TACOs,
Yes, it was me. Or rather, my new 'scope, TOBY, which collected its
first ancient photons last night.
My sincerest apologies to all who suffered. I had thought that I was
doing a good thing by postponing first light to Sunday, so that it
wouldn't ruin everyone's Saturday night viewing. But this 'scope is
just so darn awesome (it's a CPT) that I guess it affected both nights.
I got home at 2:30 AM (yes, there were more and better sucker holes
later), and work calls, so a first light report will have to wait until
after work today.
About the name... I know some people name cars, and some name
telescopes (there's Jamie's Felix, of course, and Rashad's Old School,
and probably many others). I usually don't name stuff, but this 'scope
begs for one. I'll explain the name in the first light report (unless
anyone wants to make a contest out of guessing). Here's a hint:
http://www201.pair.com/resource/astro.html/regular/products/cpt/
Now that this is out of the way, maybe we'll have clear skies for the
new moon weekend coming up...
Bob J.
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