We had 3 present af the RACOBS:
Quinten Brener – visitor
Chris Cole – RAC Co-chairman
Me – RAC ALCOR
Quinten setup a camera up by The lake while Chris and I set up in the “traditional” spot. Quintin was there to test out a new Canon DSLR by doing a timelapse. He did manage to capture a bright meteorite that left a smoky green trail in one of his frames. He had never seen any planet or deep sky object through a telescope before, so I’m sure that was a real treat for him.
The night was pleasant and the bugs weren’t too bad. Sky clarity was 4 / 5. There was a faint breeze coming off the lake and not a cloud in the sky.
Doug played around with an astovideo camera. The images of Mars were tiny but with Jupiter you could see banding on the video. Saturn on video was very faint. Visually speaking Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were all pretty spectacular. He concentrated on the three planets and that was it.
Besides planets Chris observed a few other objects visually.
For a near-Summer’s night the sky was incredibly steady with relatively little scintillation in the stars
After a night of planet hunting we packed up and 1:00am. Chris and I were the last to leave and Doug made sure the gate was securely lock before heading back home.
