Observing Notesfrom the Tuckahoe IrregularsThursday night was a great night at Tuckahoe. The viewing conditions were far from ideal, but in between great conversations we did manage to satisfy our hunger for some good views of some interesting objects. I for one finally managed to get the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) in my eyepiece, as well as M5, M12, M14, M15 and M67. We had a great time comparing views with the various scopes and eyepieces assembled on the ball field. As an added bonus we got a great look at the ISS passing over. Mike Stephano joined us for the evening, driving up from Onancock. And luckily for me he hung in to the very end while I was packing up. My car battery was dead and neither Mike or I had jumpers, but Mike did have a small adjustable wrench and we managed to swap for my 33 amp hour, deep discharge battery I use to power my scope and dew heaters. This successfully started my car and I made it home no problem (at 3 a.m.). Thanks again Mike. Dave |