Are you heading to Coe this weekend?
Robert. . .
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From: Phil Chambers <ptchamb@No-Spam>
To: list astro-tac <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 1999 12:15 PM
Subject: Montebello Last Night
> Montebello was populated by 4 of us last night. We were wondering aloud
> what happened to San Jose as the light dome in that direction was
> virtually non existant.
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> Turns out it was fog as I found out on the drive home. The peninsula
> light dome was evident, however.
>
> As a result it was very dark with the Milky Way showing up quite readily.
> The sky was very transparent but the seeing was pretty shakey. Antares
> would not split in my N5 like it did a week ago. I could make it out but
> it was dancing over 1/4 of the eyepiece. (230x or so).
>
> The dumbell looked quite nice as well as several of the M galaxies. It
> was a good evening there and I folded shop about 12:30. I noticed one
> good meteor that left a 5 deg or so trail of sparks (it may have bounced
> off). My heart attack of the evening came while concentrating on Antares
> at high power. An airliner drove right across the middle, filling the
> eyepiece. Even at the oblique angle, the wingtips were barely on the ep
> and the cabin lights left a white streak across the fov. Its a good thing
> nothing was behind me when that happened !!!
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> Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
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