Re: Great night but still frustrated by Mars

In article <1133029296.338374.78130@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
c.nuttall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Dont bother trying unless the seeing is good, check it at
> http://weather.unisys.com/aviation/6panel/avn_300_6panel_eur.html
> You can get a link to it on damian peaches site if that doesn't work.

First of all thanks for the tips everyone

I must admit I'm a bit hazy about seeing - I understand what it means
but I'm unsure how to judge it apart checking which stars I can see in
Ursa Minor. Time has been short but I keep googling and reading :-)
I guess on your link above I should be looking for calm conditons rather
than windy.

> Use the highest magnification possible, and patiently wait at the
> eyepiece for the seeing to settle for a few seconds at a time, and make

I had a very quick look last night borrowing the pretty horrible 4mm
kelner that came with my sons Lidl scope. I estimated seeing to be
attrocius, stars twinkling, saturn visibly shimmering (but it was low).
Mars must have been in a better position than last time because I could
actually make out some vague surface features this time :-)


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