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["William R Wood" <wmrwood@xxxxxxx>]

Thad,

I had a great time at Cherry Rd.  Didn't count but I would say there were
about 10 vehicles in attendance.  I stayed all night with a few other guys
including Rick Tejera.  There were some high clouds hear and there all night
but everything I wanted to see was in the clear most of the time.  Seeing
was very poor after dusk, 3-4/10, (based on my 10" D-K Cassegrain) but it
was plenty dark and transparent.  My scope hates jiggly air and I could not
observe Jupiter or double stars so I switched to DSOs even though I know
virtually nothing about them.  Steve Coe and a few other fellows helped me
evaluate M104 and understand what I was seeing (or failing to see) and I got
to compare the view in a 13" Dob which was very helpful.  Objects like M13
were just stunning even in the poor seeing.  I drove up with Kimball Corson
who had huge binoculars setup on a tripod that provided outstanding wide
field views of galaxies and star clusters.

The temp went down to 42 deg by daybreak.  I sacked out about 1am but was up
well before dawn hoping seeing had improved but no luck.  Nonetheless it was
a fine night in very pleasant surroundings.

I am hoping for better seeing this weekend at the Mormon Mountain affair.

Regards,

Bill Wood
Fountain Hills, AZ


-----Original Message-----
From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Thad Robosson
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 6:37 AM
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Howwuzit at Cherry Rd?


Hey all,

Didn't see any reports on how Cherry Rd was this past weekend.  Just
wondering seeing how I was stuck at home.

Thad

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