[LVAS] Like A Kid In A Candy Store

[Rob]

Roger,

I think Fred was more generous in his evaluation of the weekend weather 
than I would have been.  I think Fred was there Thursday night, which 
was pretty good after the clouds moved out.  I got there Friday.  There 
was 3 hours of good viewing between 9 and midnight.  After that the 
clouds moved in and it was hit and miss the rest of the night.  Saturday 
was somewhat worse.  There was a couple of hours after midnight.  On 
Friday, I had several visitors that occupied my time, so by the time 
they left, the clouds were moving in and I wasn't able to do any 
individual observing except for the Helix Nebula.  I hope I got enough 
to do an observation report.

Like Fred said, though; when the sky was clear, it was dark and the 
Milky Way stretched from horizon to horizon.

Talk to you guys later.

Rob



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>> From: rayworth1969 at hotmail.com
>> To: lvas at lvlug.org
>> Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:46:39 -0500
>> Subject: [LVAS] Like A Kid In A Candy Store
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>> Just had the greatest three days at Cathedral Gorge. Looking at those dark skies, I was like a kid in a candy store! Unfortunately, the first night, Thursday, I tired out at 11 or so. Had a long day. Friday, got to stay out a bit later and logged a bunch of stuff. Saturday evening, almost gave up the ghost but my wife and I were still a bit wired, so we kept watching the cloud cover. About midnight, the clouds started to dissipate and for about two hours, I was peeking at stuff through holes in the sky. By the time I gave up at 02:00, it was pretty clear but I knew I had a long drive so I gave up.
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>> We had a great little Saturday picnic. Didn't win anything though.
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>> Nailed my obsever's challenge for the month, the Helix Nebula. A report on that will come later.
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>> I also found at least 30 Herschel 2's plus this one string of galaxies that I still haven't identified. I saw a total of 7 galaxies within the field of my cheap old Q70 eyepiece. I'll have more on that later.
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>> For those of you that weren't able to attend, now I know what I've been missing out on.
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>> Fred Rayworth
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