[sac-forum] Re: Thanks for a great weekend at Sentinel
- From: "Steve Coe" <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:53:11 -0700
Gene;
I did exactly 4, just enough to give myself a certificate. But, two of them
were tough in the Nexstar 11 on an 8/10 night at Sentinel. That is faint.
Steve
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Sooooo....
How many of them fuzzzzies did you bag (besides Swan)?
Gene
(17250)
Steve Coe wrote:
Gene;
Thanks for the extra booklets, I had plenty. Once the word was out that the
comets available are pretty tough to impossible (except Swan) not a lot of
folks were willing to participate. So far, I need to make up certificates
for Peter, Jack Jones and ME.
See ya;
Steve
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Subject: [sac-forum] Re: Thanks for a great weekend at Sentinel
Steve, Peter and I both printed more copies, and I gave out some SSSG maps
and the Comet Challenge booklets at the EVAC meeting last Friday, and
suggested that folks could return their observations to you, even if they
were not out at Sentinel.
Sounds like a good turnout!
Gene Lucas
(17250)
Steve Coe wrote:
Howdy all;
We had 9 vehicles and scopes on Friday night at Sentinel and 42 vehicles on
Saturday night. So, thank you to all the folks who decided to drive a long
way for a one night observing session. It certainly was conducted under
great skies. I rated both nights at 8 out of 10 for transparency and the
seeing varied from 6 to 7 out of 10 depending on the altitude. All in all,
a great weekend.
I only have two of the handouts returned by people who met the comet
challenge at this point, so if you completed the challenge of finding 4 of
those tough comets, please let me know. I did not mean to create such a
difficult challenge, but that is how it goes sometimes. Comet magnitudes
are very erratic and several of the comets were next to impossible with any
telescope we had available.
David Fredericksen and I were laughing about having lots of notes to enter
into the computer over the next several days. We did lots of objects in:
Cassiopeia, Pisces, Cepheus and Aquarius. I also did some old favorites in
Monoceros and a couple in Vela. Lots of fun.
So, with Thanksgiving coming up, I appreciate and gives thanks to all those
who made their way to Sentinel for some observing the sky and sharing it
with friends. I looked at my notes last week and found that this is the
20th year we have been observing at that site. Time does indeed fly.
Clear Skies to us all;
Steve Coe
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