Sweden spring obs

[Hakann]

Sweden spring observing and further experiance on 30”.

Its had been a bad fall and winter for observing the way I see it.
Fall went out bad and winter here is harch and sky is ’milky’.
-It can be clear but in the EP its not good plus be out at minus 10/15/20 C is not fun.
Maybe its moister/ice in air, I don’t now - but I dont like it.

I went out one time and focuser frosted up, could not move it.
The telescope is at a Bortel 4 area but it can be dark at zenith.
Now the nights here don’t give astronomical darkness so its over for this season.
But I had som good ’inc’ nights and SQM over 21.4 before.
But this spring it did not really hold up for ex se HICK 50 or Holmberg 9 really nice.
Could I see them, yes but it might be mind not eye.
But I had 2 night now last week and yesterday I had record darkness there at 21.53.
My buddy Timo had 21.63 on his meter.
But sky was all good for cruze in Virgo or haunt Herschels in Ursa Major ( zenit here now.
At 30” and GOTO one can do many object and still study them and make notes under 2-3 hours even with 2-3 observers.
Eye candy, well here is the 30” not that mind blowing.
Shore get to se mag 17 stars is not bad, but I miss a inc-crisp sky.
I never forget the arms in M33 in Chucks’s Kennedy f4.5 25 inch at OSP one year, but here if that object get to Uppsala/Stockholm one cant near see the galaxy..
I like that type of real dark sky and who doesent..
But telescope is stationary and fast to use.
It’s a decent mirror from ML and the Starstructure chassie is all Ok.
Tracking could be better but Ok.
I like chase faint stuff but whats it’s good for here is the Herschels list.
Last out we was at the new supernova close to M60 and Makemake and Hayumea.
Culd I se them, well that is matter of how one can say.
But so short night now and late start its tuff.
I shore miss travell to darker place.
Chile and Namibia is on my list but I dont think I can ever travell more.

Next out will be get the scope to south Sweden in August new moon.
Sweden astro soc is celebration 40 years.
Night is then nice at that time of year and sky there at Öland can be pretty good.