MAN OVERBOARD On Saturday, July 2, 2022 at 09:48:30 AM EDT, Kent Blackwell <kent@...> wrote:

We found the only truly dark spot on the ship. Our cabin balcony is fairly dark. Nice drinking wine while stargazing.

Well, if it's clear come on up to York River. You can still make it, Ted. Carpe Noctem Bill McLean On

Me too. Ted

It is big

Thank you Mark. Well done...and accurate! Carpe Noctem Bill McLean On Saturday, July 2, 2022, 08:38:43 AM

Sun Report Today: It is there It is hot. On Saturday, July 2, 2022 at 07:32:42 AM EDT, Kent Blackwell <kent@...>

I miss stargazing.

Well I got in a couple of hours of observing tonight. Not as cloudy as last night but still some passing high clouds. It was tolerable at 82 degrees in humid conditions but there was a breeze so that

We are gettin old Ian. Thanks. Me and the bugs will be thinking of you. On Friday, July 1, 2022 at 06:52:09 PM EDT,

Oh man. My imaging goes in the tank during the summer. I have a hard time even dragging the refractor out. Dogs get me up at 5:30am and the skies get dark at 10pm or later. DST doesn't help

90 degrees and 90% humidity. Scope is already set up so I will get there right before dark to keep the exposure down. Pretty sad when it is too cold to observe in winter, nothing to see in the

Ha ha Ted you should be an equipment salesman! Yes you were there. I agree with you the Lumicon is just about universal. You know I looked through one Gen 3 which is surely not enough to form any

Oooo. This is news I can use. Thanks Mark Carpe Noctum Bill McLean

I remember using your spectrograph eyepiece, Mark, with several of our filters and was surprised at how cleanly the Orion Ultrablock cut off the red end of the spectrum as opposed to the Lumicon OIII

Maybe I 'd better be a little more careful when I say "traditional" UHC. That would be traditional to me but perhaps not everyone. A better term for filters overall I suspect would be broadband vs

The ultra block is not the same as a traditional UHC. It has a narrower band pass range. It is my favorite filter btw but it cuts out more light than a traditional UHC. Not quite as much light cutting

The reason Bill can't find the "Orion UHC" is because Orion doesn't call theirs a UHC ... they call it: Orion UltraBlock/Orion UltraBlock NB (Narrowband). It's there on the web site, no supply

Rodger Dodger over and out On Friday, July 1, 2022 at 08:27:01 AM EDT, preciousmyprecious via groups.io

Aye, copy, thank you. Carpe Noctem Bill McLean On Thursday, June 30, 2022, 10:29:32 PM EDT, jimcoble2000 via