LOG
October 1952-
October 1964
**title
THE LOG BOOK
of the
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
of the
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
[[phi]] = +41deg. 47' 24" = 41.7900....
[[lambda]] = +5h 50m 23s.8 (87deg. 37' 58''W) = 87.59444....
**1
1952 Oct 24-25 11:30 P.M. - 5:15 A.M.
Toby Owen, Clayton Smith, Tom Upham
Tried to get focus plates for Schmidt. Succeeded
in part. Seeing was excellent, almost, if not
perfect. Lots of smoky haze first part, cleared
later.
Oct. 27 7:00 - 9:00 P.M.
Toby Owen. 4 Nat Sci I students came up around
8:00. Clear from 7:00-8:00, then clouded over. Poor
turn out probably due to this.
Oct 30 10:45 A.M. - 12:00
Clayton Smith. Sun Observations.
Oct 31-Nov. 1. 10:15 P.M. - 3:30 A.M.
Clayton Smith. Tried to effect collimation of Schmidt
with refractor. Succeeded only in respect to R.A. Full Moon.
Seeing was superb, the 1/4" eyepiece was used on Jupiter showing
the equatorial bands with amazing definition.
Nov. 3 7:45 - 9:00 P.M.
Toby Owen Open house for Phy Sci
Students, no one showed up. Elliot Moore and Peter
Claus from club were there, gave them some
instruction. Air clear but seeing poor.
**2
Nov. 5, 7:45 - 8:50 P.M.
Toby Owen Open house for Phy Sci. About
10-15 people. Good seeing, clear sky.
Nov. 6, 7:45 - 9:10 P.M.
Toby Owen Same as last night except
that sky was cloudy. Lots of people showed up
anyway, however.
Nov. 7, 1:45 - 3:30 P.M.
Toby Owen. Made up some microdol developer
Picked up Venus and Sun. Sky clear, seeing fair.
Nov. 10, 9:00 - 10:00 P.M.
Toby Owen. Several club members up,
showed them Jupiter, Plieades and double
cluster. Nice clear sky.
Nov. 12 1:30 - 8:00 A.M.
Clayton Smith. Schmidt focus plates
taken in spite of thick haze. Made up several
solutions and cut some film. Sky completely overcast
until 2:15.
Nov. 14 2:00 - 2:30
Toby Owen Did some developing.
Nov. 15 1:00 - 4:00
Toby Owen. Washed telescope and Schmidt,
oiled mounting, etc. got everything set for winter.
**3
Nov. 15 5:15 - 6:30
Toby Owen. Took picture of Venus. Showed
Schmidt out of focus.
8:00 - 12:00
Toby Owen, Clayton Smith. Took series
of pictures with Schmidt to try to get it in
focus. Partially succeeded.
Nov. 17 11-12
C. Sagan. Seeing nil. Cabinets
disarrayed in 550. ?
Nov. 19 12:25 - 12:40 P.M. Clayton Smith
Worked unsuccessfully with Schmidt.
Nov. 20 11:30 - 11:45 A.M.
Clayton Smith. Worked unsuccessfully
with Schmidt camera.
Nov. 21 9:30 - 10:00 A.M.
Clayton Smith. Worked successfully with
Schmidt Camera. It is now capable of being
focussed with all three screws.
Nov. 21-22 9:30 P.M. - 2:00 A.M.
Toby Owen & Clayton Smith. We finally
did it. the Schmidt Camera is in focus. Sky
hazy most of night. COLD AND WINDY.
**4
Nov. 23 4:30 - 7:00
Bruce Larkin & Toby Owen. Took 3 pictures
of moon to re-test Schmidt focussing job. Perfect!
Sky clear, seing fair.
7:15 - 9:00
Bruce Larkin Toby Owen. Got one picture
of Pleiades and then we were clouded out.
1952 Nov. 24 2:30 - 4:00
Clayton Smith. Selection of negatives
suitable for enlargement.
Nov. 25 2:15 - 3:00
Some openings; then clouded
over. Also COLD! {C. Sagan}
1952 Nov. 28&29 10:30 P.M. - 3:00 A.M. Clayton Smith
test photos with infrared film.
Sky very clear, no wind; temperature -9deg.C
Nov. 29: 5:00 P.M.
C. Sagan, Rien
Dec. 2: 11:30 - 12:30
C. Sagan - Study
Dec. 3: 10:30 - 1:00
C. Sagan - Study
Dec 6 6:30 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. Clayton Smith
Infra Red test Photos. Sky hazy from
6:30 until 10:00 when it became completely
overcast.
**5
Dec. 7, 1952 7:00 - 8:45
Toby Owen. Took search plate for Ceres.
Beautiful sky.
Dec. 12, 1952 11:00 - 12:00
Study {C. Sagan}
Dec. 13, 1952 8:00 - 10:30
Toby Owen Picked up Ceres, took two
plates. Seeing poor, with lots of clouds.
Dec 15, 1952 5:00 - 7:00 P.M.
Clayton Smith & Toby Owen. took Ceres & Venus
plates. Sky very clear. Nearly perfect for Chicago.
Dec. 16, 1952 11:30 - 1:00
Carl Sagan - Study
Dec. 16,1952 4:45 P.M. - 6:30 P.M.
Clayton Smith - Ceres Plate
Dec. 22, 1952 1:45 A.M. - 7:00 A.M.
C. Sagan
Dec. 26, 1952 6:30 P.M. - 9:30 P.M.
Clayton Smith- Uranus search plate. Sky hazy
and clear alternately until 9:15 when it overcast
completely. Also Jupiter observations.
Dec. 27, 1952 5:00 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.
Clayton Smith. Observed Occultation of Plieades.
Radio not working. Several visiters up to view venus
mars, Jupiter, & Moon. Moon nearly full.
**6
Jan. 5, 1953 7:30 - 9:15
Clayton Smith & Toby Owen. Hazy
sky with unsteady images. COLD and windy.
Took one plate of Uranus.
Jan 11-12 8:30 P.M. - 7:30 A.M.
Clayton Smith. Orion Photograph &
identifications. Plate previously fogged. Visibility
excellent. Seeing not to good.
Jan 12 2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
Sun Observations - Clayton Smith
Jan 13 12:15 P.M. - 1:15 P.M.
Sun Observations - Clayton Smith
Jan 20 10:15 - 10:45
Sun Observations - Clayton Smith
Jan 21 2:00 - 2:45
Sun Observations - Clayton.
Jan 21 6:00 - 9:00
Toby Owen Lunar, Planetary observations and
photographs; two variables. Sky clear, flickering images
Jan 26 9:00 - 10:00
Toby Owen Lunar, Planetary observations and
photographs. Transparency excellent, but seeing poor.
Jan 26 1:15 - 1:45
Clayton S. Solar Observation.
**7
Jan. 28 10:30 - 11:00
Clayton Smith Solar Observations
2:15 - 2:30 More Solar Observations
Jan. 29 10:15 - 10:30
Clayton Smith Solar Observations
Jan. 29 5:00 - 7:50
Carl Sagan, Clayton Smith, Toby Owen & co.
Several people up to watch eclipse -> snowed under!
Jan 30 9:45 - 10:00
Clayton Smith Solar Observations
Jan. 30 6:10 - 9:20
Joe Lach, Roger Kallun, Toby Owen,
Did some looking around, getting familiar with `scope.
Seeing poor, clouded out at about 9:00.
Jan. 31 1:30 - 2:45
Clayton Smith. Solar Observations
Feb. 2 1:45 - 2:15
Clayton Smith Solar Observations
Feb. 2 10:00 - 10:45
Clayton Smith, Toby Owen, Eliott Moore &
several people who attended Urey lecture were up to
see Jupiter & Moon. Very Hazy.
Feb. 3 10:15 - 10:45
Clayton Smith - Solar Observations
**8
Febr. 4, 1:30 - 2:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Observation.
Feb. 9, 9:00 - 10:00
Toby Owen - Took one plate, planetary
and variable star work. Best night I've seen
yet for Chicago.
Feb. 13 9:45 - 10:15 A.M.
Clayton Smith Solar Observations
Feb. 13 6:15 - 10:00
Toby Owen - had about 5 group members
up. Took a general look around. Exceptionally
clear, but very windy.
Feb. 13 11:30 - 12:00 P.
Clayton Smith - Hazed Out. But good!
Feb. 15, 10:45 - 11:45 A.M.
Toby Owen Solar and Venus observations.
Seeing poor, cold and windy
Feb. 16 1:00 - 1:30 P.M.
Clayton Smith - Solar Observation
Feb. 17 5:00 - 8:30
Clayton Smith, Toby Owen. Lunar & Planetary
photographs, 2 variables.
