Jeff, On my way out the back door. Thanks, Janis Jeff Hopkins wrote: > Hello Janis, > > I just came in from doing JH band photometry with the 12" LX200. It > looks like another great night. Just to be sure when I fished my > photometry I swung the telescope down to Orion and M42. M42 is > spectacular. The stars of the Trapezium were very distinct. At 7:40 I > was treated to a slow moving UFO just below the Trapezium. I followed > it for awhile, but it was too small to resolve any detail. > > I won't know the photometry data spread until I reduce the data, but > can tell it will be another good night. > > Jeff > > > At 07:30 -0700 02/23/2007, Janis Schoenfeld wrote: > >> Jeff.....This really is most interesting. As I live practically down >> the street from you to the west, at an almost identical latitude, the >> seeing was pretty dismal here (8 p.m.-ish). With M42 and environs in an >> absolutely primo position in early evening sky right now, I had hoped >> for a good session with it and was able to resolve very little detail >> using a 12" SCT (even the large dust lane failed to show), so I packed >> up about 9 p.m.. >> >> If you truly have some kind of a bubble over you, I guess the solution >> is to drag the scope down the street and leave it in your backyard and >> come visit you and those wonderful critters of yours a lot. Do you cook? >> >> Best, Janis >> > > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.