The first of which is simply getting registered with AAVSO to do Web Obs entries. I submitted my registration earlier this evening and await approval.
Just about all CCD photometric work is done thru UBVRI filters. These aren't cheap, and as such they really rate their own filter wheel, which makes them even less cheap. Maybe I'll just order a V for the time being, just to standardize things a bit. I can stick it in the 5th position of my existing filter wheel.
The wind is howling out there tonight, but it's still in the high 50s, so I went out and ran a set of binned and unbinned flats with the f/6.3 setup on the 14". Scorpius is still down. And guess which constellation the full moon adorns tonight? Right! Strike 1
Well, even with the wind I can probably get an improved M66 high resolution luminance image to replace the one that seemed to blow out on me in April. Dew point is down to about 3°C so I cool the camera to 10°C and take some one-minute darks. Upon completion of the darks I get run the first image and the whole thing is blown due to what I think is condensate.
It only seems to happen when I've used the Outback Cooler. The camera isn't vacuum sealed and apparently it still has a higher humidity content inside from the last 2 weeks of rain. Strike 2
It's now approaching midnight so I'm going to wind this up. I'm still out - currently chasing dwarf planet Huya. Took a while to find it but I think I've captured it. Separate report to follow.
And by gum, Scorpius is rising!
Pete