Feb. 17 10:15 - 10:35
Clayton Smith - Solar. No spots.
6:00 - 8:00 - Venusian & Lunar Infrared Photos
Located Uranus
**9
Feb. 23 1:00 - 1:30
Clayton Smith - Solar Observing
6:00 - 9:15
Clayton Smith & Leslie Guggereia - Venus,
Mars, Jupiter, trapezium, & etc. & mercury. Lunar photos.
Feb. 27 9:45 - 10:15
Clayton Smith - Solar Observ.
Feb. 27 7:00 - 8:30
Toby Owen Worked with micrometer
March 4 6:20 - 7:15
Toby Owen Cold and windy. Venus, Jupiter,
Mercury observations, then clouded out.
March 6 10:00 - 10:15
Clayton Smith - Solar Observations
March 9 1:30 - 1:35
Clayton Smith - Solar Observations
6:30 - 8:00
Clayton Smith & Leslie G.- [[eta]] and [[chi]] Persei, Venus
mercury observations & clouded out.
March 18 6:30 7:15
Toby Owen One double, then clouded
out. Sky beautiful while clear.
March 19 9:30 - 10:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Observations, a spot
has appeared.
**10
March 23 Clayton Smith- 7:00 - 9:15
Occultation, planetary & Lunar Obser.
March 26 6:00 - 9:30
Occultation, planetary & Lunar Obser.
Clayton Smith, Les Guggiani
April 2 10:30 - 11:15
Clayton Smith - Solar Obser.
April 6 1:30 - 2:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Obser.
6:30 - 8:00
Clayton Smith - Planetary & Stellar Observations.
April 13 11:30 - 12:00
Toby Owen tried to pick up Venus
but failed due to extensive glare.
8:00 - 10:00
Toby Owen Ray Wilkerson. Sky
clear but hazy. Just looked around.
April 14 9:55 - 10:25
Clayton Smith - Solar Observation.
April 20 1:30 - 1:45
Clayton Smith - Solar Observation.
7:00 - 11:00- Clayton Smith, Les
Guggiani, Elliott Moore, John Varody, Phil Stone; observed
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Moon, M13, R Cor Bor
**11
April 21 3:30 - 5:30 A.M.
Clayton Smith, Toby Owen. Tried
to pick up Comet 1953a but failed. Beautiful sky,
Milhy Way visible in Cygnus.
April 22 1:15 - 2:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Observations.
April 23 2:45 - 4:00 A.M.
Toby Owen, Clayton Smith located approximate
field of Comet 1953a. Quite hazy.
April 27 1:45 - 2:15 c.s.t
Clayton Smith - Solar Observations.
May 6 9:45 - 10:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Observations.
May 7 10:00 - 10:15
Clayton Smith - Solar Observations.
May 8 10:00 - 10:15
Clayton Smith - Solar Observations.
May 9 2:45 - 3:30
Clayton Smith - Solar Observations, tried to find
venus. Clock not worked, oiled same and mounting.
May 11 1:30 - 2:30
Toby Owen, Clayton Smith- Solar Observations,
worked with clock & mounting checked shutter mechanism.
May 17 8:30 - 9:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Observations & Found Venus
**12
9:30 - 10:00 18 May Clayton Smith
Solar Observations
May 19 2:00 - 4:00 Toby Owen
Picked up comet 1953a, took photograph.
May 19 8:45 - 9:15 Clayton Smith
Solar Observations
May 20 12:15 - 3:00 Toby Owen, Clayton Smith
Photographed comet 1953a, & did some var. work.
June 4 8:30 - 9:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Observations
June 5 8:30 - 9:00
Clayton Smith Solar Observations
June 7 1:30 - 1:45
Clayton Smith Solar Observations
June 9 7:30 - 12:30
Clayton Smith, Solar Observations, &
adjustment & transit instrument
June 9 10PM - 12M
Tom Upham - Saturn, M13, "double-double" in Lyra, etc.
June 10 9:30 - 12:30 PM - Saturn, located Neptune etc. {TU}
June 11 3:00 - 4:00
Clayton Smith - Fussed with transit
instrument, & Solar Observation.
June 15 11:00 - 11:30
Clayton Smith Solar Observation.
**13
June 16 3:00 - 3:30 & 8:30 - 11:30
Tom Upham Solar Observations, Lunar
observations, seeing excellent, little "shimmy" with 180X
June 18 8:30 - 12:30 Tom Upham & George Sinnot - general
observation, dome opening rope broke - repaired but won't promise
that it'll stay so. Caution!
June 18 12:00 - 12:35 Upham & Smith - Solar Observation.
June 20 11:30 - 12:30
Solar Observations - Clayton Smith
June 20 9:30 - 1:30
Tom Upham & Clayton Smith
attempted Approx. collimation of tr. Inst. with [[alpha]] U minoris
June 21 12:45 - 1:00
Solar Observations Clayton Smith
June 26 10:50 - 11:10
Solar Observations - Clayton Smith
June 26 8:30 - 9:45 - Tom Upham & 2 visitors - Mercury
June 28 9:00 - 9:45 Mercury Tom Upham - cloudy
July 2 8:30 - 11:00 Tom Upham & friend - general observations
July 4 9:00 - 12:30 Upham & B. Rainey- " " "
July 7 8:00 - 8:15 c.s.t.
Clayton Smith - Solar Observations
July 8 11:00 - 11:30 c.s.t
Clayton Smith - Solar Observations
**14
July 9 - 9:00 - 9:15
Clayton Smith & Joe Lach
Solar Observation.
July 9 - T. Upham & B. Rainey - 9:00 - 11:00 general observations
July 10 " " 10:00 - 5:30 a number of photographs, Saturn, Venus,
M13, Perseus cluster, etc. watched sunrise, weather "perfect"
July 11 Clayton Smith 11:00 - 11:30
Solar Observations
July 11 T. Upham, B. Rainey, W. Halley - numerous double stars
Andromeda nebulas, Perseus, Saturn, etc. 10:30 - 2:00
July 13 Clayton Smith 11:00 - 11:30
Solar Observations
July 13 8:00 - 9:00 c.s.t.
Clayton Smith - Lunar Obs.
July 20 T. Upham - several open clusters 12:30 - 2:30
July 21 Joe Lach & Clayton Smith
Solar Observations 8:00 - 8:15
July 23 T. Upham 12:00 - 2:30 Moon, Pleides, etc
July 24 T. Upham 1:00 - 4:00
July 25 Joseph Lach & Clayton Smith
9:00 - 3:00 - Eclipse of Moon
July 27 9:15 - 4:30
Clayton Smith Sun Observations
Aug 5 T. Upham 9:00 - 10:30
Aug 7 T. Upham 10:30 - 4:30 3 guests & many "sights"
**15
Aug 8 T. Upham & guests 9:00 - 11:30
Aug 13 - 8:00 - 8:30
Clayton Smith & Joe Lach Sun Observations
Aug 13 9:00 - 11:45, Joe Lach, Clayton Smith
attempted photo through 6" eyepiece - results
not too good.
Aug 18 8:45 - 9:10
Clayton Smith & Joe Lach - Sun Observations
Aug 20 8:50 - 9:05
Clayton Smith & Joe Lach - Sun Observations
Aug 25 8:50 - 9:05
Joe Lach & Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
Sep. 8 8:00 - 11:30 c.s.t.
Joe Lach & Clayton Smith - General
Observation, identification & frustration.
Sept 16 Joseph & friend - lunar pictures
Sept 19 T. Upham - 9:00 - 4:00 observed over 20 double stars, Jupiter
Orion Neb. Andromeda & located Uranus
Sept 25 - Joe Lach, Vince, T. Upham, B. Rainey & G. Sinnot - photograpy 8:00-1:00
Sept 27 - T. Upham. Bruce Larkin 8:00 - 1:00 - many observations
Sept 28 - T. Upham & Elliot Moore 10:45 - 2:00 " "
Oct 2 T. Upham & Elliot Moore 8:30 - 10:30
**16
Oct 5 10:30 - 10:45 Solar Obs.
Clayton Smith
Oct. 9 8:30 - 12:15 T. Upham & 2 friends double stars & other objects
Oct 13 10:30 - 10:45 Solar Obs.
Clayton Smith
Oct 15 T. Upham & B. Rainey 8:00 - 10:00 Lunar observations.
Oct 16 " " " " & E. Moore " "
Oct 17 7:00 - 11:30. Joe Lach - Lunar & Jupiter photos
Oct 20 1:30 - 2:10 T. Upham & E. Moore - solar observations (No sunspots)
Oct 21 10:30 - 11:00 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs.
Oct 23 11:15 - 11:30 Clayton Smith
Solar Observ.
Oct 28 10:30 - 10:45 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs.
