[AZ-Observing] Re: Seeing Conditions During Monsoon

Heh, that makes the assumption that the sky is
visible!  Its been solid clouds for weeks up here
every night.  But dont worry, it will clear up after
the sun comes up.  ;)

Chris
--- Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I should probably mention this while it's happening,
> but the seeing on
> both Thursday night and tonight have been very good
> in my backyard in
> Tempe.  You may remember Thursday as the night when
> all of the Valley
> was hit hard by lightning and rain.  While clouds
> slowly encroached from
> the east and breezes swirled, I was enjoying
> excellent views of Jupiter
> through my 10-inch at magnifications approaching
> 400x.  What amazed me
> was that the seeing remained steady for a couple
> hours right up until
> Jupiter was touched by the first debris clouds.
>  
> Tonight the seeing was not quite as good, but it was
> better than any
> night on which set up this past June.  Again, there
> were light breezes
> coming from varying directions, but they had very
> little effect on the
> local seeing.  The lighting on both the Straight
> Wall and Plato was
> about as good as it gets.
>  
> We're told that the Monsoon is a poor time for
> observing, but this past
> couple sessions is changing my thinking on lunar and
> planetary viewing
> in July and August.
>  
> Tom
> 
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Take Care,

Chris
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