Observing Log for Mike Durkin
3/11/2012 about ???
Locust Valley, NY
Transparency: 9/10, Seeing 3/5
Temperature: about 40-50 degrees
Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT
Used my DSLR to take photometry measurements of X Per, Rho Per, and also Betelgeuse.
For Betelgeuse I imaged a group of bright stars with the same setting to try to use
as comp stars.
3/10/2012 about 7:00PM-9:00PM
Locust Valley, NY
Transparency: 8/10, Seeing 3/5
Temperature: about 30 degrees
Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT
Used my camera with a zoom lens to try to image comet Garradd C2009/P1, since it has two
tails right now.
I was able to image the comet, but at best I may have only got a little bit of one tail.
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Camera: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT with 75-300mm Zoom lens Focal length: 209 mm Exposure: 22x1 minute (no darks or flats) Light pollution filter used. |
3/9/2012 about 11:30PM-2:00AM
Locust Valley, NY
Transparency: 5/10, Seeing ?/5
Temperature: about 30-40 degrees
Equipment: Stellarvue 70mm refractor
Observed variable stars R Leo, Z UMa, and RY UMa.
After that I tried to find M81 and M82. I did catch a bit of the core of
M81, but didn't see M82.
I was mostly trying to catch sucker holes all evening until eventually the
clouds just got to be too much.
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