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Re: (meteorobs) Hale/Bopp Observation Jan 19
OK George;
Boy, what a sad story! At least you get clear skies once in a while!
Still waiting for skies to clear from the cloudiness in December!!!:-)
Think that I had better move to a cloudless part of the world.
Dan When did that mountain get there???
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> Now for my sob story. I had all intentions to photograph the comet this
> morning. I set my camera up on it's guided platform and everything. Around 2
> am I noticed that the comet's Declination lined up with a pesky juniper tree
> that my father in law won't let me trim. So...I moved my camera platform to
> another mount that I have out in the field for just this kind of problem.
> Well, The comet didn't clear a small mountain peak until about 5h20m. Then
> at the secondary camera mount, it just barely lined up with another tree
> that I never had a problem with. By the time it cleared for my camera,
> twilight was appearing. Without the tree, I would have had only about 10
> minutes to make any exposures. Hale/Bopp appeared at the worst spot for my
> observing site. I guess I will have to wait for it to move to another
> location to get it's photograph?
> George Zay
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