[sac-forum] Re: Thanks for a great weekend at Sentinel
- From: "Jack Jones" <Telescoper@xxxxxxx>
- To: <sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:47:31 -0700
You had to stay up late for the last easy one. It was 4 possible and 4
impossible, seemed to me. Even with a 20" I felt I had just gotten 4 by the
skin of my teeth. Wasn't there a rumor that 3 would be sufficient?
WIDBD - Wish I'd done been dere?
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: gene lucas
To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 9:35 PM
Subject: [sac-forum] Re: Thanks for a great weekend at Sentinel
Good on ya, Steve! Pat yourself on the back, and hand off the certificate
(from one hand to the other?)
Gene "WIDBD" Lucas
(17250)
Steve Coe wrote:
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
-----Original Message-----
From: sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of gene lucas
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 1:42 PM
To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sac-forum] Re: Thanks for a great weekend at Sentinel
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
-----Original Message-----
From: sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of gene lucas
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 12:58 PM
To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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
Other related posts:
