[sac-forum] Re: Thanks for a great weekend at Sentinel

Thanks to you, Steve, for organizing this wonderful event.
 
Due to having missed several previous deep-sky observing events, I spent
most of the night happily and productively glued to my eyepiece. But I
greatly enjoyed over-hearing the conversations, reminiscences, and
advice coming from your spot a few spaces away.
 
More clear skies,
 
Dan Gruber
 
 
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Subject: [sac-forum] Thanks for a great weekend at Sentinel
 
Howdy all;
 
We had 9 vehicles and scopes on Friday night at Sentinel and 42 vehicles
on Saturday night.  So, thank you to all the folks who decided to drive
a long way for a one night observing session.  It certainly was
conducted under great skies.  I rated both nights at 8 out of 10 for
transparency and the seeing varied from 6 to 7 out of 10 depending on
the altitude.  All in all, a great weekend.
 
I only have two of the handouts returned by people who met the comet
challenge at this point, so if you completed the challenge of finding 4
of those tough comets, please let me know.  I did not mean to create
such a difficult challenge, but that is how it goes sometimes.  Comet
magnitudes are very erratic and several of the comets were next to
impossible with any telescope we had available.
 
David Fredericksen and I were laughing about having lots of notes to
enter into the computer over the next several days.  We did lots of
objects in:  Cassiopeia, Pisces, Cepheus and Aquarius.  I also did some
old favorites in Monoceros and a couple in Vela.  Lots of fun.
 
So, with Thanksgiving coming up, I appreciate and gives thanks to all
those who made their way to Sentinel for some observing the sky and
sharing it with friends.  I looked at my notes last week and found that
this is the 20th year we have been observing at that site.  Time does
indeed fly.
 
Clear Skies to us all;
Steve Coe

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