FreeLists / az-observing / [AZ-Observing] Photo from Vekol Saturday Night - The Pleiades

["Jon Christensen" <jonc97@xxxxxxx>]

I shot 3 pictures Saturday night/Sunday morning.  This is the first one I've 
had a chance to process - M45.  This was the last photo taken that night.  
While I was shooting it, Joe Larkin let me know he heard a rattler by his car 
and when I came to investigate we both heard it loud and clear.  By that time 
we were the last two left out there.   Not long before, we listened as two 
vehicles drove by with their headlights off.  They probably knew I was taking 
pictures and were being courteous.  :-)
Joe left and I was there for another hour by myself shooting darks and packing 
up.  Right when I was ready to jump in the car and take off I heard another 
vehicle drive by with its headlights off.  I decided to wait until it was long 
gone and I drove home without incident.

I suspect the rattler that visited Joe was the same one that visited me earlier 
in the evening that Frank "Crocodile Hunter" Kraljic got rid of for me (Many 
thanks to Frank).  It was headed somewhere when it ran into me and I suspect 
after it was relocated it started heading where it was going again.

Anyway, here's the photo:

http://members.cox.net/jonc97/images/astro/clusters/m45.htm


Rattlers, illegals, drug runners, law enforcement or not, I'll still be making 
my way to Vekol unless we find a better place.

I'm happy law enforcement is out there, and I will gladly suffer any 
inconvenience because I know they're trying to do the right thing.


Jon Christensen

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