On 27 Oct 2013, at 20:39 , Chuck Hards wrote:
Did you get a break in the clouds? See anything good? Impressions?
I'm off to bed, 4 AM comes awfully fast. I'll read your reports in the morning.
That thing is HUGE. Walking from my car to where I thought the 1.8 was set up I could not see it and started to wonder if I'd gone to the wrong house. But then I came around a large tree and was confronted by the even much larger 1.8. Wow! And I love the flag up on top. The best we got weather wise was thin clouds. But adding to the fun was a very nice and near vertical pass of ISS that was easily visible. Ken Porras had his camera ready and snapped a series of shots of ISS passing through the superstructure of the scope. Nice! Chances are we'll get another chance to look through the scope but for today I was just satisfied to look at it. Of course ATS after was also fun. BTW, Mike said his priority is getting the scope out to the public with getting it completely finished coming second. One of the spots he hopes to "plant" it for a while is SPOC. Hmmm, anyone want to spring for a simple building to house it in at SPOC between road trips? Once again, that thing is HUGE!!! :) patrick