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January 15, 2010 at 11:15 am #10712
[quote author=Dean Johnson link=topic=233.msg3646#msg3646 date=1263531762]
Ya know what? I think a young talented guy with thousands of dollars of imaging equiptment just might be able to pull in an image of the nebulosity surrounding VY Canis Majoris. It would make for a fabulous follow up image to put into the next RAC newsletter!That is, IF, we could possibly find a guy like that! 😉
[/quote]Now that you brought it up Dean, I really want to take my imaging to the next level and if check out the post "For Sale" you may understand what I'm willing to do to make that happen.
January 15, 2010 at 2:12 pm #10713Hello astronomy fans. The temps are good enough for a January get together at Eagle Bluff, but the cloud cover may not be what we want.
I have the weekend off from tending bar, so I'd be available both tonight and tomorrow night.
Any insights from the RAC Northern Star Party Chair?
January 15, 2010 at 2:36 pm #10714Now both the Weather Channel and CSC for Eagle Bluff are calling for decent observing conditions. A generally clear sky with average to above average transparency. Seeing is rated average to below average.
I called Eagle Bluff and they have absolutely nothing going on, so we'd have a nice dark parking lot with power outlets.
Whaddya think? I would absolutely go.
January 15, 2010 at 3:21 pm #10715I'm in. The temperatures seem positively warm compared to last friday.
January 15, 2010 at 4:01 pm #10716I'm not making any promises because I haven't cleared this with the CEO, but if I showed up at 1:30-2:00 in the morning, what are the odds I'd be all alone? The way I'm sleeping these days, I'd just be starting my day…
January 15, 2010 at 7:05 pm #10717I think I'll pass. Maybe I'll catch something at home…
January 15, 2010 at 9:33 pm #10718When are you setting up? I would have to leave now to get there before dark 😉
Kirk
January 15, 2010 at 10:01 pm #10719I'll try to leave town by 6, maybe sooner if I can.
January 15, 2010 at 11:25 pm #10720From the current weather I'm looking at it appears that it will be cloudy all night?
January 16, 2010 at 12:37 am #10721Yeah, Its pretty cloudy, and not clearing up like the CSC said, so I'm definitely NOT going tonight. I hope tomorrow night look better.
January 16, 2010 at 12:45 am #10722I would have to agree. It definately looks like a NO GO.
Let's stay in tune for tomorrow night.
For tonight, LOCAL OBSERVING ONLY.
January 16, 2010 at 4:46 pm #10723I was out from about 3:20-4:40 this morning and seeing was poor. Transparency was at least average. I nailed 5 Messier galaxies in Coma Berenices, which – once I finish compiling my records – should finish out the whole 110 for me. Hopefully I kept good records… 3 of them required averted vision, one of which required averted vision + motion to really detect.
January 16, 2010 at 9:07 pm #10724Right now the possibility of observing at Eagle Bluff is doable, at least until midnight. Then it looks like cloud cover moves in.
I am, however, inclined towards watching the Arizona Cardinals beat New Orleans so the Vikings can host the NFC Championship game at the Metrodome.
Is anyone out there interested in Eagle Bluff tonight?
January 16, 2010 at 9:43 pm #10725I am very much inclined to go. But I could just go to Keller if no one else is going.
January 16, 2010 at 11:09 pm #10726From the Clear Sky Clock for Eagle Bluff, the winds are estimated at 17 to 28 mph. That would be pretty breezy and EBELC has a very open parking lot.
I think that I will just get a Mars position from my deck tonight. My deck is on the north end of my house that will block the southerly wind quite nicely.
Best of luck to all who observe tonight.
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