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Cloud Dodging = Ken (Fogfire's) Western WA Astronomy Blog

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    Shooting the Gap II

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    fogfire
    , 06-25-2012 at 08:08 AM (Cloud Dodging = Ken (Fogfire's) Western WA Astronomy Blog)
    12:55AM 6/24/2012

    No live blogging of the events.. as I was busy with my scope!!


    But I did get an unexpected decent night for PEC training the CGEM.

    The air dried out and at 8PM I had 95% clear skies.. So I started the process again.

    Put the OTA out to cool. Checked satellite images. No thick clouds until central Oregon.
    Checked to see why Clear Sky Clock said it should be mostly cloudy. Looked like the Canadian model had ...
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    Shooting the Gap

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    fogfire
    , 06-24-2012 at 03:57 AM (Cloud Dodging = Ken (Fogfire's) Western WA Astronomy Blog)
    6/23/2012 8:52 PM
    The sky is clearing! ClearSkyClock until this AM was talking about a nice clearing all night. Then it changed.
    Right now it looks like the previous forecast might have been better.
    There is a slight off shore flow from the south. This with an opening hole over western WA that has me hoping.
    Putting the C9.25 out to cool and downloading BYEOS, though if I just get the mount PEC trained tonight I will be happy.
    Keeping my fingers crossed
    is Jupiter a real planet or it's own star system?-6-23-clouds.jpg ...

    Updated 06-25-2012 at 02:48 AM by fogfire

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