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10.17.05

	Well tonight was another successful night.  First I was able to use the polar alignment scope for the
	first time.  It was actually really easy to use.  I think i am was using it right, but I am not too
	sure.  Seeing conditions were not great tonight.  For one thing the neighbors across the street had
	their driveway lights all on, I guess they were expecting company.  The other thing, there were some
	high sirrus clouds creeping in.  And thirdly, well, the GIANT bright light in the sky (aka the moon)
	washed out any chance of DSO's.  I did get to take some pictures tonight though.  I took a bunch of 
	moon photo's and video.  I was impressed with the quality of my Burgess 9mm SWA in combination with 
	my digital.  Photos were amazing. *EMAIL ME FOR THEM*  Next time out I hope to further my knowlege 
	of polar aligning, and use of the autostar controller.  

	-Must come up with some way of mounting the autostar to the mount.  
	
	Anyway, here is a pic of my new beauty.  
		

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10.16.05
	
	First night with the new telescope was very successful.  Remember to start setting up a little earlier
	than last night.  We set up at 7:00pm, a little late because it got pretty much dark in about 20min. 
	Only did a rough polar alignment.  I have not used the polar alignment scope yet.  The moon was at 
	about 90%, so DSO observing was pretty much out of the question.  I did get to view some planets though.
	Last night was the first time I was able to see Neptune and Uranus.  Neptune gave off a tint of blue, 
	while Uranus was a greenish hugh.  Later in the night around 11:00pm Mars was high enough in the sky to 
	see some land structure using a #23a red filter with my 9mm Burgess.  The optics on the AR5 are really 
	quite good.  The only bit of false color was extreme high power on mars, and with the moon.  The Baader 
	fringe killer worked well in eliminating the false color.  I was impressed with the fast movement of 
	the LXD-75 GOTO.  And it was quite accurate.  I think the accuracy problem (object was not perfectly 
	center) was do to my speedy set up.  I dont think that was at exact north, but it was fine for what I 
	was doing.  Next time out I hope to perfect the polar alignment and work more with some of the 
	autostar features. I did get a chance to snapshot the moon with my digital.  
	
	*EMAIL ME FOR MOON PIC*

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Location: North New Jersey

Equipment:
	
	Scopes:
		Meade AR5
		Celestron C8
		Vixen 80mm ED
	
	Mounts:
		LXD75 GOTO
		Celestron CG-3
	
	Eyepieces:
		GSO 40mm 5-element	
		Tele Vue 32mm Plossl
		Meade 26mm Plossl
		Celestron 20mm WA
		Celestron 15mm Plossl
		Burgess 9mm SWA
		Burgess/TMB 6mm Planetary
		Meade Electronic 	

	Filters:
		Baader Fringe Killer	
		Various Color Planetary 
		Meade ND-9

	Camera:
		SONY Cybershot 7.2 mega pixel
		Minolta SRT-101 SLR