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Originally Posted by Quark
Doesn't it lift the spirit when data such as this is streaming in, the Flea is working well for you.
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Yeah its does. When the drought was happening I was getting seeing like this on a regular basis and thought nothing of it whatsoever (it had been nearly 10 years of drought and I have only been imaging at Hi resolution since 2004-5. From the time of the drought breaking (18 months or so) the seeing had dried up with few nights of stability. It was becoming a little depressing.
Last night I was very excited watching the live feed, muttering under my breath for fear of waking my neighbours and my wife. It had been so long since observing exceptional seeing I could hardly believe my eyes. I had become desensitised to observing average seeing and thinking it was good when in fact it was simply average. Being a seasoned campaigner of this caper I knew that the seeing would return but I had in recent times begun to wonder when.
This was like seeing my first lot of good seeing all over again. A wonderful feeling as you well know. It is times like this that make planetary imaging fascinating and a real joy.