Canada/USA Astronomical Seeing Observation Program
Astronomical-Seeing Observation Details
1. Observer
Joe Weiland
2. Site
N40.68 W79.90
(N40°40' W79°54')
3. Scope
14 inch F/6.0 Mirror. Open top. Open bottom. Fan cooled: Yes.
4. Time
2005-09-12 02:30:00 EDT (GMT -4)
2005-09-12 06:30:00 UTC
5. Observing Conditions
440X. 40.0° up. Was cooling for 5h00m. Appearance of out-of-focus star: Steady
6. Seeing Observation
Antoniadi I
(5 out of 5)
8. Comments
Out of focus star was very still; I could detect no motion inside disk. The night before, at the same local time, it was if I were looking down at a raging river, fast moving from S. to N. parallel to horiz.