04/05 
05/15/04
Still working on my exposure times with planets.
9:40pm
Clouds dissipating , took several Venus Crescent shots- boiling
beautiful sight though.
04/05 05/15/04
Still
working on my exposure times with planets.
This
6 minute exposure, 9:58 - 10:04pm MDT was taken from Cactus Flats North.
9:58
- 10:05pm Q4/Beehive, shot windy- short exposure, with 200mm.
North is from comet to 32v2. Screen
grab of the area from TheSKY.
10:19 - 10:36
Q4 at 100mm, clouds came in immediately thereafter. Bill T. &
I talked for an hour, until started
to rain.
Bill took off after helping to cover the C-14. Made some coffee & waited
a couple hours until sky cleared.
2:37 - 3:30am
May 16, 2004 Viewed Comet Bradfield through Stellarvue 80mm. Got
Good Track! Mag. ~9.2
with 30' tail,
coma diffuse 4/10, tail-fanned ! 7' at end. (Out of focus method to estimate)
Tried unsuccessfully for
Tabor T-3 near
N472, twilight starts.
Image
of Q4 coma
Shot Crescent
Moon 2 w/ Stellarvue- 2 sec exposure. 3 images taken through
C-14 for mosaic. 1 sec. each
Very dewy had to
dry scope every 15 mins. @ end of session. Excellent Night!
