30 Dec
2008
30 Dec
'08
8:56 a.m.
Patrick, I noticed the same thing visually, decided to wait till tonight for first light on my very close to complete 15"f/3.7 truss dob. Wish me luck! Cheers David On 2008-12-30 07:16, Patrick Wiggins wrote:
Sitting in my library tonight I succumbed to the siren song of the first clear night skies in days so I opened the observatory and shot some pictures of a couple of targets of opportunity.
It quickly became apparent the jet stream must be screaming overhead (later confirmed). The stars were were so bloated I decided working on today's issue of News would be more productive.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/POORSEEING001.JPG
Maybe next time,
patrick