--- In laxastro@yahoogroups.com, "kb9tkg" <kb9tkg@...> wrote:
>
> Overall a nice night. It did clear up after some early clouds. Seeing
> was only so-so which was attributed to the fires up north.
>
> I had my 8" dob and concentrated on objects in Cancer and Leo. Phil
> had his 12.5" truss dob. Mike brought his 8" Celestron and the club's
> 12" (?) dob. Gordon had his new/old 6" reflector. Red and John were
> also there.
>
> What was everyone looking at? What did I miss after I left?
>
> Rick
>

We checked out a few more globulars and did some more eyepiece
experimenting. I've now seen the difference between a 1.25 and 2 inch
eyepiece (on Phil's 12.5 inch truss scope) and it is awesome. We
somehow need to convince Phil (and his wife) that a medium power 2
incher is one of his top priorities. ;-)

Once Jupiter got a little higher, we checked it out, and a 13 mm
eyepiece (122x) was about all we could go. But we played with red,
green, and blue filters and the blue seemed to bring out the bands the
most. As usual, I learned more about this hobby/passion, and really
appreciate all the help from everybody.

By the way, we did some major adjusting of the club scope (13 inch I
believe), but with everything else going on, I didn't get to look
through it after dark. Will check it out more soon and maybe do some
disassembly/cleaning/readjusting if necessary.

Mike R.