5/17/2021 about 9:00PM-1:00AMLocust Valley, NYTransparency: 8/10, Seeing ?/5Temperature: 50-65Equipment: Celestron Ultima 8 with PEC and Stellarvue 70mm I wanted to see if I could use the Synguider on the Stellarvue while imaging with the 8 inch. It took me too long though to get fully set up. For about an hour though there was quite
Time: 3/23/2002 10:00PM-12:00AMLocation: Parent’s house, College Point, NY — about 45 degreesEquipment: 4.5″ Newtonian Got my laser collimator today, and tried to collimate the scope using it. I also have the focuser cap for 1.25″ eyepieces instead of the .965″ eyepieces.After collimating used the 17mm(54x) and 7.4mm(123x) 1.25″ eyepieces on Jupiter. Was able to see
Time: 3/14/2002 9:00-10:30 PMLocation: Jones BeachTemperature: about 50 degreesEquipment: 4.5 inch Newtonian. Sky started out partially cloudy. I went to Jones Beach mainly to test out my collimation. I’m trying to see if I can see Airy rings around stars. I started with what I’m pretty sure was Arcturus in the East, but I wasn’t
Time: 3/10/2002 ~7:00-7:30 PMLocation: Jones BeachWent to Jones beach to meet with Linda Prince to Try to find Comet Ikeya-Zhang. Temp about mid 30s. Extremely windy. Partially cloudy. Did not set up the scope because of wind conidtions. Linda brought a set of Binoculars that she let me use to try to find the comet,
Time: 2/20/2002 7:00-7:30Location: Robert Moses State ParkWent to RM to try see moon occult Saturn. I was the only one at the site. It was very wind any mostly overcast had a patch of clear skies for about 10 minutes, was able to see moon and saturn, but the sky cloded over about 5 minutes
Time: 2/18/2002 6-8 PMTried to go to Jones Beach and Robert Moses State Park, none of the lots were open. Pity too because the sky look clear although it was cold, at about 30-40 F. I may need to find another open area.