[AZ-Observing] Re: North country windstorm
- From: "William R Wood" <wmrwood@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 05:57:48 -0700
These comments from Brian and Steve are most interesting.
A couple of weeks back I experienced an hour of the best seeing I ever had
(I rated it 8/10) and it occured during quite windy conditions. I was using
a 10" D-K Cassegrain and was able to split sub arc second (.7") doubles at
400-600x with ease but the images were bouncing around in the eyepiece like
crazy from the wind blowing my scope.
I know it's not scientific but I use naked-eye scintillation to "test"
seeing every time I go out. Never has it been wrong. If the stars twinkle
a lot, seeing is terrible and visa versa. I also find that the Clear Sky
Clock's seeing preditions are pretty good.
Regards,
Bill Wood
Fountain Hills, AZ
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