[AZ-Observing] Re: Tonight (Friday)

Jeff,   On my way out the back door.    Thanks,  Janis
Jeff Hopkins wrote:
> 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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