[Chaos-l] Observing session, 7/17

[Stewart-Taylor, Jon]

Hi all.  Mark, John and I did make it to Farrington last night from
9:00ish until about 11:30.  It was an extraordinary night, with no
dewing to speak of, and quite good seeing and transparency.  Highlights
included a Ganymede occultation, the summer globulars in Serpens,
Ophiucus, and Scorpius, and the UMA and CVN messier galaxies.  Thanks to
John for showing us T Lyrae, a very intensely colored variable "carbon
star".  For more info, you can check out
http://www.belmontnc.4dw.net/carbonstar.htm for a list and
http://www.mnastro.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=11399&sid=d6d55d07314d8428
4835b3c54689960d for a discussion.

J.
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