reviewed CAO list with Phil

Phil and I were chatting recently about having a good list of targets for showing people while conducting star parties at the Carr Astronomical Observatory. Designed for the season.

I suggested using SkyTools3 Pro and that we wouldn't need to have separate lists for each season. We'd just build one, a single master list, and let SkyTools do its thing, filtering out objects, given the date, being above the horizon, and other constraints. Phil agreed.

At the time, I threw something together quickly, adding some known good objects, and some that we regularly show at the CAO. I included all the planets. Ended up with around 55 entries.

Tonight, with my netbook on hand, I showed the list, so far. He liked it. But we both agreed it needed more entries, maybe twice as many. We transferred to his computer for a closer review.

Phil also pointed out that he's installed on his computer a tremendous number of the other shared observing lists and that some of them seem to be designed along these lines. It reminded me to look at them for ideas.

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I had seen them before but not really taken note... There are observing lists for the Night Sky Observer's Guide, specifically the deep sky objects. Could have used that at the beginning of October!