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Dean,
Just got back from Bolivia and north shore dive trip and need some serious sky time, if the weather holds I would be up for one or two nights.
Moon rises at 10:16 on Friday and 10:38 on Saturday, still gibbous. Seems a little too early in the evening. Perhaps the next weekend?
It certainly looks like Friday won't happen and Saturday looks iffy.
Next weekend for sure, if the weather co-operates!
I got out for three and a half hours on Saturday night. More out of town company, old buddy of mine from Texas with 3 teenage kids. They live in San Antonio and had never looked through a telescope before.
I showed them Saturn, Venus, Mars, Polaris, M57, M13, M22, M8, M7, M6, Albireo, Antares and M4, and finished off the night with Jupiter and the Moon. The last two impressed them the most. (Saturn was low in the sky when we looked at it and didn't look the best). Jupiter showed all four of the Galilean Moons off to one side and had a background star on the other that almost looked like a fifth Galilean satellite. It was weird not seeing the south equatorial belt. It shows, but is very faint. The Moon was its usual spectacular self.
The youngest kid, a boy named Bradley, was very excited about astronomy. I wouldn't be suprised if he gets a scope some day.
BTW, nice shots of M16 John!
Clear skies and auroras last night. Too bad I missed it. Reports are that it could be good again tonight.
Kirk
Nice clear skies, but for the smoke and sparks coming from the ship's stacks. Decent looks at Luna, Jupiter and Pleiades with Binos. Otherwise, I got good practice blocking out ambient light with spare clothing.
A little green and red showed on the horizon to the north around 3-4 in the morning, but I think that was night showing signs of fading into dawn.
Cloudy now, but we can always hope for better luck tonight.
Kirk
I called Eagle Bluff about a Friday night session and they don't have anything going on, so if anyone is interested, the big dark parking lot is available for tonight.
I can't make it though. My fellow bartender is taking her kids to the Milwaukee Zoo and tonight is a DJ night. (Good tips) I want to build up some extra cash for next weekend.
Right now the Flatin Farm is full of tall weedy organic oats, but Ed assured me that it will be flat for the Star B-Q. I was out there last night for two hours and caught those two big sunspots before the Sun went down. That was very neat to see. I had to pack up and leave at 10 p.m. because a skunk was closing in on me and I couldn't use my laser pointer to chase him away with all the tall vegetation. At least I didn't get sprayed.
I talked to Storlie's and have a Port-a-Potty lined up. Let's hope for some decent weather.
Anyone wanting to find Keller, there is an article with a map in the newsletter for 2009 Q4 #12.
Here: http://www.rochesterskies.org/aNew/newsletter/rac-newsletter-2009-q4.pdfKeller can be kind of hard to find in the dark. There are no signs.
Jim Blackwell, I did reply to your message, hope you got it. Or see previous post here with link to newsletter with Keller description.
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