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Old 18-05-2013, 02:31 AM
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kinetic (Steve)
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Lagoon hi res, exceptional seeing

Seeing was pretty awesome tonight......
All charts showed it was very promising.
Live preview after midnight was the best I have seen in
years.
Steady half flux ratio of between 1.45-1.70 !!!!!!
The bottom line being steady. I have never seen it that steady.

I got to work gathering a set of the Lagoon.
Cooling was difficult with the dew point at 7c along with ambient at 7c...that meant 100% humidity, which of course meant fog.
I now have fog well set in at nearly 2am.

This set ticks nearly all the boxes for me for the usual niggles I never
seem to get quite right.

Seeing...tick
Focus.....tick
tracking....homemade worm...big tick
No cloud...tick
No wind....apart from man made...tick
cooled CCD ...tick
dew kept at bay...tick

I hereby submit this result for IOTW! consideration

Steve
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