[AZ-Observing] AASP

Although Saturday night apparently bombed (I left AASP early that evening),
Friday night--at least for those of us on the north side of the
field--salvaged what appeared to be a grim night of high clouds.

Seeing remained consistently decent into the early morning hours allowing
magnifications in excess of 3-400x through the 10-inch, and sucker holes
kept our group of five (Kerry Weatherford, Mike Mello, Mike Spooner, Gordon
and myself) working most of the night seeking low surface brightness
planetaries and 12th+ magnitude galaxies before becoming obscured.  This was
a fun observing challenge without the use of a GO-TO or digital setting
circles.  Still no comparison to a clear night, but an exciting consolation
for a star party that could have been perceived as a lost cause.

Transparency improved in the SE after midnight opening Orion, Gemini and
Taurus for observing.  Mike Spooner and I--the only two of our group
awake--were treated by pleasing high powered views of the trapezium in M42,
the Eskimo, NGC 2371/72 and a couple small IC planetaries.

-FRANK


> -----Original Message-----
> From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tom Polakis
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 11:14 AM
> To: AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Star Party, UK Style
>
>
> In case you're down about the high clouds that plagued us this past
> weekend, UK amateur Adrian Catterall posted an image from a star party
> that will bring you to your senses.
>
> http://www.acatterall.com/Bath.htm
>
> Tom

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