Oct 30-31 - 12M - 5:40 - Photographs & Many Observations !!!!
T. Upham, E. Moore & 9 others at various times
weather conditions superb! Mars, Uranus, Venus, 6 clusters.
Nov. 1 - 5:15 - 6:00 Toby Owen - Shutter
jammed too severly to operate.
Nov. 2 8:30 - 10:30 Clayton Smith, Carl Sagan
Joe Lach E. Moore & Nat Sci. &
club people.
Nov. 3 7:00 - 8:45
Toby Owen - Nat Sci. students - sky overcast
**17
Nov. 4, 1953 10:30 - 10:45
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
Nov. 5, 1953 7:00 - 8:45
Toby Owen - Nat Sci. students
sky overcast.
Nov. 6, 1953 8:20 - 8:30 A.M.
Toby Owen - Attempted to track
cosmic ray balloon but failed due to clouds.
Nov 10, 11:30 - 11:15
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
Nov. 9, 7:00 - 9:10
Toby Owen - Nat Sci. I students.
Sky clear, about 20-30 people showed up.
Nov. 10, 7:00 - 8:30
Toby Owen - Nat. Sci. I students.
sky overcast.
Nov. 12, 7:00 - 7:45
Tom Upham, Toby Owen
Nat. Sci. I students, sky hazy but no clouds.
Nov. 13 11:45 - 12:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
Nov. 14 - Morning = Mercury transit, many visitors & photographs
" " - Evening & 9 people up - left at 5! - mostly Jupiter & open clusters
Nov. 16 - 10:45 - 11:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
**18
Nov. 17 11:30 - 11:45
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
Nov. 18 10:30 - 10:45
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs
Nov. 20 - T. Upham, B. Rainey & Elliot Moore - 11:00 - 12:00
Nov. 23 10:30 - 10:45
Clayton Smith Solar Obs.
Nov. 28 1:45 - 2:30 Elliot Moore, Tom Upham, Jerry Jordan
Solar Observation and Instruction.
Dec. 1 7:00 - 8:30
Elliot Moore, Penny Rich, Toby
Owen. Muggy night. Looked around, checked
out Elliott.
Dec 2 12:30 - 1:30 AM Elliot Moore, Bill Silverman, cloudy, nothing
Dec. 5 9:30 - 12:30 E. Moore, Bob Emrich, Upham came for
15 minutes. Double stars. clear night
Dec 7 1:00 - 1:15 P.M.
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
Dec 8 12:15 - 12:30
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
Dec 10 2:45 - 3:00 Elliott Moore, Bob Emrich
Solar Observation
Dec. 10 7:00 - 7:30 Eliott Moore, Bob Emrich, Ken Lewalski
short observation of prominent objects
**19
Dec. 10, 1953 7:15 - 8:30
Pete Vandervoort, Chick Ahlgren, Toby Owen
Cold, clear at first but light clouds moving in.
Operation of `scope and looked around
Dec 16 - 10:30 - 11:30, T. Upham, B. Baumreek, D. Anderson.
Dec 16 - 11:00 - 11:30 A.M.
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
Dec 17 - 9:45 - 10:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
Dec 19 7:00 - 11:00 Joseph Lach & friend
Jupiter photo - got moons. Overcast in at 11:00
Dec 28 8:30 - 10:00
Clayton Smith - Jupiter, Nebulae Photos.
Jan. 5 8:30 - 9:30 Elliott Moore & Penny Rich
Jupiter, Double Star, Bad Weather, Overcast
Jan. 7 5:15 - 6:10
Toby Owen - Lunar observations, sky
very transparent but cloudy.
8:05 - 9:20
Toby Owen - Variable Star Obs. Sky
mucky, cloudy
**20
Jan 9, 1954 5:20 - 6:20
Toby Owen - occultation Sky
clear but seeing terrible. Cold
8:00 - 9:45
Pete Vandervoort, Toby Owen
Looked around, Checked variables. Sky clear but later
clouded over. Seeing still poor.
Jan 11, 1954 7:30 - 8:00 ; 9:30 - 10:30
Joe Lach, Clayton Smith, Eliott
Moore Moon photos.
Jan 12 9:00 - 11
Penny Rich, Elliott
Assorted objects
Jan. 22 1:00 - 3:00
Joe Lach, Elliot Moore, Toby Owen,
Took Schmidt mirror out to be aluminized.
Feb. 4 12:30 - 4:30
Joe Lach, Elliot Moore, Toby Owen,
Replaced Schmidt mirror, cleaned corrector plate
and 6" objective
Feb. 5 Joseph Lach - trial photo with Schmidt - Good results -
clouded up. aft 9:30
Feb. 6 4:00 - 4:15
Toby Owen, lined up finder
Feb. 7 5:30 - 7:30
Toby Owen - variable stars
Feb. 8 10:30 - 11:00
Solar Obs Clayton Smith
**21
Feb. 8 8:00 - 12:30, T. Upham & 10 guests ! many
objects & beautiful seeing. - get 2" cleaned, 6" great !!!!
Feb. 9 12:30 - 1:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs
Feb. 8 3:30 - 6:00 A.M.
Toby Owen - variable star obs.,
unsuccesful search for Comet Pons-Brooks. Sky quite
transparent, 13.1 mag. star barely visible in R Cor Bor field.
Feb. 9 8:40 - 10:00
Toby Owen - 2 occultations. scattered clouds
Feb 9 10:30 - 11:30
E. Moore, P. Vandervoort, miscellaneous, hazy, but clear
Feb 10 10:45 - 11:15
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
Feb 10 7:30 - 11:00 Joe Lach and friend. E. Moore
We waited fruitlessly. Nice cloud formations
Feb. 18 6:00 - 8:00 Toby Owen
Variable star and mercury obs. Sky clear but poor
seeing.
Feb. 18 3:00 - 3:45 E. Moore, Solar Observations
Feb 21 10:00 - 12:00 T. Upham, D. Anderson, W. Churchill.
12:30 - 1:30 T. Owen var. stars & moon
Feb. 24 6:00 - 7:15 T. Owen unsuccesful search for
comet. Sky very cloudy, with a few holes.
**22
Feb. 26 2:00 - 3:00 A.M.
Toby Owen var. stars & moon clear & cold
Feb 26 10:30 - 11:00 A.M. Clayton Smith
Solar Observation - No evidence of activity
Mar 1 10:30 - 11:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs - 1 group 4 spots
Mar. 1 6:30 - 7:00
Toby Owen - unsuccessful comet search
8:00 - 12:30 Elliott Moore & Joe Lach
Schmidt Photos, hazy, clouded out.
Mar 3 10:30 - 11:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs 1 spot
8:30 - 10:00 P. Vandervoort, E. Moore
miscellaneous objects, much sky fog, hazy, COLD
Mar 4 10:00 - 10:30
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs. - Nothing
1 - 2:30 J. Dulin, E. Moore
Personal Photographs, solar obs., instruction
7:00 - 8:30 P. Vandervoort Toby Owen
checked out Pete, variable stars, sky murky
9 - 12:30 E. Moore, Schmidt Photo, Misc. T. Upham
from 10 - 12:30 misc, Saturn, M3 Globular cluster
Mar 5 10:30 - 11:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs. - Nothing
**23
Mar 5 - 6:45 - 8:10
Toby Owen - Seeing very bad but transparency
good. Took search plate & var. stars.
8:00 - 2:30. Joseph Lach, Elliott Moore, Tom Upham.
Schmidt Photos of Beehive and M3. Very Cold.
Mar. 6 - 3:00 - 4:00 T. Upham - Sun & Earth
8 March 1954 P. Vander voort , Elmer Mass
Henry Paulus. 8:15 - 11:00 PM. General
survey of the Universe. Atmosphere hazy but
quite steady.
Mar. 9 - 7:00 - 7:45
Toby Owen - tried for occ. but clouded out.
9 March 1954 8:15 - 11:15 P. Vandervoort
Bob Strader. Didn't even open up. Submit
need for meteorological section.
11 March 1954 6:20 - 9:40 P.Vandervoort, E. Moore, B. Strader
Looked around. Seeing generally poor. Clouded out
about 10:15. God bless poor astronomers on a night like this.
15 March 1954 7:30 - 10:30 PM. Seeing good, transparency
fair. Moon fouls thing up. Two Short exposures of Jupiter.
P. Vandervoort. 12:45 - 2:00. Short exposure of Saturn
Seeing good but moon too bright.
