by Rich Neuschaefer
The seeing improved greatly from Friday night to Saturday but the seeing Saturday was still not up the usually fine seeing at Lick or the Peak. Mars was a little soft.
The raccoon was walking around on Jeff's SUV trying to find a way in.
There is a crazy coyote that stands in the middle of the road about 2 miles below Lick. I don't know if it is looking for handouts or just having fun looking at the cars. Sometimes you have to wait a couple of minutes before he moves.
I bailed out on Jeff about 3 am. The wind shifted so that it was hitting us more. If the seeing had been better I might have a little longer. It was a fun night. The visitors were really nice. Several had scopes at home. I showed M22, M13 (briefly), M27, M31, NGC 7331 and the Double Cluster. This was with the AP155mm f/7. Jeff's 15" Obsession was giving a beautiful view of M17.
Posted on sf-bay-tac Sep 11, 2005 10:35:57 PT
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