BTW, I set up on my sidewalk in Alameda to test my new mount for CCD
imaging. The scud moved in here around 9:30, but I wanted to test the
mount so I persisted. By 11:30, it was as clear and dark as it's been
in a long while. I stayed up till 2am testing the mount with my C9.25.
It passed with flying colors.
Paul Sterngold
--- Richard Ozer <rozer@No-Spam> wrote:
> 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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