March 15 10:30 - 11:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs. 1 gr. 26 spots
**24
March 16 11:30 - 12:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs. 1 gr. 16 spots
March 18 9:30 - 9:45
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs. 1 gr. 34 spots a real beauty
March 20 4:30 - 5:10
Elliott Moore, Jacques Dulin, Solar Observation, many spots
atmosphere bad, no count
8:10 - 11:30 J. Dulin, E. Moore, a few observations, one
attempted Schmidt. (full moon & poor guiding, ruined.)
March 21 7:30 - 9:30
Elliott - Schmidt Photo of M35, cluster in Twins, then flooded
out by moonlight.
March 26 8:30 PM - 2:30 AM Elliott, TWO Schmidt photos, M65 & M66
in Leo, plus attempt at Owl Nebula. Jupiter with 6 bands & detail, Saturn later with
easy division of outer rings ( plus possible crepe ring and markings on planet) a
remarkable night, with great transparency at zenith, much fog at horizon. About
1:00 clouds appeared, & drove Miss Muffet away (after a while of developing)
Best planetary night I have seen.
31 March 1954, 7:45 - 10:00 P. Vandervoort and
3 guests. Sky fog, fair to poor transparency. Looked around.
9:45 - 5:30 AM. E. Moore, observations Saturn, Mars with distinct
markings. 3 Schmidt photos. M64, M53, M13 : developer bad on last. Night
misty, {???}, and cold.
April 1, 9:30 - 10:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs. - Nothing
**25
4 April 1954 : 7:00 PM - 8:40. P. Vandervoort,
E. Moore, Les Freeman. Looked around. Short Exposure
of moon. Seeing tolerable at first but sky fog coming
in.
5 April 1:30 - 2:30 E. Moore, Cataloging of past plates taken
April 6 - 7:15 - 9:00 E. Moore T. Owen
Came up for Pallas occultation
which was observed in spite of thick smog.
April 7 5:30 - 7:30 Joe Lach, Lunar Photos & Jupiter
clear & fairly steady.
April 8 7:00 - 8:00 Toby Owen, search for Comet Abell
April 8, 1954 P. Vandervoort, T. Upham, and 5 guests.
Looked around. fair to good seeing. Search Plate
for Comet Abell. 8:00 - 10:30
April 9, 1954 Toby Owen - occultation, tried
for emmersion but clouded out.
8:30 - 2:30 Joe Lach, E. Moore. Printing of
negatives, 17 of them. We finally found something to do on a rainy night.
April 13 11:30 - 12:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs
April 14 10:30 - 11:00
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
**26
{torn away} Pete Vandervoort, Mas
Putzel, Elliott Moore, Toby Owen
Looked around, var. star observations.
Good night - 13.1 mag.
April 24 - 11:30 - 12:30 T Owen, J Lach, E. Moore, fixed
drive, lokked at meridian instrument.
April 26 - 11:00 - 11:30
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
May 3. Joe Lach & friend. Schmidt photo of
cluster in Hercules. Rewash negative 210 to
remove stains. 7:00 - 2:30
May 4 7:00 - 9:00 - Toby Owen, - general obs.
May 5 8:15 - 8:30
Clayton Smith - Solar Observ.
May 7 9 - 4 AM. E. Moore. Generally cloudy. attempted M13 shot with
ortho press. no images. general observations in clear times.
7 8-11 T. Upham & only one guest. General observations
May 11 9:30 - 10:00 c.s.t.
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
May 11 10 - 1 E Moore, 2 moon shots with Schmidt, pan
press and ortho press, & miscellaneous observations.
May 12 10:15 - 10:30
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
May 13 8:30 - 8:45
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
**27
May 14, 9:30 - 9:45
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
14 May 8:00 - 11:00 P. Vandervoort and 2 guests.
Planetary and general observations. Atmosphere turbulent. Seeing
fair. Too much moon.
May 19 9:30 - 12:00 E Moore & Friend. Observed
Venus, Jupiter, Saturn,and then clouds. Looked at prints then.
May 21 10:30 - 10:45
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
May 24 - 10:15 - 10:30
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
May 24 - 12:45 - 1:00
Toby Owen - Tried to track cosmic
ray balloons but failed due to clouds.
29 May 8:00 - 10:45 P. Vandervoort & J. Karpen. Looked
around : Primarily planets and double stars. Little
turbulence - transparency fair - Sky fog coming up as we left.
June 4 9:30 - 9:45
Clayton Smith - Solar Obs. - Discovered instrument
cabinet on roof broken into. Nothing seems to be missing.
9:30 - 12:30 J Lach, E. Moore
Attempted many photographs, all failures
then clouded over completely
June 5 J Lach, 9:00 - 3:30 E. Moore. Many Schmidt photos
All more od less failures. One good
**28
attempt at Ring Nebula in Lyra
June 7 - 9:30 Clayton Smith, P. Vandervoort
Looked at instrument cabinet & sun
June 21 Borrowed Manual of Astronomy by Young
Joseph Lach.
June 22 Joe Lach, Jacques Dulin & friend. Signed
out Jacques Very clear but unsteady
June 24 T. Upham, Jacques Dulin, Jacques Kenan general
June 25 J. Dulin, Ivan Barofsky, Penny Rich
Jamie Redmond, Aurthur Green. Venus, Saturn
Mars ( polar caps & green patches ) vega, double - doubles
exceptionally clear, low haze.
June 30 - J. Dulin, T. Upham guests L Lerner et
al. Eclipse - clouds low on horizon at
sunrise, 35% gone by time we were able to see.
good seeing till about 75%, then cloud cover with
intermittent seeing. A few glances at 90% when
clouds thinned, then they covered all and next time we saw
it was at waning 75% only for a second before again obsc-
ured.
July 5, Joe Lach 7:30 - 12:30 looked
around - steady but hazy. Schmidt foto
of Alcor & Mizar.
July 10, J. Dulin 10:30 - 11:30 got cloudy
Mars hazy.
**29
July 15 - J. Dulin, D. Taylor, Guests - Lunar Eclipse
Sun and moon both above horizon - moon
beautiful, rising red orange thru haze. Eclipse
shadow (umbra) fairly well delineated - penumbra
very indistinct. good seeing. Mars, Venus, Saturn
before moon got too bright.
July 3 - Joseph Lach, good night - {???} took Schmidt
photo of alcor & Mizar to test resolving power
July 6 - Joseph Lach & friend. tried new kodak film
- Royal Pan, looks good. Also tried 2" f2.5 Xenon
lens.
July 25 - Joseph Lach & friend. very good night.
clear and steady. Variety of photos & looking around.
July 31 Joseph Lach & friend. Made prints of
previous photos. New batch of Developer, Stop & Hypo.
Aug 6,1954 Joseph Lach & friends - night bad, clouded up.
Aug 10,1954 Joseph Lach & friend - took lunar
photos at focus. Clouded over 12:30. R.A.
fine motion not working.
Aug 11,'54 - T. Upham & friends - poor seeing - Decl.
got stuck & didn't want to tinker with
it - sorry - be glad to help fix if you think
I could help. inside gear might tight
my number is Mi-3-9676 - often in eves.
**30
Aug. 23, 1954. J. Lach & friend. Found telescope with
R.A. slow motion jammed - cotter pins sheared off.
old Pins could not be removed by hand. Will drill out
tomorrow. Do not use telescope.
Aug 28, 1954 J. Lach & friend. Replaced cotter pins
with tapered pins. Reemed close fit on pins.
Night steady but very hazy. took 2 Schmidt
photos though. Telescope is now useable.
Aug 30, 1954. Cleaned Schmidt corrector (Back & front) -
Night quite transparent but stray clouds.
could not get in any photos - Joseph Lach.
Sept 4, 1954 J. Lach & friend 8:00 - 3:30. Night hazy early
but clear by abt 1:00. Took some Schmidt photos.
Sept 5, 1954 J. Lach & friend 8:00 - Steady but hazy
Sept. 22,1954 E. Moore, J. LAch, B. Lux, & 2 friends, 1 for only one hour.
7:30 - 3:30. Trial photos with Royal Pan, Dupont 428, 9 H.P.S.
on Pleides and apartment buildings. Lach goofed by putting
H.P.S. in backwards.
Sept. 25, 1954 8 - 2:30 . J. Lach E. Moore, Carl Michelis, & 1 friend.
4-10 minute photos of M52 for film tests & 1 Pleides shot by
Michelis. Photos need further examination. All excellent,
clouded out when attempted longer exp. Chi-H. Perseus.
**31
Oct 6, 1954 ClaytonSmith - Solar Obs. - Faculae only
visible activity on Sun.
Oct. 6, 1954 - 6:30 - 7:15 Toby Owen. - Tried for
occultation through scattered clouds, no luck.
Oct. 6, 1954 Carl Michelis, E. Moore - 7:30 - 1:00
Lunar photographs 6 inch refractor, various observations, scattered clouds
cleared up about 12 but too cold for long-exposure photography
with present clothing.
