Joe, No apology is necessary. You did not bother me a bit. I felt sorry for your misfortune. I was sketching anyway and had an eye patch on to protect my observing eye part of the time so no biggie. Things happen and I firmly believe in life, we need to be far more understanding of each other. I need to apology as I got into my own routine and failed to offer to be of assistance. I appreciate the warnings you gave when you need light. I would welcome the opportunity to observe with you again. I'm hoping to go there or perhaps up to the Grantsville Reservoir on Friday (looks like rain right now) or Saturday which is a little higher and may avoid some of the humidity that can happen on the desert floor locations. We'll see how the weather is come this weekend. I captured 15 Herschels last night (mainly galaxies) and sketched about 7 of them, taking about 20 to 30 minutes per object to observe detail and sketch. Michael was in the zone last night and it was a pleasure to just watch him observe, and would welcome the opportunity to observe with him around again also. I also looked at about 6 other objects in detail. My final object was NGC 2903, which looked really good and showed visually, some decent detail. Since I had to work today I left around 2:00a.m. and I apology to Michael for leaving and disturbing him. On 2010-03-17 00:13, Joe Bauman wrote:
I finally caught up with Michael and Jay, I'm very sorry to say, and we set up at Pit 'N' Pole. I'm sorry for them, not for me. I was the world's worst observing partner, because I had a telescope disaster unlike anything I've dealt with before, and I had to hop in and out of my Jeep, turn on the indoor lights, sometimes accidentally turn on the headlights, etc. I was awful to be around. I'll write about the incident for a blog, but not tonight. -- Best wishes, and apologies to Michael and Jay, Joe
Thanks for the kind note, Jay. There was nothing anyone else could do. I unscrewed my collimation knobs too far, which made the secondary mirror detach and fall into the tube. Fortunately, the tube was horizontal at the time and the secondary didn't slam into either the main mirror or the corrector plate. But I had to take the corrector plate to get at it, and in trying to put the secondary back together I managed to cover it with tiny scratches, which means I'll need to have it re-aluminized. Meanwhile I tried to clean the corrector plate and managed to get smears over it that haven't come off. I'll try to wash them off and if that doesn't work, I'll probably need to get the plate re-coated. All in all, I was a poor excuse for an amateur astronomer. Best wishes, and I greatly appreciate your understanding, Joe PS: After I get the 'scope squared away again I'd love to return to Pit 'N' Pole with you, Michael, and anyone else who would enjoy the site. Maybe that can be around next new moon. ________________________________ From: JayLEads <jayleads@gmail.com> To: Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 7:49:56 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Pit 'N' Pole misadventure Joe, No apology is necessary. You did not bother me a bit. I felt sorry for your misfortune. I was sketching anyway and had an eye patch on to protect my observing eye part of the time so no biggie. Things happen and I firmly believe in life, we need to be far more understanding of each other. I need to apology as I got into my own routine and failed to offer to be of assistance. I appreciate the warnings you gave when you need light. I would welcome the opportunity to observe with you again. I'm hoping to go there or perhaps up to the Grantsville Reservoir on Friday (looks like rain right now) or Saturday which is a little higher and may avoid some of the humidity that can happen on the desert floor locations. We'll see how the weather is come this weekend. I captured 15 Herschels last night (mainly galaxies) and sketched about 7 of them, taking about 20 to 30 minutes per object to observe detail and sketch. Michael was in the zone last night and it was a pleasure to just watch him observe, and would welcome the opportunity to observe with him around again also. I also looked at about 6 other objects in detail. My final object was NGC 2903, which looked really good and showed visually, some decent detail. Since I had to work today I left around 2:00a.m. and I apology to Michael for leaving and disturbing him. On 2010-03-17 00:13, Joe Bauman wrote:
I finally caught up with Michael and Jay, I'm very sorry to say, and we set up at Pit 'N' Pole. I'm sorry for them, not for me. I was the world's worst observing partner, because I had a telescope disaster unlike anything I've dealt with before, and I had to hop in and out of my Jeep, turn on the indoor lights, sometimes accidentally turn on the headlights, etc. I was awful to be around. I'll write about the incident for a blog, but not tonight. -- Best wishes, and apologies to Michael and Jay, Joe
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