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Second try at autoguiding: a little clumsy but ... success! Twenty-four 5-minute exposures of Triangulum with nary a wobble. Very excited.
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So-so seeing? Check. Passing clouds? Check. Clearest night in a month? Check. Going to take a first crack at autoguiding? Checkity check check.
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The dismal realization that the one thing you can't order from any astronomy supplier is a clear night.
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Saw my first sunspots today (thanks, SGL, for the Baader film recommendations!). Very cool. Looking forward to getting more solar observing experience.
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First clear night in almost three weeks and calling it quits early because I'm tired and impatient. Hard call but getting mad at the scope is a sure sign it's time for sleep.
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Tonight was the first really clear night we've had in Seattle in over a month. Took full advantage of it, photographing two galaxies (including one that I couldn't see even with the telescope but the camera, happily, could), a nebula and a cluster of a half-million stars elsewhere in the Milky Way. Going to bed now but looking forward to lots of image processing over the next few nights (when it's expected to be raining again!).