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Old 19-10-2010, 09:53 AM
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It's unbelievable - its' been clear Sat, Sun, Mon and this morning the skies look clear too. Wonder what tonight will bring. I didn't have my scope out Sat (as there was a blizzard) instead, I ran in and out the whole night re learning the sky as it's been so long. Sunday I did the same thing again, tho this time with binoculars (it was still quite cool from the cold snap we're having). The seeing on Sunday was terrible - i could easily see the sky was mud with my naked eye and it wasn't until around 1 am when Orion got some height that the seeing improved noticably. Last night however (Mon) when I got the scope out, the seeing was very poor. Jupiter was jumping around like a ball and the stars wouldn't focus. The Pleiades's cluster (naked eye) saw them all jumping up and down. There was also a lot of dew. Can't complain though, it was great to be able to see the stars after so long.
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