[Chaos-l] tomorrow night

[Michael Hrivnak]

I have commandeered a vehicle for tomorrow night that is suitable for getting 
my scope out to Farrington.  Right now, it looks like Hanna's clouds won't 
roll in until Friday morning.  Assuming that's the case, I will be out there 
tomorrow night early.  I'm going to get there by 7 so I can work on 
collimation.

I think I haven't been getting my secondary mirror square with the focuser.  I 
suspect it's rotated one way or the other.  Any advice on that?

The other night was great.  Lagoon, Trifid, Swan, Dumbbell, and Ring nebulas 
all looked great.  The Veil was really fantastic.  M13 was stunning as 
always.  I stayed out just long enough to see the Andromeda Galaxy and 
friends peak over the tree tops.  I almost got out my sun glasses to deal 
with how bright that galaxy looked.  By that point (midnight), everything was 
pretty wet, so I packed up.

Michael
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