[SAS] Great night at Fishtrap!

From: Nick Monkman <nmonkman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: SAS <sas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:55:17 -0700

On short notice I headed out to Fishtrap Saturday night with a friend. The
weather was about perfect, 65 degrees at 9:30, zero cloud cover, good
transparency and fair seeing. It was a small crowd, five of us all told.

In my haste to pack up, I forgot a number of essential star party items,
namely a jacket, table lantern, hat, gloves, etc. I had planned to work on
my Herschel list, but it turned out to be too tempting to just enjoy the
evening

I set up my camera and and took a couple of milky way shots (attached). The
first is of the galactic core around Sagittarius and the second includes
the Pipe Nebula (left) opposite the Rho Ophiuichi complex ( those
finger-like dust lanes)

Mars was impressive, as was the moon, which rose just as we left around 2
AM.

Weather should be good this Saturday as well! Hope to see you there!

Clear skies,
Nick

[image: sagittarius_mw.jpg]
[image: rho_oph_7_7_2018.jpg]

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