Observing Log for Mike Durkin 7/27/2013 about 10:00PM-11:00PM Locust Valley, NY Transparency: 6/10, Seeing 2/5 Temperature: about 70-80 degrees Equipment: 10x59 binoculars Visually measured α Her, and then the sky clouded over. 7/26/2013 about 11:00PM-1:00AM Locust Valley, NY Transparency: 7/10, Seeing 3/5 Temperature: about 70-80 degrees Equipment: Hutech modified DSLR camera DSLR measurements of AC Her and P Cyg. After that I tried to visually measure α Her, but I heard a couple of animals fighting, so I finished up. 7/18/2013 about 8:00PM-10:00PM Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center, Jones Beach, NY Transparency: 6/10, Seeing 4/5 Temperature: about 75-85 degrees Equipment: 10x50 binoculars, 6 inch Dobsonian, AOS Great SCOT telescope. This is the AOS replacement for Waterfront Park, which used to be held in Freeport. There was a very good showing with about 90 people registered. I started out looking at the moon with the AOS Great SCOT (GS) 19/20 inch Dobsonian. It was a nice view and I took a couple of images with my cellphone. After that I used my binoculars to find Saturn and then we pointed GS at it. Then when the general public came, they were looking through GS, while I showed some people Satuen in a smaller, 6 inch Dob. After that I looked at the Ring Nebula in GS, which looked OK, but not fantastic. Larry G. was showing people U Sge, an eclipsing binary. 7/14/2013 about 10:00PM-11:30PM Locust Valley, NY Transparency: 6/10, Seeing ?/5 Temperature: about 80-90 degrees Equipment: 10x50 binoculars Measured variable stars VY UMa, TV UMa, W Boo, τ4 Ser, g Her and α Her. 7/6/2013 about 10:00PM-2:00AM Locust Valley, NY Transparency: 7/10, Seeing 5/5 Temperature: about 80-90 degrees Equipment: 10x50 binoculars and Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT Started using my binoculars for variable star observations: Z UMa ST UMa VY UMa W Boo Y CVn RY Dra τ4 Ser X Her I then used my DSLR camera to test out the IR filter in a region of Hercules, and the measured P Cyg. Even though it was very warm and felt humid, I never noticed any dew during the evening, so it may not have been as humid as I thought. 7/4/2013 about 10:00PM-2:00AM Locust Valley, NY Transparency: 8/10, Seeing 4/5 Temperature: about 75-85 degrees Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT DSLR photometry of δ Sco and AC Her. I did hve to take a break in the middle in order to check something for work. 7/4/2013 about 2:00AM-4:00AM Locust Valley, NY Transparency: 6/10, Seeing 4/5 Temperature: about 75-85 degrees Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT Tried to do some DSLR photometry of P Cyg, although clouds kept getting in the way. Also made a visial measurement of α Her. Other Log Entries <-- 2012 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul   Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec  2014 -->