Observing on Friday 12/29/00, where?

David Kingsley (kingsley@No-Spam)
Fri, 29 Dec 1999 12:01:07 -0800

>Ping for Taco observing plans.
>I'm thinking about Dino..but I wonder about the high clouds.
>Hmmmm..any visual comments on cloud cover to the south?
>
>James
>Saratoga 1130

Satellite images looked terrible this morning, and the animated loops
suggest even more broken high clouds are coming for the entire area.
I'll check again late this afternoon, but will probably just set up
locally and look at whatever bright stuff can still shine through the
crud.

An earthshine crescent moon should be very close to Venus around
sunset, and should make a beautiful naked eye view.

There will also be an Io transit of Jupiter tonight (10:01 to 12:10),
with the shadow transiting from 10:48 to 1 am.

David Kingsley


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