Averton
18-06-2023, 12:23 PM
The SSM graph from our previous session (16 June) was meaningless due to so many interruptions by clouds but for this session the SSM graph doesn't tell the real story - you needed an anenometer as well.
The seeing was OKish and we have included the wind speeds from a nearby recording locality. We basically had gusts over 50km/hr most of the time with a few over 60km/hr. So we took precautions with tying things down to weights and taping equipment in place but even so the aperture mask ended up flying across the backyard at one point. We were lucky to catch the then unnamed AR3339 just coming onto the SE limb.
Regardless of the conditions we were still keen to image as there have been so few opportunities recently and the forecast is for more bad weather.
The seeing was OKish and we have included the wind speeds from a nearby recording locality. We basically had gusts over 50km/hr most of the time with a few over 60km/hr. So we took precautions with tying things down to weights and taping equipment in place but even so the aperture mask ended up flying across the backyard at one point. We were lucky to catch the then unnamed AR3339 just coming onto the SE limb.
Regardless of the conditions we were still keen to image as there have been so few opportunities recently and the forecast is for more bad weather.