Breezy at IHOP

by Alvin Huey

Shneor, Jane, Randy, Mike C, Bruce, Jim were there at IHOP. Conditions were very good, transparency was very good, humidity started at 40%, ended at 64% (midnight, when I left) NELM = 6.5 The only thing that got me was the constant low flow breeze...........Temps hovered between 40 and 44 throughout the night, when I was there.

The CSC forecast regarding transparency was apparently "bunk". Shneor, care to report how the rest of the night went?

I wish I could observe tonight to catch those three Abells I forgot. By the time I remembered, it was pretty low on the SW horizon. My cold has gotten a lot worse and now I have a 102F fever, but it was worth it! I'll post an observing report, from last night and last week at FT when I feel better. In short, I observed 8 more Abell planetaries last night and 4 Abell's last week. I have 11 Abells left for my project. I actually got Abell 14 last night as it eluded me three times in the past. Skunked on Abell 13 for the fourth time! :( Also bagged some more Arp Galaxies as it one of my on-going projects.

Posted on tac-sac Mar 13, 2005 11:05:52 PT
Converted by report.pm 1.2 Mar 13, 2005 13:37:39 PT