compared skies

Chatted, via Facebook, with Manuel. He shared, at 12:30 AM, that he had been imaging Saturn with his new 11" OTA. Good stuff.

He asked if I was going to CAO. Yep. Already here. For the work party. "Oh. I thought it was at the end of the month," he said.

He was curious about our skies atop the mountains. I said, "Pretty good." His skies were "not that good." He was a little concerned the ringed planet was too far west from his deck in Etobicoke.

I relayed that many members were here and there was lots of imaging going on. "You [are] trying to make me feel bad, [aren't] you." I apologised. Just wanted to share that people were enjoying the skies.

At 1:03, he reported finishing the processing of one of the AVI files. "Not good at all. Just bad." I was disappointed to hear that. Probably due in part to manual focusing challenges.

Then he said "Probably the time to image Saturn is gone. Have to wait until next year." Certainly from his home base. I don't think he's procured a good portable (marine) battery yet. Which prevents him from venturing far afield.