[Chaos-l] Observing Report

[Michael Hrivnak]

Tonight was a decent night for observing, and many enjoyable objects were 
found.

We had three scopes and at least one set of binoculars.  Observing set off 
around 9pm under humid but clear skies.  I could never get past about 150x 
all night without fuzzing out.  M5 was spectacular, I saw the Leo Triplet all 
in one field of view with a 35mm Panoptic, saw some spiral detail on 
Whirlpool, etc.  Looking at Ursa Minor, skies were no better than 5th 
magnitude.  To the South, things were much better as they always are at 
Farrington, although we didn't do any benchmarks with stars that way.

Around 11:30, the wind picked up.  By 11:40 we noticed some clouds approaching 
from the NW, and by 11:50 the sky was covered.  We all packed up.  By 12:05, 
I was nearly done packing up, and the sky was clearing.  By 12:10, it was 
clear as a bell, as it still is right now.

I call it a very successful evening.  Kumar brought his parents, who seemed to 
enjoy themselves quite a bit.  I hope to get out again when the bad weather 
clears around Monday or Tuesday.

Michael
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