Well, I finally got to meet Dmitri Kulginov yesterday... (he visits all these forums regularly)
He came down from Sweden to South Florida, and he expressed that he wanted to see particularly Jupiter... besides other things that they simply cannot see while at his country, due to being too low in the sky.
After almost 2 weeks of bad weather, yesterday the sky opened up, and while it was not perfect, as it was hot-muggy and hazy, it was better than nothing... 8)
His visit at my place was short, but we got to see and split Antares (his request), showed him M57, M11, M5, Jupiter (seeing was not perfect, as we got to see it up to about 200x, but detail was nice), M16 (only the cluster, as LP kills the nebula)...
It sure was nice meeting him, his wife & their friend, very nice people...
Here is a picture of us, from right to left, me, Dmitri, their friend and Dmitri's wife...
Clear skies to all!
He came down from Sweden to South Florida, and he expressed that he wanted to see particularly Jupiter... besides other things that they simply cannot see while at his country, due to being too low in the sky.
After almost 2 weeks of bad weather, yesterday the sky opened up, and while it was not perfect, as it was hot-muggy and hazy, it was better than nothing... 8)
His visit at my place was short, but we got to see and split Antares (his request), showed him M57, M11, M5, Jupiter (seeing was not perfect, as we got to see it up to about 200x, but detail was nice), M16 (only the cluster, as LP kills the nebula)...
It sure was nice meeting him, his wife & their friend, very nice people...
Here is a picture of us, from right to left, me, Dmitri, their friend and Dmitri's wife...
Clear skies to all!
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Ivan Gastaldo 8)
Coconut Creek, FL
Ivan's Observatory
Lat 26N 16' 48" Long 80W 10' 48"
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No mosquitoes or crocodiles here, (relatively) warm and (almost) dark.