CGO Tonight 7/22
Moderator: defalkner
CGO Tonight 7/22
Forecasts look good, and I am looking forward to an evening of observing at Cherry Grove tonight. Is anyone else planning to be there?
Master Observer
Orion XT10 dob
Orion StarBlast 4.5" f4 on a Dwarfstar alt-az mount
Vortex 10 x 56 binocs
Orion 150mm f12 MakCas
Orion XT10 dob
Orion StarBlast 4.5" f4 on a Dwarfstar alt-az mount
Vortex 10 x 56 binocs
Orion 150mm f12 MakCas
Re: CGO Tonight 7/22
I plan on going down but will continue to watch the weather.
Re: CGO Tonight 7/22
Same here, if it looks like it'll remain clear we'll be down.
Brent Emery
10" Meade Starfinder Dob.
8" SCT/Advanced VX eq.
10" Meade Starfinder Dob.
8" SCT/Advanced VX eq.
Re: CGO Tonight 7/22
Nancy, if you are at CGO tonight and someone needs training on opening/closing Cherry Grove, could you go over it with them and then email me who you trained. They will also need to email me so I can send them a code. I checked this morning and there were Tstorms in the forecast, so I committed to other activities, gambling on tomorrow.
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Re: CGO Tonight 7/22
I will be there if the weather holds.
Re: CGO Tonight 7/22
Just wanted to thank everyone for an incredible first star party, dew be damned! I learned and saw many things, and I will definitely be out to CGO again.
Re: CGO Tonight 7/22
Turned out to be a good crowd last night and great observing conditions until about 3:15 when the clouds moved in. By the time I got packed up and drove home, it was dawn. We had a couple waves of ground fog filling up the sky - at one point I watched Capricorn dim and almost disappear for a few minutes in the south, while straight up the skies were still very clear.
I worked on the AL Double Star list, with my smaller (4.5" f8) scope. Found some interesting differences, especially in field-of-view, in using this f8 versus the f5 that I have been using most of the last couple years. Starhopping is quite a different experience!
I worked on the AL Double Star list, with my smaller (4.5" f8) scope. Found some interesting differences, especially in field-of-view, in using this f8 versus the f5 that I have been using most of the last couple years. Starhopping is quite a different experience!
Master Observer
Orion XT10 dob
Orion StarBlast 4.5" f4 on a Dwarfstar alt-az mount
Vortex 10 x 56 binocs
Orion 150mm f12 MakCas
Orion XT10 dob
Orion StarBlast 4.5" f4 on a Dwarfstar alt-az mount
Vortex 10 x 56 binocs
Orion 150mm f12 MakCas