by William G. Schultz
Phil's leaving apparently began the process of sky clearing. At 10:30, 11:00 and about midnight, all the others in the lot (and it was crowded!) departed for more important things tomorrow morning.
Thanks to all!
After midnight barges of opaque air began connecting up to totally blot
out the city lights. The dark transparent sky was ideal for FFOs. I
logged/sketched 22 H-400-2 objects, some rather being rather tough
critters.
Humidity at the lot rose into the 90s, but the Kendrick heaters were
able to control the problem, and the dew never really effected the
observing.
The only real problem was the onset of twilight. Last night was one of
my best at Coe. I believe I saw skies as dark as Herschel did during his
sky surveys. The conditions were close to amazing.
As a contrast, down at valley level, it was raining when I returned
to home, from the dense low level cloud cover.