[AZ-Observing] Re: Tonight (Friday)

Hello Janis,

I just came in from doing JH band photometry with the 12" LX200. It 
looks like another great night. Just to be sure when I fished my 
photometry I swung the telescope down to Orion and M42. M42 is 
spectacular. The stars of the Trapezium were very distinct. At 7:40 I 
was treated to a slow moving UFO just below the Trapezium. I followed 
it for awhile, but it was too small to resolve any detail.

I won't know the photometry data spread until I reduce the data, but 
can tell it will be another good night.

Jeff


At 07:30 -0700 02/23/2007, Janis Schoenfeld wrote:
>Jeff.....This really is most interesting.  As I live practically down
>the street from you to the west, at an almost identical latitude, the
>seeing was pretty dismal here (8 p.m.-ish).  With M42 and environs in an
>absolutely primo position in early evening sky right now, I had hoped
>for a good session with it and was able to resolve very little detail
>using a 12" SCT (even the large dust lane failed to show), so I packed
>up about 9 p.m..
>
>If you truly have some kind of a bubble over you, I guess the solution
>is to drag the scope down the street and leave it in your backyard and
>come visit you and those wonderful critters of yours a lot.  Do you cook?
>
>Best,  Janis

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