[AZ-Observing] Re: Recording Seeing Conditions (was WOW!)

     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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