by Richard Crisp
Great conditions for the first time this week were found at Montebello last night. The temperature was a bit chilly at sunset, but warmed up as the night went on.
An astronomy lab TA from Stanford, Peter Burner, showed up with his C9.25/GM8
The wind died out and the sky was very clear and steady seeing. I saw very little twinkling of the stars.
I imaged M27, M82 and M81. I finally completed my experiment of imaging M27 through narrowband filters centered on specific spectra. I used Ha, Hb and O3 and a DeepSky filter that passes those same spectral lines.
The image of M27 can be seen in my Yahoo Briefcase
I'll be up at Fremont Peak tonight in hopes of imaging.
