[AZ-Observing] Report from Antennas
- From: stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: "az-observing@fre" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:53:51 -0400 (EDT)
Clear and pretty hot.
I gave last night a rating of 6 out of 10 for transparency and 7 out of 10
for seeing. I did split a one arc second double in the 6 inch refractor.
The Milky Way was prominent, but the detail was mediocre.
Once it was dark the temperature made it down to the middle 90's and by 2
AM it was 75 or so. There are some gnats so bring your insect repellant
if you are coming this way. I would assume you would need it at Five Mile
Meadow as well.
I am making progress on what I called the "Small Telescope Project". I
created a printout from the SAC database down to magnitude 11.5, the best
of the Red Stars List and the Double Stars List. I put it together by
constellation. I would say I am about 60% completed and I hope to be done
by this time next year. It will provide me a set of observations of the
best of the sky in the smallest main telescope I have ever owned, the 6
inch f/8 refractor. Lots of fun.
Well, I will be here until Sunday, see ya;
Steve Coe
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