by Shneor Sherman
Dennis showed me four comets and some interesting planetaries. I returned the favor with several other planetaries as well as some stunning binoviewer views. What can I say - I began observing in Lyra and Aquarius and finished in Coma and Virgo. I looked for the Double Quasar in Ursa Major, but although NGC3079 was quite stunning, and I easily found the field the quasar is in, conditions were not good enough to to see it. At one point, checking the sky, I counted 8 stars in Ursa Minor. Except near the zenith, conditions were not good enough for the most part past 200x-250x, but I did have a lovely view of the Peanut Nebula at 500x.
The night began with a lot of dew. I had to zap my secondary three times, but after around 7:30, it dried out a bit. I had occasional dew on the eyepiece in the focuser, but not on the eyepieces sitting on my ladder.
The lights from the house on the hill went on around 7 or 7:30, and were shut off by around 8:30.
This was quite a decent night, and I'm surprised no one else showed up.
Did anyone go to IHOP?
Posted on tac-sac Nov 14, 2004 14:28:00 PT
Converted by report.pm 1.2 Jan 21, 2005 20:16:07 PT