Monday, April 21, 2008

Clouds, rain, it's springtime in Northeast Ohio

We were unable to open the Stephens Memorial Observatory (SMO) for the scheduled March public night due to clouds and snow. We were unable to open the SMO this past Saturday night (April 19) due to clouds and rain. Yes, it's springtime in Northeast Ohio where, it seems, most nights are unsuitable to astronomy which is, for one reason, why our best observatories closed years ago and/or our best instruments moved to more suitable climes. The student environmental group at Hiram College requested we open SMO this coming Saturday night as part of their Earth Day observance. Will we be lucky and have decent skies? Meanwhile, there's a possibility of good skies Tuesday night --rain forecast for Wednesday so, of course, clouds may be moving in-- and I hope to get out to SMO for practice and testing of some imaging techniques.

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