> Seeing is generally best right as it gets dark during the hot months and
> again just as it gets light. But I may have been missing the best hot
> weather seeing based on my last 2 Mars sessions from about 2am - 4am.
Bill--
I've noticed this as well in Scottsdale, especially this past spring with
Jupiter and Saturn. My best views of the night were at dusk before
astronomical twilight. As the sky darkened, the image degraded. For Mars
this summer, my best views have been early morning after 3:30am.
This effect on seeing is also predicted at
http://www.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/htmls/seeing_e.html.
-FRANK
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