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The Chesmont Astronomical Society is a non-profit amateur astronomy club that exists to observe the night sky and to talk about what we have seen. We meet each month at the Crow's Nest in Elverson, Pennsylvania, and we observe every dark window and every other chance we can get! Please read our About Us pages for more information.
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If you weren't up last night
Take a look at this. Happened last night.
http://www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/latest_events/gev_20120517_0125.html
Looks like the Edge for me
Thursday night is looking promising. Anyone for DS-Edge?
Longmore Tritton 5
Oh, that beautiful extremely faint PN in Coma! If only I'd had the confidence to give it a try! I didn't even try for it in the 24" as I was without O-III and quite honestly, a bit intimidated because the only post I saw was someone with a 48" with NELM 7 skies!
But lucky for me, Friday night was a good one in VA, with above average seeing and good transparency. I gave the 10mm Delos a real workout (unfortunately I didn't bring my new 8mm Ethos, so I was limited to 225x).
May '12 Dark Window Trip to Cherry Springs
Forecasts are looking favorable for CSSP, possibly as early as Wednesday night and lasting through to Friday or Saturday depending on the weather sites one visits. WBGV has possibilities beginning Friday night. Pettigrew is, well, up in the air.
I'm keeping watch on all of them. BMVO, ChesLen or The Crow's Nest are also in the running, especially due to some possible elder relative issues that might require my personal intervention if I can't handle it by phone.