.
>
> Naked astronomers: none visible, (see transparency). And there was
> no dancing or blood sacrifice while I was there . . .
>
> Maybe next time!
>
> Matt
>
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