30 Mar
2009
30 Mar
'09
2:05 p.m.
Was anyone able to see or get pictures of the shadow transit last Saturday morning? Dale Hooper and I looked for it for several hours. The seeing wouldn't permit very high power so it was really difficult to tell what we were seeing. We did have a lot of good observing time for the Messier objects. The clouds went away and sundown and we had only occasional clouds until about 3am. When it didn't clear back off, we packed up and went home. That campground is really good for being only an hour or so away. The nearest street or farm lights appear to be a mile or more away. They really didn't bother us. All in all it was a nice night of observing. Dave