From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: April 14, 2009 6:04:09 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Seeing in Calgary..

Hi Mark;

On 14-Apr-09, at 5:25 PM, Mark Gaffney wrote:

Hi Milton, Won`t your seeing gradually improve with the summer

weather?

Nope. Usually it gets worse because of the thermals, especially in the summer time. We get about 20 hours of sunlight per day here in the summer. Drive another 900 miles north and your at the Arctic Circle and the sun doesn't set.

Today it was -15°C with wind chill, wind speeds was in the 70 kmph range and we had whiteout conditions from snow in the morning. So much for "Global Warming".

I`ve just posted a new moon image, myself. At least my

focusing has improved with the monitor taken out on a picnic table

near the scope. The rain has cleared for the time being here but

everything is sodden & muddy. Mark.

If your focus is poor, it doesn't matter what your seeing conditions are the images will always be soft.

TTYL..

Milton Aupperle