Observing Log for Mike Durkin 12/15/2023 about 10:00-11:00PM Locust Valley, NY Transparency: 9/10, Seeing 4/5 Temperature: 35-45 degrees Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel T3i DSLR photometry of AB Aur, hopefully using the fainter stars in the AAVSO alert. The last time I tried this, the bright moon interfered a bit and may have decreased the signal to noise ratio. Since this night is darker, I am trying again. After that I tried to see if I could use the zoom lens on the Flaming STar Nebula in Auriga, but at 300mm, the purple halos around the broghter stars is pretty severe. 12/13/2023 about 7:00-11:00PM Robert Moses State Park, NY Transparency: 9/10, Seeing 3/5 Temperature: 30-40 degrees Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel T3i Went to RMSP for the Gemenid meteor shower. I met up with a couple of AOS members while I was there. They were there to also take some astrophotos unrelated to the meteor. I took my camera hoping to make a composite image, however after taking a couple dozen images, I didn't see any meteors in the frame, so I doubt I'll be able to do that. Visually I saw about 10-15 meteors all night. About 2 or 3 were sporadics. I also visually measured the brightness of α Ori. Other Log Entries <-- 2022 Jan  Feb  Mar   Apr   May  Jun   Jul  Aug   Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec   2024 -->