Good report as usual. I don't think NGC 3918 shows much in the way of detail at all, although observing it at 700x with my 12" I thought I could detect uneveness in its surface brightness but I'm not too sure.
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1am, the door opens and I get the "ahem, do you know what time it is" from the better half. Reluctantly, I stretch and think about packing up. I glance up and am stunned to see a band of cirrus cloud has come in and is over the area I'd been observing.
I broke everything down and packed up. I get inside and see Mrs. Goober had just put an episode of Buffy on. Forty more minutes I could have had outside!  |
Put her on a guilt trip......"You know hun, i could always be roaming the streets and getting high on dope and prostitutes"
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Originally Posted by goober
I glance up and am stunned to see a band of cirrus cloud has come in and is over the area I'd been observing.
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That's called the "melbourne factor"