Oct. 7, 1954 11:00 A.M. Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
No activity observed.
Oct. 8, 1954 7:30 - 10:55 T. Owen Wetzig,
Davidson, Allen, Weiss - Looked around
Sky clear, but hazy.
Oct 8, 1954 12:00 - 2:15 - E Moore, Carl Michelis
Sky almost clear on arrival, attempted lunar photographs
Failed when clock turned around without moving telescope!
This mustbe fixed. Intermittent clouds allowed us
view of four dark bands on Jupiter, with Uranus
nearby. At the time, Schmidt positional photos
impossible. Clock matter seems most important.
Oct. 14, 1954 12:00 A.M. Clayton Smith
Solar Obs.- Faculae & 1 spot observed
Oct. 15, 1954 6:45 - 12:30 T. Owen, Wetzig
Davidson, Weiss. Var. stars misc observation.
Scattered clouds, cleared off 11:40. Cold! (over)
**32
clock working satisfactorily.
Oct 17-18 12:30 - 2:00 Carl Michelis, E. Moore, Attempts to
get slit in dome open met with failure. Prying Attempted
failed also. Suggest daytime work, with a can of grease
Oct 18 - 12:00 Noon Clayton Smith, Solar Obs.
No activity observed.
Oct 19 - 1:30 P.M. Clayton Smith, Solar Obs.
BEAUTIFUL ! BEAUTIFUL ! BEAUTIFUL ! 8 DARK CLOUD BANDS ON
JUPITER! OH YES, Oct 19, 11-3:15. CARL MICHELIS, E. Moore.
very heavy ground haze, just able to see outlines of
Mitchell tower. Observations and sketches of Jupiter, with
-photographs by Michelis showing bands (14 photo developed
so far ) Extremely steady. Carl and I agree on
positioning of belts and details in those belts, spots, lines, etc.
Observations and photos of moon, very beautiful when so
steady. Recommend coming up to observatory in future whenever
there is a heavy ground fog. Much trouble with clock
driving telescope. Completely unpredictable.
Oct 20 - 12:00 Noon Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
4th spot of new epoch observed today
Oct 20 - 9:10 - 1:30. Peter Li, J. Dulin, E. Moore.
Jupiter observations, 6 dark bands plus amorphous
mass at one pole. One shadow transit & 1 moon transit &
general observing. Jupiter fairly steady.
**33
Oct. 21 - 10:45 A.M. Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
Oct 21 8 - 11:15 Clayton Smith, E. Moore, Gene
Lonak. Var. star obs., Mars, plus miscellaneous searching
Oct 22 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM Carl Michelis, E. Moore. Prints
of lunar photos.
Oct 22-23 6:30 - 1:00 T. Owen L. Wetzig
L. Davidson Var. star obs. and misc obs.
Ground haze but sky clear through out. Not
too transparent, or steady, however.
Oct. 25 12:30 P.M. Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
Oct. 27-28 9:30 - 1:30 E. Moore. Photo, Schmidt, 50 min.
of chi-h, double cluster in Perseus, with clock running
erratically. Great difficulty in getting clock to drive
telescope, hardly worth it then. 4 bands & 1 polar mass & detail on Jupiter
Sky quite transparent, seeing poor.
Oct 28 11:45 - 12:00 A.M. Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
Nov 2, 1954 10:30 - 10:45 Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
No spot activity, faculae present
Nov. 3, 12:00 - 12:15 Clayton Smith - Solar Obs.
Nov. 5, 7:30 - 8:15 T. Owen - 2 Nat. Sci.
students up but complete overcast prevented
any observations. Cleaned up observatory and stairs.
Nov. 6 8:00 - 9:15 P Vandervoort, Schuncke
Tour of the universe, i.e. misc observing
Nov. 6 9:10 - 12:45 Elliott Moore, Carl Heinz
**34
Michelis. Took lunar photographs, seeing exceptional
about 4 on a scale of 5, plus miscellaneous
observations. Checked out Michelis.
6 Nov `54 P. Vandervoort, E. Maas - Interesting
objects. Seeing very good. Six to eight
bands on Jupiter for very long periods.
Transparency quite low and dropping.
Clock will not drive!
Nov. 8, 1954 T. Owen Wetzig Davidson
Many Nat Sci 1 students up.
Nov. 9, 1954 11:15 - 11:30 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 3 groups. 8 spots noted
Nov. 10, 1954 12:00-12:20 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 1 more new grp. 13 spots
Nov. 10 7:15 - 11:15 Elliott Moore. Nat Sci I students,
dozens of them. Moon, Mars, [[beta]] cygni, CHI-H, [[eta]] Cassiopiae,
and others observed. Clock not working at all when turned,
glass in front of it partly broken out, small motor for
guiding Schmidt doesn't work.
Nov. 11 11:10 - 11:25 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 1 more grp. 19 spots
Nov. 11 7:15 - 9:30 Toby Owen
Nat Sci I night again. Sky hazy and
seeing poor. Clock still skittish, motor
won't start by itself, but runs well when pushed.
**35
Nov. 12, 1954 6:45 - 8:45 T. Owen Davidson Wetzig
Fairly good detail on Mars, seeing and
transparency average. Variable stars Moon.
Nov. 13, 1954 A.M. 5:20 - 6:45 A.M.? Same crew
Jupiter, Mercury & Moon. Rope broke
in dome, re-tied, but new rope needed. Seeing fair.
Nov. 13 12:30 - 1:30 Elliott Moore. Solar Obs., 4 grps,
sky hazy, seeing poor. Attempted to find Venus near inferior conjunction
with circles, direct visual, herschel wedge, and projection. All failed.
Clock and clamps working very well.
Nov. 15, 9:30 - 12:00 Gary Stallings Carl Michelis
Observed general objects. Drive working
satisfactorily all evening.
Nov 15 12:00 - 12:15 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 1 grp.
Nov. 16 11:15 - 12:00 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. No activity
Nov. 17 7 - 12 Wetzig, Davidson, Moore. Studying
and hoping for clouds to clear off. They didn't.
Nov. 17 10:15 - 10:30 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 1 spot
Nov. 18 2:30 - 2:45 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. No activity
Nov 29-30 11:00 - 2:30 Carl Michelis, E. Moore,
attempted Schmidt photo, small motor working very
**36
strangely or not at all. Jupiter beautiful with
transits of spots & satellites, with very detailed
markings on planet itself.
Nov. 30, 1954 11:00 - 11:15 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. Sky very mucky.
Dec. 1,'54 Joe Lach, E. Moore. 2:00 - 6:00 Repaired Schmidt
guiding motor, (wire broken.)
Dec. 1-2 E. Moore, Paul Weiss, 9:30 - 3:00 2 photos Schmidt by
Paul, 2 first for him. Much practice needed. Jupiter
beautiful with about 7 bands & detail on main belt at least.
Dec. 2, 1954 - 7:50 - 11:00 Wetzig Davidson
Weiss Owen - Sky poor, intermittent
clouds all evening. General observation - seing fair.
Dec. 4 2:15 - 2:40 E. Moore. Solar obs, no spots, 1
about to break into activity apparently. Attempted to find
Venus. Too low for observation.
Dec. 6 12:15 - Clayton Smith
Solar Obs.
Dec. 7 11:00 - Clayton Smith
Solar Obs.
Dec. 7 9:45 - 11:00 P. Vandervoort, 5 guests.
General obs. Four Bands on Jupiter. Seeing
better than average. Moon gets in the
way.
**37
Dec. 10, 1954 7:45 - 11:15 Wetzig Davidson Weiss
Michelis Owen - Partly hazy, bright moon, poor
seeing. Picked up Vesta, saw O.R. III, Focus for
Camera, partially checked out Weiss, practically froze.
Dec. 19 6:00 - 7:30 E. Moore, J. Lach, and friend
Pleiades looked at, plate - holder loaded. Clouded out.
Dec. 23 9:30 - 10:50 E. Moore & friend. Admired
Rigel, then clouded out. 5 bands on Jupiter between clouds.
Dec. 25 8:00 - 11:00 Photo of Pleiades cluster - steady & clear
but windy. Clouded up about 10:30. Joseph Lach & friend
Dec 31 - Jan 1 6:30 - 2:00 E. Moore, J. Lach, and friend.
nothing but looking around. Beautiful night, 7 bands
on Jupiter, Milky Way(?), just lazy.
Jan 2 9:30 - 12 E. Moore & friend. Misc. objects, clouded out.
Jan. 6 - 3:00 - 3:30 - Toby Owen - replaced glass
plate in drive - clock door. Observe proper
care until putty has set.
