r.prevost@... wrote:
Sess.#284 7:45-11:00 FLO lm=5.2 s=3 Clear
Al Seaman, now a fellow OAF as well, showed up not too long after
sunset. Luckily, he had a key to the clubhouse and observatory so he
opened things up. [...etc...]
This was my first chance to join in an activity with the OAFs, and it
turned out to be a fun evening. Nice to meet some of the other OAFers.
Meant to reply sooner, but this was one of those days....
Al did some collimation on a 10" SCT that was very obviously quite
off. I am by no means an expert on collimation, except that I know I
can do a fairly decent job on my SCT-8". In any case, Al and I were
able to improve the collimation substantially, I think. But a real
fine tuning would require much better skies, or a collimation shop.
Having messed up the collimation a while back with some diddling under
non-ideal circumstances, one of my objectives for the evening was to
regain the lost ground. Your help in this task, Roland, was greatly
appreciated. Another time when seeing is better, I'll try some further
fine tuning.
It was an excellent reconnaisance mission to introduce FLO as one
potential place to go for a couple of persons who live in the West
End. Fun time for all. Thanks for giving us the tour, Al!
It was a great evening and I enjoyed the company. Hope to see more
of the OAFs in the future.
Cheers - Al Seaman
