Binbrook Friday Night

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Any takers for Binbrook tonight?

CSC looks good – 1/2 moon sets around 12:17am – should be a good night for observing and imaging DSO’s – temperature should be about right for long sleeves (to keep the bugs down).

Update: The weather and mosqitoes were very coperative. Myself, Jackie, and Don showed for a very pleasant night of star gazing. I spent most of my time imaging – unfortunately, what I mainly had intended to image was within a few degrees of the rather bright moon. Jackie and Don seemed intent on finding as many faint planets as possible – I think there may have been some success with Uranus and Neptune – however, the question usually remained “Which of these stars is the planet?”. Finally, an attempt was made to locate the comet in Hercules. We finally packed in just after 2am – Don, still full of energy, wanted to go to Tim Horton’s – I opted for the 1/2hr drive home followed by rest.