Jan. 6 - 6:30 - 11:00 E. Moore, L. Wetzig, L. Davidson
E. Lonack, and 2 others. Observations of Moon, Mars, d
Cygni, [[epsilon]] lyrae, cor caroli (recommended as a very beautiful
double star, listed by name in Norton's), and Jupiter, 11 bands.
detail on and between 5. Really steady and clear for Jupiter,
Some difficulty resolving d cygni (not resolved) and
[[epsilon]] lyrae because so low.
**38
Jan 7. 1:30 - 3:30 J. Lach, E. Moore, L. Wetzig, L. Davidson.
Cleaned lens of 6" refractor. rotated lens elements. Noted that
mirror on Schmidt has pitted aluminum covering.
Jan. 8 11:45 - 12:15 T. Owen, Showed Venus
and Sun to Mr. D. Leonov and friends.
Four groups on sun, two rather large spots.
Jan 10 12:00 - 12:15 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 2 groups.
Jan 13 10:55 - 10:65 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 2 grps.
Jan. 13 9:45 - 11:45 Toby Owen and D Levine
General Obs., poor seeing but nice and clear.
Jan. 14-15 11:00 - 2:30 Wetzig, Davidson, Owen
Var. stars, gen. obs. Telescope seems to
be working well, images better than before.
Nice dark sky, but again shaky.
Jan 15 2:00 - 2:30 E. Moore. Solar Obs., 2 Large Spots
Seeing very bad, with heavy wind. Placed "Graphic time
table of the heavens" in observatory. Unable to raise WWV.
Jan. 15 8:00 - 12:30 E. Moore, L. Wetzig. I attempted
Schmidt shot by lallie, one drawing of Jupiter. Miscellaneous
other observations mainly of star clusters.
Jan 16 - 12:15 - 12:30 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 1 grp.
**39
Jan 16 8:00 - 1:10 Paul Weiss - took 45 min to
unstick & open dome - sky clear but high altitude fog -
limit of visibility 3 mag. - attempted photo (Schmidt) of the
double cluster in Pers. - The switch for slow motion
did not work on the 1st attempt, and continually moved in one
direction on 2nd attempt. - 15deg.F - so I gave up. - First
time checked out alone.
Jan 17 2:30 - 2:45 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 1 grp.
Jan 19 2:30 - 2:45 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. -------
Jan 20 11:15 - 11:30 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 1 grp.
Jan 23 9:30 - 12:30 seeing fair until 11- finally
at 12 complete overcast. - Observ. of double cluster in
Pers. - had trouble with the shutter of Schmidt
while photo. same - - Bitter cold wind at 10deg.F.
25 January 1955 8:15 - 10:30 Photo of Orion
Nebula - attempted photo of Crab Nebula. P. Vandervoort
25 January 1955 10:00 - 12:50 attempted unguided
photograph of Orion nebula - clock ran out while I was gone.
Cross hairs on guide ocular snapped. Carl-Heinz Michelis
26 January 1955 9-11 Attempted photo of Jupiter
thru Schmidt on old ortho film - - near - (and below) zero temp
**40
forced short observation - Clear except for very faint,
high sky fog - guests: Keith Johnson and Roger Burke
Jan 27 10:45 - 11:00 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 3 grps.
Jan 28 2:30 - 2:45 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 1 grp.
Jan 28 5:30 - 5:50 T. Owen Mercury & Moon
Seeing very bad but good trans. No detail on Merc.
8:00 - 11:00 Owen Davidson Wetzig
Var. stars, picked up Vesta for sure sky conditions same.
Might chilly, R.A. circle rather sticky.
Jan 29 2:15 - 2:45 E. Moore. Solar Obs - 1 grp. found
door leading to roof needing key open and observatory door open. Toby?
Jan 30 7:30 - 8:15 Paul Weiss - 1 photo of Moon
(in color) - but camera shutter stuck (a bit chilly upstairs)
and a 1 sec exposure - hand held - turned into about 7 secs
Bright half-moon lit up the high altitude sky fog
Jan 31 2:30 - 2:45 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 2 grps. very poor seeing
Jan 31-32 9:00 - 12 35' 39" Eliot Moore, Carl-Heinz
Michelis. Note Shortwave Radio Missing, some-
one also clipped cord off the hot plate. Eliot drew
2 Juppiter sketches, Michelis watched Mädlen's Square,
also lunar photograph.
**41
Feb. 2 12:15 - 12:30 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 3 grps.
Feb 3 2:30 - 3:30, T Owen, J. Lach, E. Moore. Took
Schmidt mirror out for aluminizing. Do not
use telescope!
Feb. 15, 9:00 - 10:00 T. Owen - checked telescope,
made some preliminary attempts at wiring.
Be careful of wires.
Mar 30 3:00 - 6:15 T. Owen. E. Moore. Replaced
freshly aluminized Schmidt mirror, cleaned obs.
8:00 - 1:30 C. Michelis, E. Moore. Lunar obs.
and photograph, Jupiter obs. & drawing, Saturn seen later. E. Moore
said split cassini's division easy, another division in outer ring
visible, several dark bands & one prominent white band on planet.
Split double stars, several, the closest was 0.8, beyond theoretical
limit of scope. Night hazy & steady at first, then cleared.
Used 90x per inch of aperture to get fine details on Saturn, which were
not clearly visible at 45x per inch of aperture.
Mar31 1:30 - 2:00 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 2 groups.
8:00 - 11:00 P.M. Clayton Smith
Witnessed Jupiter occultation of Sat. 2. Fixed
Declination circle. Looked at Moon & Saturn & Presepe.
Had several visitors.
**42
April 1 11:30 - 11:45 C. Smith
Solar Obs. 2 sunspots in South
April 1 8:00 - 10:00 J. Davidson L. Davidson
L. Wetzig T. Owen Seeing bad, sky
hazy and cloudy. Just looked around.
April 5 1:30 - 1:45 C. Smith
Solar Obs. 3 grps. in North.
5 April 7:00 - 10:00 P. Vandervoort C. Michelis
Attempted exposure with 103F and Wratten
#29. Dud some where along the line.
Carl trying shot of M37 with 103F
April 7 11:30 - 11:45 C. Smith
Solar Obs. 2 grps. in North
April 7 3:30 - 5:00 C. Michelis Mixed developer
D 76.
April 7 7:00 - 12:00 C. Michelis, E. Moore, then L. Wetzig &
L. Davidson at 10:00. Plus two blokes who wandered in
from the street at the time. Photos M-37, Jupiter photos &
drawing, plus miscellany. Many divisions in Saturn's
Belts, including Cassini's, Encke's, and others ( catalog
sent free on request )
April 8 11:30 - 11:45 C. Smith
Solar Obs. 2 grps. in North 1 in South
Apr. 8 2:30 - 5:30 C. Michelis, E. Moore. Repaired guiding
**43
crosshairs and examined photos taken night before.
April 8, 7:15 - 11:30 C-H Michelis. Photographed
Orion nebula and M35, also observed Juppiter and Saturn.
The atmosphere deteriorated steadily. Also 3 visitors who
wandered in from the street.
April 11 12:15 - 12:30 C. Smith
Solar Obs. No groups.
April 13 8:30 - 12:30 L. Davidson, L. Wetzig, E. Moore.
Miscellaneous observations. Bothered by light clouds.
April 14 8:00 - 11:00 L. Davidson L. Wetzig
T. Owen Seeing poor, scattered clouds, general obs.
April 16 2:30 - 5:00 C. Michelis, E. Moore, Put in
new Schmidt switch. Works perfectly. the circuits
certainly are wild-looking, though.
April 16-17 10:30 PM - 5 A.M. E. Moore. General observations
and wrangling with the Schmidt shutter for about 3 hours.
The shutter won. Observations of moon and Venus, Schmidt 15min.
photo of Dumbell nebula in Vulpecula. About 2:30
Milky Way was clearly visible, with its rift structure.
Dawn came up like thunder and cut short exposure of nebula.
April 21 1:30 - 2:00 C. Smith
Solar Obs. 1 grp. 1 spot. 3 Faculae (near S. pole)
8:00 P.M. - 12:30 A.M. C. Smith, E. Moore, & 2 visitors
observed Jupiter, Saturn, M81&M82, M13, M44, & tried to
find M95.
**44
MAKE ALL ENTRIES IN
C.S.T.
April 22 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM E. Moore. Tried fixing
Schmidt shutter.
9:00 - 11:30. J. Davidson, L. Wetzig, L. Davidson,
E. Moore. Miscellany, incl. M57, M13, M92, & planets
prevailing at the time.
April 25 9:00 - 12:00. E. Moore. Misc. observation.
Difficulty in locking in telescope, so traced down difficulty
and may have cured it. (A loose connection between
worm and drive)
April 26 11:00 - 11:20 C. Smith & E. Moore,
Solar Obs. 1 grp. N.
