[AZ-Observing] Re: Observing report from Portal, AZ
- From: Stan Gorodenski <stanlep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:09:43 -0700
Thanks. It looks like it is a good area. I'll have to try it some time.
BTW, I passed through Portal about 3 weeks ago on the way to Arkansas. I
slept overnight in the mountains in my van. On the way into the
Chiricahuas, for the first time I saw a sign warning people to be
careful because of the illegal activity in the Chiricahuas. The next
morning at Rodeo I mentioned this to the waitress and she said no one
camps in the mountains anymore because it is taken over by the illegal
drug activities and illegal immigrants.
Stan
On 10/24/2011 9:49 AM, Alan Strauss wrote:
> Stan-
>
> Jerry's property, where we observe from, is about a half mile north of the
> Arizona Sky Village. I find the seeing to be generally good, but I am not an
> imager so I do not have any objective measurements. I have made three trips
> to Fredericksen Meadow and my experience is that the seeing in Portal is
> equivalent or better.
>
>
> On Friday night, I'd rate the seeing as 7/10, and on Saturday night I would
> rate it a 9/10 with some areas of the sky at 10/10. My friend Bill who is a
> 40+ year observer and has traveled to sites around the globe was rating
> Saturday night as sub-arc-second seeing. Using my TEC 140 on Saturday night I
> was able to utilize a 3.5mm eyepiece on Jupiter to my advantage over a 5mm
> eyepiece...not only was the image scale increased, but I could see more
> detail in the 6+ cloud bands.
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> Like anywhere else, I have had nights of poor seeing, but overall it is my
> favorite place in AZ for visual observing.
>
>
>
> Alan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Gorodenski"<stanlep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 8:57:19 AM
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Observing report from Portal, AZ
>
> Thanks for the report. I have been wondering about the location. It
> seems it would be prone to bad seeing (except for someone on a large
> hill or mountain). Besides being transparent and 7+, what was the seeing
> like?
> Stan
>
> On 10/24/2011 7:43 AM, Alan Strauss wrote:
>
>> I just returned from two nights under the magnitude 7+ skies of Portal, AZ
>> and made some wonderful visual observations...including an observation of
>> the extragalactic globular cluster G1 in the Andromeda Galaxy. The skies
>> were beautifully transparent and clear and comet Garradd showed a long tail
>> with a few streamers. I observed about a half dozen planetary nebula within
>> Aquarius, as well as many other objects
>> I posted a brief report and some sketches on my blog at:
>> http://lostpleiadobservatory.blogspot.com/2011/10/near-and-far.html
>>
>> Best,
>> Alan
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