Observing Log for Mike Durkin 9/29/2013 about 8:00PM-11:00PM Locust Valley, NY Transparency: 9/10, Seeing 3/5 Temperature: about 50-60 degrees Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT and Stellatvue 70mm refractor Started with DSLR photometry of AC Her and P Cyg. Then did visual measurements of Nova Del 2013, CT Del, S Del and T Del. The cats were out and trying to get my attention a few times during the evening. 9/28/2013 about 9:00PM-12:00AM Locust Valley, NY Transparency: 8/10, Seeing 4/5 Temperature: about 55-65 degrees Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT DSLR photometry of P Cyg and going back to try R Lyr to compare with another AAVSO user who has been taking a lot of measurements recently. I want to see if using a DSLR on an M star such as this can still obtain good values. I also had to wait out some clouds at one point. I was originally trying for AC Her, but had to scrap due to early clouds. 9/28/2013 about 7:30-8:30PM Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center, Jones Beach, NY Transparency: 9/10, Seeing 3/5 Temperature: about 60-70 degrees Equipment: non brought, briefly used one of AOS club scopes. Took the computer that I am donating to Jones Beach. Before I left, Lily and I looked at M22 though one of the AOS telescopes there. After focusing it looked rather nice, although Lily had some trouble focusing on it. 9/24/2013 about 7:30PM-9:00PM Highline Park, Chelsea, NYC Transparency: 9/10, Seeing 3/5 Temperature: about 60-70 degrees Equipment: non taken. AAA doing another public session on the Highline by work. Took a quick look at Venus through one of their scopes, but it was very poos since it was so low to the horizon. I found another AOS mem who was there with a small refractor. Looked at Polaris and was able to split with the binary companion. Also too a look at the Coathanger cluster. 9/22/2013 about 8:00PM-11:00PM Locust Valley, NY Transparency: 8/10, Seeing 4/5 Temperature: about 55-65 degrees Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT DSLR photometry of κ Oph, AC Her, and P Cyg. 9/20/2013 about 11:00PM-3:00AM Locust Valley, NY Transparency: 7/10, Seeing 4/5 Temperature: about 60-70 degrees Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT DSLR photometry of P Cyg, ρ Cas, and γ Cas. The moon was full and very bright. I also had some period of scattered clouds, and my images of γ Cas may not be too good if there are faint wispy clouds in the image. 9/14/2013 about 10:00PM-11:30PM Locust Valley, NY Transparency: 8/10, Seeing 3/5 Temperature: about 55-65 degrees Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT DSLR photography of P Cyg and AC Her 9/13/2013 about 11:30PM-3:00AM Locust Valley, NY Transparency: 6/10, Seeing 3/5 Temperature: about 55-65 degrees Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT DSLR photography of P Cyg and γ Cas However there were scattered clouds, so hopefully it did not impact my measurements too much 9/2/2013 about 9:00PM-12:00AM Locust Valley, NY Transparency: ?/10, Seeing ?/5 Temperature: about ?? degrees Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT DSLR Photometry of P Cyg, AC Her, and Nova Del 2013. However I am not sure that any result fro the nova is valid because it has such a strong hydrogen α line, which I think will skew the results. Other Log Entries <-- 2012 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep   Oct  Nov  Dec  2014 -->