April 26 6:00 - 9:30 P. Vandervoort, E. Moore,
T. Owen several others, first night of
open house series, fairly good attendance.
Transparency good but poor seeing. gen. obs.
April 27 10:30 - 11:00 C. Smith
Solar Obs. 2 grps. N.
April 27 7 - 11:15 C. Michelis, E. Moore, and P. Vandervoort
2nd night of open house. About 24-30 guests total probably.
Night very, very steady. 2160 power attained without blurring or
360x per inch of aperture. Later on Saturn's rings inspected, even the
old sceptic Pete saw the crepe ring. E. Moore saw 6 divisions
in rings, including a division in crepe ring! (Marvelous). This
last statement should be taken with a grain of salt
since Moore and only Moore saw 6 divisions - A sceptic
**45
April 29 10:30 - 11:30 Toby Owen & Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 2 grps 8 spots N.
29 1:00 - 2:00 E. Moore. Looked over
telescope to see what is necessary to take photographs
to satisfy certain sceptics.
April 30 7:30 - 1:30 AM E. Moore. Took said photographs
of moon and Saturn but did not develop them. Also sketched
Saturn. Sky somewhat hazy.
May 2, 1955 8:30 - 10:30 E. Moore, Carl-H Michelis - observed Juppiter
Saturn and Moon. High clouds and a bad atmosphere
made things pretty bad. So bad in fact E. Moore
could not exercise his imagination i.e. make any
planetary drawings. Had two visitors.
May 4 10:45 - 11:15 Clayton Smith
Solar Obs. 4 grps. 22 spots
May 5 J. Dulin - 2 guest - Bob Bosch and
Sylvia Hedley. Moon, Saturn and Jupiter.
Sky hazy, 360x not useable. 10 - 11:30 CST
May 8 4 - 5:30 T. Owen E. Simmons
Venus observed. Sky clear but horizon
seeing very bad.
May 11 9 - 9:50 E. Simmons E. Moore T. Owen
Uranus - Jupiter approach Cloudy sky
May 14 7:00 - 9:30 T. Owen Mercury, Neptune,
various Pl neb. Sky clear but very unsteady
**46
May 15 - 11:30 - 1:00 E. Simmons T. Owen
Verified Neptune identification. Virgo
galaxy group, gen obs. seeing still poor, good T.
May 16 10:20 - 10:35 C. Smith
Solar Obs. 1 grp. 5 spots
May 16 8:30 - 11:45 C. Michelis. Became
quite hazy so I had to quit without
doing anything. Mixed developer - works
even though brown already.
May 17 10:10 - 10:25 C. Smith
Solar Obs. 1 grp. 11 spots
May 18 10:20 - 10:40 C. Smith
Solar Obs. 3 grps. 22 spots
May 19 11:00 - 11:15 C. Smith
Solar Obs. 3 grp. 24 spots
19 8:30 - 11:30 E. Moore, Miscellaneous obs.
Sky partly cloudy, hazy, air unsteady.
May 20 10:25 - 10:45 C. Smith
Solar Obs. 2 grps. 31 spots
May 23 8:30 - 12:30 E. Moore & friend, B. Hamlin. Misc
objects, then clouded up.
May 25 8:30 - 11:30 E. Moore & friend, R. Tercher
Misc. objects, then clouded out.
May 27 10:20 - 10:35 C. Smith
Solar Obs. 2 grps. 10 spots
**47
May 27 8:30 - 10:00 L. Wetzig, L. Davidson, C.
Michelis, E. Moore. A few observations, then clouded out.
May 28 7:00 - 12:00 E. Moore, J. Lach, & friend.
Tried out spectroscopic plates. Very fast, very poorly
guided. Night good.
May 30 6:30 - 12:00 P. Vandervoort, E. Moore. Attempted
H[[alpha]] filter on spectroscopic plates (Sob!) Plate lightstruck
beforehand. On attempting another plate the clock
mechanism just refused to go. Only constructive achievement:
E. Moore confirmed new outside ring of Saturn, intend
to correspond with ALPO about it.
Sept 2, 7:30 P.M. - 5:30 A.M. C. Michelis,
Bob Yackel, Don Englishman. Made several
Schmidt exposures non of them turned out
too well. Atmosphere steady but hazy with
a full moon in the sky. Driving clock worked
well without any trouble.
Sept. 28, 1955 - 1:30 - 2:00
Toby Owen - moved equipment
from roof cabinet to 550 on
instructions from Mr. Voorheer
who says that the Roof will be patched.
Had difficulty with 550 lock.
Oct. 3 9:45 - 10:15 C. Smith
Solar Obs. 3 groups. Men working on
roof. Fixed shutter pull rope.
**48
Oct 5 2:00 - 3:30 P. Vandervoort, E. Moore.
Put new rope in dome. No casualties.
Oct 11 8:30 - 9:00 C. Smith
Solar Obs. 3 grps. Atmosphere unsteady
Oct 11 6:00 - 9:45 PM J. Lach, E. Moore, later L. Davidson,
L. Wetzig. Photo of CHI-H with O-type plate. Discovered
All our spec. plates, O & F, are fogged. Clouded out.
Oct. 19 2:00 - 3:00 PM E. Moore. Swept out room & obs. Found 550
lock fixed.
7:30 - 10:45 Meeting of Astronomy Club, many
people and a few misc. observations
Oct 20 11:00 - 11:30 C. Smith. came up intending to
do some spot observations, wound up arguing with the
dome shutter. Shutter won.
Oct 21 7:30? - 12:00 T. Owen and class. Found constellations,
looked at objects, and instructed in use of telescope. Then E. Moore took
over to teach setting circles. Interrupted by two separate
sets of visitors after midnight CDT. Had to leave telescope
jammed and out of order.
Oct 22 4:30 E. Moore. Attempted to fix telescope. No luck.
Oct 26 1:00 - 2:15 E. Moore. Fixed telescope (I think). If it
ever becomes jammed again, just loosen the declination
lock a dozen rounds. HA! HA!
Oct 26 6:30 - 7:30 & 9:00 - 10:00 Clayton Smith Moon
& miscellaneous observations.
**49
Oct 31 6:45 - 9:30 E. Moore, L. Davidson, L. Wetzig. Double
star observations.
Nov. 4. 7:00 - 12:30 B. Gonzales, E. Moore. Class. Misc.
observations and instruction.
10 Nov Vandervoort - Nat Sci - Fog - Home
Nov. 14 Owen Nat Sci Clouds
Nov 15 E. Moore Nat. Sci. People
then clouds. Very steady. Resolved - tau Cygni 0.9
seconds of arc apart, magnitudes 3.8 , 8.0
Nov. 16 C. Smith Nat Sci. 15 people
[[chi]] & h - M34 - Pleides d Orionis etc. 7:00 to 10:00
17 Nov P. Vandervoort. People Lokked, [[beta]] Cygni,
Pleides, 7:30 - 8:15
Nov 21, 1955 - Carl-Heinz Michelis wanted to try
new lunar photography camera - too hazy.
5:30 - 6:00
Nov 21, 1955 Owen 7:30 - 8:20 Nat Sci.
High haze and clouds seeing 4 early (? Moore)
but 6-7 later.
Nov. 23, 1955 Carl-Heinz Michelis 6:00 - 8:10 Tried out
new Lunar camera. Transparency 10, but a bit
on the windy side.
9:30 - 11:00 E. Moore. Misc. obs. windy and cold.
Nov. 25 11:00 - 12:30 E. Moore, up to see Jupiter. Low and unsteady.
**50
Nov. 30 9:30 C. Smith Solar Obs. & TV transmitter
Dec 5, 6:40 -> 2:35 C Michelis, E Moore
various observations and Lunar photographs.
Dec. 9 9:30 - 1:45 E. Moore, L. Westig, & L. Davidson wanted to try Schmidt photo
drive not working properly. Then misc observations.
Dec. 10 7:00 - 9:00 E. Moore, and friends, Misc. obs.
Jan 3, 1956 1:30 - 5:30 J. Lach, P. Vandervoort, E.
Moore, Fixed telescope. Now works perfectly.
Jan 3 8:30 - 1:15 J. Lach, P. Vandervoort, E.
Moore. Took Schmidt photos of Orion Nebula, with
filter and without filter on 103aF, and on 103a-O.
Jan 4 7:30 - 2:15 C-H Michelis, E. Moore, P. Vandervoort
Schmidt Photos of Orion Nebula with spectroscopic plates.
Very good results. H-[[alpha]] project failed.
