[ATMoB-discuss] Suburban light pollution / last night's seeing

[Bruce Wilson]

Thanks, Mario (and Dave). Ok, the wind aspect is easy to recognize. Would
the clear sky clock have told  me that it wasn't going to be a great night?

On 5/9/07, mmotta at massmed.org <mmotta at massmed.org> wrote:
>
> I did not observe from my observatory
> last night for two reasons:
> 1. high haze, not apparent just looking
> up, but that scatters the existing light
> pollution and brightens the sky.
> 2. windy, that causes poor seeing.
> thus.. you just picked a bad night.
>
> Mario
>
> On Wed, 9 May 2007 10:41:44 -0400, "Dave
> Snay" wrote:
>
> >
> > I was out doing some astro-imaging last
> > night and was struck by how bright
> > the sky was compared to other recent
> > nights. I don't have an explanation,
> > but the sky's apparent darkness
> > certainly does seem to change from
> night
> > to
> > night.
> >
> > ttfn,
> > Dave
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: atmob-discuss-bounces at atmob.org
> > [mailto:atmob-discuss-
> > > bounces at atmob.org] On Behalf Of Bruce
> > Wilson
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 9:37 AM
> > > To: ATMoB-discuss at atmob.org
> > > Subject: [ATMoB-discuss] Suburban
> > light pollution / last night's seeing
> > >
> > > I'm relatively new to astronomy and
> > was wondering if some of you more
> > > experienced folks could offer some
> > advice. I went out to the Weston
> > > reservoir last night, hoping to see a
> > few binocular objects (10 x 50 on a
> > > tripod). I could see most, but not
> > all, of the stars in the Little Dipper.
> > > I
> > > could identify most of the
> > constellations in my planisphere and,
> of
> > > course,
> > > Venus and Saturn. I was disappointed,
> > however, that I could not see any of
> > > the binocular objects such as M3 and
> > others listed in
> > >
> >
> http://www.skymaps.com/skymaps/tesmn0705.pdf
> > >
> > > So here's my question: was the
> problem
> > suburban light pollution, poor
> > > seeing, or both? Or was it my
> > technique? Do I need to travel the 55
> > > minutes
> > > to the clubhouse to get darker skies,
> > or was last night just poor seeing
> > > (despite the lack of clouds and moon)
> > and on another night I'll be able to
> > > see plenty from Weston?
> > >
> > > Suggestions? Thanks!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bruce Wilson
> > > 617 823 8041 (c)
> > >
> >
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Bruce Wilson
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