From: Ray Byrne <ray@in4media.co.uk>
Date: January 28, 2008 9:57:59 AM MST
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Still chasing Mars!
Dear Jim,
You have my sympathies I personally have had much the same. Surprisingly a good friend of mine who lives only a few miles away has had some good results with the same equipment (he uses Windows although that is irrelevant). What he does have is an observatory and moreover tenacity. I think that with the best will in the world anyone is not going to set-up all their gear on a horrendous night and sit freezing their doodaahs off in the open like I do and I know Alan F does.
So is an observatory the must-have accessory I think it maybe ;O[ will my wife let me have one in out tiny backyard NO! it's no good I'll have to move to a place with a decent sized garden and have an obbo again (mind you too late for this Mars apparition). Good luck in the future BTW good efforts on Mars much better than mine I'd be embarrassed to post mine on the web.
On 28 Jan 2008, at 16:45, jimchung2338 wrote:
Yesterday night CSC predicted a small window of good seeing over Toronto around midnight
and for once it was close to being accurate. Seeing was the best it has been for the past 2
months and I was able to refine my collimation. The first Mars image was showing good
detail but about and hour later the temperatures dropped 5 degrees quickly and seeing
started going sour. This may be the best opportunity I have for this opposition.
Jim
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ATB
Ray Byrne
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