Jan 7: 11:30 - 2:30 J. Lach, E, Moore, P. Vandervoort
2 exposures of Orion (#29 Wratten & "103a-O")
Kodak mixed the plates !! H-[[alpha]] may work
Jan 12: 7 - 12:15 P. Vandervoort, & friend, E. Moore.
Successfully photographed Horsehead Nebula, Beautiful with
red filtered shot
Jan 13, 8:30 - 12:30 E. Moore. Jupiter sketch. Much
low smoke. Could hear fog horns from lake. Never
cleared away enough to get Schmidt shot.
**51
Jan 30 9:30 - 2:00 J. Mayer, L. Davidson, E. Moore.
2 Schmidt photos with HPS, practicing, on Pleiades and Beehive.
Feb 3 7 - 7:30 J. Dulin, G. Roberts, Wm Pohl
Venus - jupiter
9:30 - 12:30 E. Moore - Shot north polar sequence,
with both types of plates.
Feb. 4 9:00 - 1:00 J. Mayer, E. Moore. Schmidt
photos of Pleiades with & without red filter on spec. plate.
Feb. 9 4:00 - 5:45 E. Moore. Examined 103a-O plate
for limiting magnitude. Faintest star - 14.54 mag, but
many stars of 12th & 13th mags missing, probably because
they are too red.
Feb 10 6:00 - 6:15 P. Morton - E. Moore - Venus
Feb 14 9:00 - 10:30 P. Mayer, E. Moore. Watched clouds.
Feb 18 9:00 - 3:00 J. Mayer, P. Morton, Nebel. E. Moore.
Checked out Joe Mayer. Found 2 strange spots on
Jupiter which were sketched. Took photo north polar
sequence. Clouded out finally.
Feb. 27 3:00 - 3:15 Owen - Checked Sun after
recent Cosmic ray outburst (Still there)
At least 20 individual spots including
one large bipolar group near W. limb.
Feb. 28 7:30 - 10:30 Dulin, Sinnott. Showed Sinnott the
ropes. Used circles on Nebula in Orion thence to
Betelgeuse thence to Crab Nebula (couldn't find) fine seeing
**52
until clouds came up --10 PM.
Mar. 8-9 8:00 - 2:45 P. Vandervoort, E. Moore. Plates
preliminary to close approach of Neptune & star.
Mar 10 1:30 - 2:15 E. Moore. Solar Obs. Fixed RA slow motion.
Mar 18 11:00 - 3:30 J. Mayer, E. Moore, Observed
8/4/65 Jupiter, Saturn,Mars, Moon. Schmidt photos of Neptune
Probably region and of M51. Clouded out.
Appulse of Mar 19 10:00 - 12:00 E. Moore & friends. Misc. obs.
Neptune Mar 31 10:00 - 1:45 E. Moore. Schmidt photos of M-3
photos taken and north polar sequence. Last shot clouded out.
here Apr 3 9:45 - 11:45 L. Wetzig, L. Davidson & friend
Now labeled Dome hard to open ! Looked around.
B 261-2 Apr. 4 9:00 - 1:30 E. Moore. Schmidt photos of
the M51 (Whirlpool nebula in Can. Ven) showing clear resolution
prediction into spiral structure, and North Polar sequence. Very
was for transparent. Northern lights put on beautiful display
10 MAR `56 overhead and to west about 10-11.
03h 8UT. 4/9/56 12:15 - 12:30 C. Smith Solar Obs.
= 4/11/56 12:15 - 12:30 C. Smith Solar Obs. Extensive spot activity.
9 MAR 56 4/11/56 10:00 - 3:00 L. Davidson, E. Moore. M-3 photos
9h 45m CST Saturn extremely steady. Crepe ring nice and
outer new ring seen again. Dulin up for a few minutes.
4/14/56 Dulin Pohl 10 - 11:30 Saturn - Jupiter
M-3 looked around.
**53
USE CST
4/15/56 12:15 - 2:00 L. Davidson and friend.
Saturn Jupiter. Some trouble with dome.
4/16/56 7:30 - 8:00 T. Owen Unsuccessful search
for Comet 1956b - too faint?
4/18/56 8 - 10:30 P.Weiss & Company - Moon - Venus -
Jupiter - etc. - Attempted photo of Jupiter thru
Schmidt - poor. 4/19 2AM - 4:45 AM - Attempted
photo of M27 (Dumbell) - CANNOT GET CLOCK
TO DRIVE TELESCOPE - Please someone fix -
5/1/56 6:30 - 8 (C.S.T.) L. Wetzig, L. Davidson & friends
Venus, Jupiter, Clouds
5/2/56 8:20 - 10:30 E. Moore, Jay Baker. Misc. Obs.
5/7/56 9:00 - 12:00 J. Dulin, T. Upham, J. Baker, E. Moore
& numerous guests. Misc. obs.
5/11/56 8:00 - 11:00 E. Moore, J Lach up for 1/2 hr. Misc Obs.
6/8/56 10:00 - 12:30 B. Cobb, E. Moore, Misc. Obs.
6/27-28/'56 2:30 - 3:15 E. Moore. Mars drawing
7/6-7/56 11:30 - 1:00 Paul Weiss Attempted -
photo with Schmidt - film no good (O plates)
7/9 11:30 - 3:00 Paul Weiss E. Moore. Misc. Obs
after guide motor failed to work.
7/12/56 E. Moore & P. Weiss 10:30 - 11:00 (CDST)
Clouds - but motor & drive fixed by E. Moore
Next Job: collimate. Also objective (6")
cleaned and reversed (into proper order)
**54
7/13/56 - Dulin, Elliott, Upham, Gonzalez, Weiss - general
viewing of Saturn, Mars, Vega, M92 "a Beauty" - seeing fair, M11 don't miss this
Scutum - 06deg.20' - 18h 48.5
7/20/56 J. Dulin, E. Moore. 8:00 - 2:00 Open House.
20 - 25 people. Moon, Saturn, Albireo, [[epsilon]] Lyrae, Vega, Mars
Night quite steady. Quite successful.
7/21/56 E. Moore. Open House. 8:00 - 10:30 About 10 people, then
clouds. Nevertheless, the people stayed for an impromptu
lecture on astronomy for an hour.
9/7/56 E. Moore. J. Dulin. 9:00 - 4:15 Photos, Schmidt, of
M15 & asteroid. Then Mars photos thru refractor.
9/8/56 E. Moore 7:00 - 9:30 Developed Schmidt photos.
Cloudy.
7/9/56 J. Dulin E Moore. 9:30 - 6:30 Took more asteroid photos and
Mars shots, also drawing. Objective reversed again.
Works much better with concave side toward
star.
25/9/56 Carl-Heinz Michelis 8:00 - 3:00
Lunar photographs, looked at Mars, J Dulin
and E Moore stepped in.
8/27/56 8:00 - 11:30 J. Dulin, E. Moore & guests
9/7/56 P. Weiss & Judy Weiss - Tonite Mars'
closest approach to earth in quarter century
Negligible sky fog - clear sky & NO Eyepieces!! you B.......!
**55
9/7/56/ J. Dulin, Joe Mayer, Tom Pape, Al Attard
At Yerkes (took eyepieces) 15 photos of Mars
on HPS no filter --3AM. Seeing not so good
--3 to 5. Transparency 4?. 12" doublet.
9/8/56 Same at Yerkes - Shots of Mars, Genl
viewing of Double Cluster in Perseus, Plieades, Double
Double, Orion - Beautiful, Alcor-Mizar. Fixed
up photographic 12" but couldn't take pictures
with rig - couldn't rack in far enough.
Shots of Mars on HPS with filter & Ansochrome with
filter. Filter: Yellow Hazy Sky filter. 3 1/2 hrs
on 50" with Mendoza, after he was thru
taking a spec plate. Venus (gag), Mars, Orion
Ring Neb - 2 others. Transp 4 Seeing 7!
9/9/56 Yerkes Rain.
9/11/56 J. Mayer - 2 drawings Seeing 8 transp. 3
9/26/56 7:30 - 9:30 L. Wetzig L Davidson
looked around. Thank you whoever fixed dome.
10/5/56 J. Dulin, Jean Kruger, Marylin Quarantillo to
see Mars, Double double, Double cluster, Plieades
etc. Seeing --5 Transp --4.
Telescope out of collimation?!
10/13/56 6:00 - 10:00 E. Moore. Instructed class on use of telescope.About 5
others were up.
**56
USE CST!
10/14/56 8:30 - 9:30 E. Moore. Very steady at first.
Used 1500x on Mars, still sharp. Then clouds came over before
I could begin photography.
10/15/56 7:00 - 9:40 Instructed class
in use of facilities. Checked out
John Logsdan. Carl Michelis.
10/15/56 9:30 - 10:30 E. Moore. Mars. Moon. