We finished playing at 8:15. I'd already done my grocery shopping
earlier in the day. I had my camera, bag & tripod in the car.
There's a fairly good high bridge near my house with a good view to the
west (and railroad tracks with a maintenance & switching yard for the
foreground).
But with it being the highest point on the terrain (other than a radio
tower nearby) I wasn't encouraged by the lightening the storms were
producing. Plus it's a busy road with NO sidewalks other than on the
bridge itself & the approaches are kind of blind curves from both
directions, so I just didn't feel like trying to hike up there.
Today doesn't look all that great either. It's not raining, but there's
lots of Cumulonimbus clouds with only tiny patches of blue showing
through from time to time. Might be worth checking out for a sunset, but
I don't think I'd see many stars tonight.
On 7/1/2015 4:11 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
John wrote:
Set up for a try on Tuesday Night, but no joy. Heavy overcast,
thunderstorms & drenching rain.
My attempts last night were fraught. I got out of class and Santa Cruz
was socked in with clouds. I figured that I'd drive home past my
standard stargazing spot just in case, but grabbed a bite of dinner on
the way. The taqueria is usually very quick, but last night they were
rather slow. As I climbed the hill out of town, the sky cleared up.
When I got to the clearing I usually use, it turns out that the side of
the road with the park that goes to the ocean is facing South rather
than West and there were tall trees to the West. As I got there, they
were already slipping behind trees, and my camera would not calibrate
the accelerometers. By the time I got that done, the planets were
obscured. I was able to find spots in the field and kept moving back
every few minutes.
I was not able to get any shots that showed details in Jupiter clearly
nor the crescent of Venus. A friend got much better results with his
equatorial mount than I did with my astrotracer, but I did get a couple
of keepers for snapshot values of keeper.
I added them to Monday's set, the shots from last night are after the
photos of the moon (or rather the photos with only one moon in them):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157654846085830
With exposure info:
http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157654846085830
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