MIRA Friends Night at Chews Ridge

Excellent Seeing of Mars on 36"

by Rod Norden


i missed you tonight at Fremont Pk, but there was a report of a Short- tailed Albatross in Monterey Bay with the La Nina kelp blooms and we all went on toe the rough sea to see if we could find it and see it... Well we didn't find in at sea, so I said I should see if I could see mars on Chew's Ridge since the 36" up there has just undergone a full updating and twek by all the original builders.

Mars was awesome in it. All sky and tel features on their Mars map were easily seegiven the central meridian if 14d.

It is THE bast view I have ever had of Mars!!! Robin's 130mm f/8 AP perfooooooorrrrrrrrrmmmmeeedddd well, too!