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[AZ-Observing] Re: Recording Seeing Conditions (was WOW!)
- From: Brian Skiff <Brian.Skiff@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 01:00:52 -0700 (MST)
Andrew wrote:
>> We need something, I am not always going to hook in a CCD camera and do
>> a measurement of the FWHM to figure out the seeing in arcseconds.
No one's mentioned CCD imaging or FWHM in this thread until now.
>> ...standing by a telescope I need something, and it needs to be quick,
>> simple and need not be horribly accurate. The only important thing
>> that it be reasonably consistent.
>> Looking at a star at high mag and
>> looking at zenith with a star chart in hand fits the bill.
In case others besides Andrew have misconstrued what I'm trying
to get at, rephrase the above quote as follows:
Looking at a [double] star at high mag and
looking [through the telescope] at zenith with a star chart in hand...
\Brian
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