Re: [APML] Unique Photo Supra - Its the good stuff!

[Bruce Glagola <glagola@aps.anl.gov>]

Roland,

Your past weekend sounds similar to my last time out in December.  On 
the plus side for me I only have a one hour drive to a dark site. 
This allows my family to send me out by myself.  Mike Richmann and I 
went to the site and got everything setup and aligned.  I managed to 
get a 30 minute exposure of M47 and the clouds really moved in 
quickly.  It was just another night to go back home and get more 
sleep.  Since that time it is either cloudy or bitterly cold during 
the new moons.  Later this week the "weather gods" are talking about a 
break in the pattern of cold.  I guess the winter shots will have to 
wait until next year.

Best of luck in the next moon.

Bruce
(http://users.rcn.com/glagola/


Roland Roberts wrote:
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>>>>>>"Bruce" == Bruce Glagola <glagola@aps.anl.gov> writes:
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>     Bruce> We have just suffered through the 3rd complete wash out in
>     Bruce> a row during new moon in the Chicago [...] I haven't had
>     Bruce> the scope out since the beginning of December.
> 
> Well, misery loves company and it sure feels good to not be alone :-/
> 
> My wife an I plan outings once a month, corresponding to the new moon,
> to get out of NYC.  The weekend of March 1, we couldn't get out of
> town, so we went this past weekend.  The Clear Sky Clock forecast good
> conditions starting at 9 PM and by midnight it was to be 100% clear,
> above average transparency, but below average seeing.  I'm doing
> constellation portraits, so I didn't care about the seeing.  After a
> 3-hour drive, and getting the kids to bed, it was nearly midnight, the
> skies looks good, I carefully set up everything, loaded all four
> cameras and started my polar alignment.  It was 1:15 AM.  At 1:25, a
> couple of stray clouds floated through.  At 1:27, the sky disappeared.
> I waited half an hour, and threw a tarp over everything.  My last good
> night was also in December.
> 
> Hope if gets better for you, too.
> 
> regards,
> 
> roland
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