[AZ-Observing] Re: 2002 NY40

Randy Peterson wrote:
>I am gratified to hear of all the observations made of the asteroid!
>
>Saturday evening I set up my Newtonian, got an updated ephemeris, printed
>out some finder charts on GUIDE using the information from the printout.
>Went outside, aimed my scope to the first chart's star field, and then...
>the clouds rolled in!   #*$% clouds!  A few very small sucker holes appeared
>now and then, but not enough to recognize any star patterns.  Vega was never
>visible after 8:15 local time, and after awhile the moon clouded out.  No
>breaks!  Observing from the south Scottsdale / north Tempe area wasn't
>optimal for this event.
>Oh well, there's always next time, right?

I'm glad I was not alone with the frustrations of Saturday night. After 
spending hours of preparation I had 35mm CCD, a 4" refractor, and C8 all 
set to see and record the asteroid (my first asteroid). Looking at Lyra 
with binoculars I could barely make out the stars (aside from Vega) as 
the west Phoenix sky was very bright. Climbing to the second story of my 
observatory and C8 i found I could see things much better. The problem 
was it was close to 100 at 8 PM and high humidity. With sweat stinging my 
eyes I searched for 2002 NY40. I finally decide to lay i wait for it at a 
know position. Just before I should have seen it the clouds rolled in.

Next time!

Hats off to Howard C. Anderson. Great images.

Observing in Phoenix in August is not recommended.

Jeff

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