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Eyes vs. telescopes (was Re: (meteorobs) Meteor observing food)
>that stuff[...] interferes with the actual viewing. I am not even taking
>the telescopes and binoculars this time, because it also took away from
>actual viewing time. This time we believe it is going to be serious, so we
>plan to view view view!!!
This was great, Stephanie - sounds like your group has really been bitten
by the meteor-observing (and recording?) bug! :) I definitely advise not
bringing your scope - ESPECIALLY if you are a deep-sky buff like me... I
can't count all the times I've cut meteor-observing down to just an hour
or two because I just HAD to take advantage of those transparent skies to
view galaxy clusters or other non-ephemeral phenomena. What I experience
afterward is something I call "Deep Sky Guilt" - and it's a scourge! :)
BTW, you MAY want to keep binoculars handy by your observing chair: I do
this even during serious major shower observing sessions, just in case I
am privileged to witness a really long-duration persistent train... Any
train lasting longer than 30 seconds to the naked-eye is very tempting to
view with binoculars: Once in a GREAT while, these long-duration trains
can be followed in the binocs for several minutes or more...
Clear skies for the Geminids, and be sure to let us know what you see!
Lew Gramer
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