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Hazey Conditions and Telescope Seeing?


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With temporary absence of the Jet Stream "bouncing things around"(!),
I find myself wondering about nights (and days) with Hazey Conditions?
Such seems almost given (spreading aircraft contrails etc.) these days. ?

But I do get surprisingly good results (red light!) H-Alpha Solar images?!?  
Maybe there is a (narrow band) secret to penetrating high cloud? I tend
to "give up" when I see Lunar Halos! Any notably positive experience? ?

Recently bought a Baader 685 IR-Pass Filter... Looking forward to testing
it out on the Moon and the Planets! (If I can see *that* "low down"! lol)

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7 minutes ago, Peter Drew said:

Hazy  conditions are often accompanied by homogenous still air.
Results are steady images favouring planets but detrimental to DSO's.

Certaininly seems that way! <Thinks> I suppose the "scatter" due to high
cloud is (like a prism) constant, if you are looking in narrow band light?!? ?
I suspect this would mess-up "white light" or "one shot" colour imaging...

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Peter is quite right in what he says.  In fact I've just put my telescope mount outside for Mars later on.  As soon as I saw it was a little hazy it made me optimistic I'll have decent seeing in the early hours.  Now, if that hasn't put the kybosh on it nothing will!  :smile:

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