MB 12/28/00

Richard Ozer (rozer@No-Spam)
Fri, 29 Dec 1999 08:56:34 -0800

Even with the intolerable crud, I managed to finish my Messier survey with a
hazy M79 in Lepus. Now I have to figure out which list to start chasing
next. Also, with the help of James' 5mm Radian eyepiece, I was able to
clearly resolve Saturn's C ring for the first time in my scope; After
playing around with various combinations, I also discovered that I could use
my Meade Ultrawide 8.8 with a 2X barlow to achieve nearly the same
resolution.

Thanks for the clarification that the transit was Europa.... Having not
looked at my Jupiter program, I thought it was Io.

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Turley" <jturley@No-Spam>
To: <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 1999 11:51 PM
Subject: MB seeing 12/28/00..poor

> Alan Zaza, Richard Ozer and myself showed up at MB this evening (12/28).
> Ranger Brandon showed up and said hello. At sunset, all looked
> promising. 47 degrees, 47 percent. As time went by, high scud became
> worse, to intolerable crud by 11PM. Horizons lost. Limiting mag at best
> 4. We all packed up and left, 46 degrees/ 37 percent. Some brief nice
> views of Europa Transit in Rich and Alan's scope.
>
> James
> Saratoga
>

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