Last night I went up to Little Mtn. Pass to see if altitude (about 7100ft) would improve the seeing over the city (about 4100ft). Although there was a 3 mph surface wind, the seeing was Antonaidi II - slight undulatations, with moments of calm lasting for several seconds. On a five count, 4 in 5 of the counts were calm seeing. Retesting back at home in the city, the seeing was Antonaidi III - Moderate seeing, with larger air tremors - or IV - Constant troublesome undulations. On a five count, 2 out of 5 were calm seeing. Looks like the altitude change did make a difference. All-in-all, a serene closest approach passage of Mars. I was going to drive out SPOC at transit, but I got hooked into giving club member Kim Jongwon a basic Messier and double tour with his 10" Meade DOB. - Canopus56(Kurt) --- Michael Carnes <michaelcarnes@earthlink.net> wrote:
Thanks for the pointers. I live right between Little C and Big C, but haven't headed up for observing. I usually see too much turbulence as indicated by cloud cover. But sometimes you just get desperate.
-----Original Message----- From: Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> Sent: Oct 30, 2005 5:09 PM To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Mars
5) Emigration Canyon - Little Mtn. Pass. December and February are the best times because the light pollution is lower than in summer.
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