Aiming the 32" manually must violate some sort of labor law. Did it track once it was aimed?
Last night was frustrating. The star party probably should have been
cancelled on grounds of cloud cover alone. It was a sucker-hole evening.
Aiming the 32" manually is a chore, especially overhead. The easiest way was using the laser, but there's still a bit of sweeping around unless you get very lucky the first time. Thanks to Bill Kennedy for opening and closing up, I was just beat from burning the candle at both ends and left a bit early. With the telescope in limp mode, video experiments would have been a lot of work, and the cloud cover made them impossible.
I hope you get better seeing that we've had lately; it should improve in September.
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 8:02 PM, <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
I think I do need to get out there a few times this fall.
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