Looks like Mt. Diablo was the place. Temps in the high 50's most of the night, no wind,
bone dry, and the thick marine layer (about 1000 feet below the summit) covered all
the city lights. Transparency was clear except for a wide wisp of high altitude crud at
about 3:00 am. Seeing was very good, particularly in the early morning hours. Limiting
magnitude was between 5.0 and 5.5; a rare occurence for Mt. Diablo. I bagged 105
messiers... messed up on the ones in Capricorn and Southern Sag... We also saw the
shadow transit of Europa.
RO
Richard Crisp wrote:
> well it's clouded out now
>
> http://www.narrowbandimaging.com/fpcam_page.htm
>
> but lick is clear
>
> http://www.narrowbandimaging.com/Lick_cam_page.htm
>
>
> so I guess the muck is somewhere between 3K and 4K feet up...
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James S. Trotter"
> <jstrotter@No-Spam>
> To: <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 7:47 AM
> Subject: [TAC] Was FP clear?
>
>
>> I wonder if the peak was clear last night for those who went. If they
>> say yes, I'll prolly go tonight...Was scared to go yesterday, didn't
>> wanna get bummed out by the fog...I usually trust the CSC.
>>
>> \James
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>
Received on Sun Mar 13 11:25:35 2005