(SNES) Friday night at FDO

[Albireo54@aol.com]

Hi Everyone,

Well.......it was one of THOSE nights down at FDO! (And we didn't even get to 
watch "Longitude".) Some promise of clearing, a few decent views, then more 
clouds, then pea soup and showers. Quite a few determined souls (mostly folks 
on vacation at local campsites) came by with high hopes of some good viewing. 
Well, the logbook will tell the story. I believe we managed to look at five 
objects in total. None of the views were anything to write home about, as the 
naked eye limiting magnitude must have been about 2.5 - at its best! Still, 
regulars Les, Steve, Barry, Satish and I were in high spirits all night. 

The most interesting thing to watch, in fact, was the nearly constant 
flashing of lightning in the far distance, illuminating the thick humid air 
over FDO, even when it was nearly clear above. As I found out later, two 
lines of thunderstorms had passed by - one to the south over the ocean, and a 
second one up through NE CT and on into south central MA. So I guess we were 
lucky to get even a few minutes at the eyepiece of the 16"!

Naturally, by the time I got home to Webster (50 miles NNW of FDO) the skies 
had totally cleared. But it was still oppressively humid, and the magnitude 
limit was no better than 3.5. So I guess no one got any good viewing in 
tonight. 
:o(

The forecast for tomorrow night (Saturday) is again for partly cloudy skies. 
Who knows what that really means? We'll just have to play it by ear once 
more. Hope to see some of you down there, weather permitting!

:o)
Doug Stewart
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