You know, in the end, there can be excellent seeing at any time of year, the trick is being out under the stars with a scope when it happens! Chuck's first rule of astronomy-camping: The seeing will improve/clouds go away ten minutes after you've given up and crawled into the sleeping bag! C. --- Kim Hyatt <khyatt@smithlayton.com> wrote:

Chuck - I wasn't questioning anything. I, too have had some excellent observing in winter (I just don't do it as often any more - maybe I've become a bit of a wimp.) I believe all your statements are true. I just remember blanket statements from my high school physics and college astronomy classes that wintertime observing was generally more turbulent. I haven't found that this was necessarily true for me.

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