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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2016 8:03:40 GMT -8
It is looking like it will be a very good night tonight. I'm feeling almost 100%. If all goes well I hope to leave home at 7:30 and get there shortly after sunset. Twilight ends at about 10:57 and I'll stay as long as I can, twilight starts at about 03:08.
I still haven't been to Shylock this year yet so we'll see if there have been any changes. The weekend warriors should be busy below us, way down by the river.
Tonight's jet stream looks very good so the seeing should be good as well.
I'll only respond here again if I have to bail.
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Post by craig on May 7, 2016 17:33:51 GMT -8
hey darrell sorry i couldnt make it how was it up their it sure was a nice night
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2016 20:14:00 GMT -8
That was a very nice night. With Mark and his 16 and Adhamh and his C-8 there it was good company all around.
The site is in good shape -- one fire ring set up so there is the occasional camper there sometimes. When that happens we can occupy the gasworks area at the edge of the blacktop as an alternate site. There were no passersby and no noise from down below.
The Sky Quality Meter registered 21.75 at 23:30 and +8°C. That's the best reading I've seen in the last 3 years -- although it is the spring sky with no Milky Way glowing.
The transparency was good too with no glows around any stars. Alas, the seeing was only moderate to moderately poor. (even with the jet stream elsewhere). The planets were mush. We had to keep working on stuff overhead -- all ladder work and Dobson Hole dancing for me that night. Tried and tried for the obscure globular Pal 5 near M 5. no luck. Did bag 19 new galaxies including a pretty chain of 5 -- NGC 5846 group. M 101 had arms off and on and M 51 was all there except it lacked the bright contrast of it's brighter patches. No detail in the Cat's Eye and no faint companion IC patch towards the neighbouring star. The Owl was big and bright but mostly eyeless. M108 was more impressive than M82. 4565 was just visible in my 80 mm finder but its dust lane was fleeting. Adhamh was bagging mag 15.1 galaxies.
We packed up at 02:30 a bit before twilight. It was great to finally get out to a great site. Good company. Lovely easy drive in cruise. We must do it again -- too bad the solstice is coming -- the next Run's viewing is only from midnight to 02:00.
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