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	<title>Lloyd Merrill's Blog</title>
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	<description>Observation Logs</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Spot On!</title>
		<link>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=15</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Astronomy</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	My hand controller read Sept 10.&#160; That was the last time I was at the scope.&#160; Between the weather and the brightening moon I hadn&#8217;t been out.&#160; It&#8217;s been a long day but I did what to get out and get in a few observations.&#160; It&#8217;s great that its getting dark earlier.&#160; I started out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Persistent Problem</title>
		<link>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=14</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Astronomy</category>
		<guid>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=14</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	On my last outing I parked my scope using the Autostar Hand Controller panel. It appeared to work but when I powered up the scope last night and slewed to Vega the scope headed a spot in the west and below the horizon.&#160; I&#8217;m going to have to go to some of the Yahoo groups [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short night</title>
		<link>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=13</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Astronomy</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Again last night was very clear.&#160; I had only 2 goals last night. The first was to re-observe the Cat&#8217;s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) in Draco that I had seen the night before and then view Mu Cephei in the Cepheus constellation.My son Bruce reminded me that we had viewed the Cat&#8217;s Eye in 32 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A clear night</title>
		<link>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=12</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Astronomy</category>
		<guid>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=12</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Began 8:40
	I was driving back from South County at around 7:30 and the sky couldn&#8217;t have been clearer. I started by syncing on Deneb. I then decided that I wanted to see the Cat&#8217;s Eye Nebula. I did a meridian flip and synced on Aldhibah (SAO 17365) and then again on M92. I then slewed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experimentation</title>
		<link>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=11</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Astronomy</category>
		<guid>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=11</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Session started at 8:07.
	Was able to use NetScope after changing port to 5400 from 5401.&#160;Synced on Altair.&#160;&#160; Starrted tour with M26 Dumbbell, M11 Wild Duck which is always a great site+++, M17 Swan, M24 not sure what I saw, M16 Eagle Nebular lots of stars no nebulosity, finished with NGC 884/69 which were too low. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Members Night</title>
		<link>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=10</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Astronomy</category>
		<guid>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=10</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Last night my son Bruce and I went to a Skyscrapers (www.theskyscrapers.org)&#160;members night.&#160; This was the first time that I had an opportunity to get to use some on the&#160;telescopes at the organization.&#160; Dave Huestis gave us instructions on how to get the 8 1/4&#8243; Alvan Clark ready for viewing.&#160; I was amazed on how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Other side of Meridian</title>
		<link>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=9</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Astronomy</category>
		<guid>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=9</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	For tonight I moved to the east of the meridian. Observation started at about 8:43. Bruce and I slewed and synced on Altair. &#160;We had good skies and the moon wasn&#8217;t up yet. We started with M11 and then moved to M26 which was not impressive. We then went to the Swan (M17) which which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing my targets</title>
		<link>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=8</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Astronomy</category>
		<guid>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=8</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Observation for August 17, 2008. I&#8217;ve now learned that to get more enjoyment out of my LXD75 it&#8217;s better if I plan my observing sessions. I planned to repeat the previous night&#8217;s observing and add a few more globular clusters. I chose the Ophiuchus area. The night&#8217;s session started around 9:07 which meant that Arcturus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Minutes</title>
		<link>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=7</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Astronomy</category>
		<guid>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=7</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Before the full moon got too high I wanted to get a little observing in. &#160;It had been a very rainy week. &#160;I started up the scope at 8:37 and synced up on Arcturus using the 5mm reticle. &#160;I then switched to the Nagler 17mm and slewed to M13. &#160;While not centered it was in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polar Alignment Set</title>
		<link>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=6</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lloyd</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Astronomy</category>
		<guid>http://blog.lloydmerrill.com/?p=6</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	I had torn my scope down and upgraded the mount with Scopestuff knobs and saddle plate.&#160; I also added a 80mm refractor as a guide scope.&#160; Having done all this I needed to rebalance and realign the scope.
	Well last night I finally got clear skies and more importantly some dedicated time to nail the polar [...]]]></description>
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