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

You had to stay up late for the last easy one. It was 4 possible and 4 
impossible, seemed to me. Even with a 20" I felt I had just gotten 4 by the 
skin of my teeth. Wasn't there a rumor that 3 would be sufficient?

WIDBD - Wish I'd done been dere?

Jack
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  Good on ya, Steve!  Pat yourself on the back, and hand off the certificate 
(from one hand to the other?)
  Gene "WIDBD" Lucas
  (17250)
  Steve Coe wrote:

    Gene;



    I did exactly 4, just enough to give myself a certificate.  But, two of 
them were tough in the Nexstar 11 on an 8/10 night at Sentinel.  That is faint.



    Steve



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    Sooooo....
    How many of them fuzzzzies did you bag (besides Swan)?
    Gene
    (17250)

    Steve Coe wrote:



    Gene;



    Thanks for the extra booklets, I had plenty.  Once the word was out that 
the comets available are pretty tough to impossible (except Swan) not a lot of 
folks were willing to participate.  So far, I need to make up certificates for 
Peter, Jack Jones and ME.



    See ya;

    Steve







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    Steve, Peter and I both printed more copies, and I gave out some SSSG maps 
and the Comet Challenge booklets at the EVAC meeting last Friday, and suggested 
that folks could return their observations to you, even if they were not out at 
Sentinel.

    Sounds like a good turnout!
    Gene Lucas
    (17250)

    Steve Coe wrote:

    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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