[AZ-Observing] Re: Report: Friday night at the Antennas site...
- From: "Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)" <mrgalaxy@xxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 20:29:59 GMT
15480 Empire Rd.
Benson, AZ 85602
hm ph: 520-586-2244
I was just wondering whether anyone had seen Comet Garradd. Was it anything to
write home about and where was it?
I've had a couple good observations of Jupiter in between our clouds. Jupe
showed excellent surface detail in the bands. Despite the humidity and the
clouds the seeing has been very good. Lots of electrical activity seen, though
no sound.
Clear skies,
Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)
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From: "Chris Hanrahan" <chris.hanrahan@xxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Report: Friday night at the Antennas site...
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 12:16:49 -0700
Mike Wiles and I had a fantastic night at the Antennas site. Feedback from
others seemed to indicate that we were out of our minds to make this trip.
We may be out of our minds, but the desert cooled off very nicely for us (no
urban heat island) and all that dust/debris in the valley was nearly absent
at the site. By the very early morning hours we both commented about the
slight "chill" in the air. This was some of the most pleasant observing
I've done in a long time.
Joe and Pat Goss stopped by, after dark but before moonset, on their way
back from visiting family in Blythe. For a minute there, Mike and I thought
we had another observer coming to join us for the night!
Overall, the sky was not as transparent as we had hoped but there was still
plenty of naked-eye detail in the Milky Way once the moon set. Stars faded
near the horizon.but we were not using that part of the sky anyway. Mike
commented that the typical Phoenix and Yuma light domes seemed much less
obtrusive, probably from the added dust in the air. Yuma's light dome was
almost non-existent.
Mike collected a ton of imaging data for a four-frame mosaic and I worked
mostly on the Herschel II's. We enjoyed views of the moon (polarizing
filter a must on the 12-inch), Jupiter, some interesting planetary nebulae
from the H400 II list and Comet Garradd (C/2009/P1).
Although it wasn't the best night we've ever seen, the sky was definitely
usable and we agreed that this type of one-night monsoon observing was well
worth our time.
Chris Hanrahan
Goodyear, AZ
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