[Chaos-l] [Medoc-mountain-men] weather and stuff

[John]

Mahdup and I did a little observing and imaging last night in Powhatan. It was the best night in two months. For me it was  the first night with my AP 900. Good thing I had the instructions! I was able to split Antares with the 152 f/9 refractor at 270x. Also looked at the triple in M20, the "spaghetti" and open cluster in M24,  3 companions of Mu Sgr, and several others. 

Mahdup spent a while drift aligning his mount and did 100 x 1 min of M22. 

John

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On Aug 17, 2012, at 8:30 AM, "Allen Davis" <starstorm151 at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Well, once again the weather  looks very iffy on the weekend.  Last night
> was the night to observe, but I had too much going on to go.  Thank goodness
> the new roof is finished on the house after the mess we had two weeks ago.
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> I am still considering going to Staunton River this evening, but will wait
> and see about weather.  The CSC and forecasts look a bit better for Medoc
> than Staunton River.  The seeing also looks better at Medoc.  I wouldn't
> mind a little road trip though.
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> I'll see later on and wait and see the verdict from CHAOS on that also.
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> IF nothing else I will go to Medoc if I don't go to SR.
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> I got up early this morning..my mother has a lab appt..and I cleaned my
> Takahashi refractor lens using their cleaning kit.  It has been a couple of
> years since a cleaning I think..and it needed it.  Came out well.  Didn't
> take that long.about a half hour total..and I am good to go for another two
> or three years.will be setting that up tonight hopefully.
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> The 20 " mirror is to be delivered to Spectrum Coatings today in FL for
> recoat and hopefully I'll have that back in a few days.  Looking forward to
> star parties, and yes folks...don't forget about our program at Medoc on Sat
> Sept 15.
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> The weather seems to be breaking up a bit and I hope the trend continues for
> a better fall.  The spring and summer sure have been the worst I have
> experienced in many a year..maybe the worst I can remember.
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> Ill keep folks posted..anyone interested in Medoc if SR doesn't pan out?
> allen
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> E. Allen Davis
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> starstorm151 at embarqmail.com
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> "M'Illumino              "I am enlightened
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> D'Immenso"              by the immensity."
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>   -Ungaretti               -Ungaretti
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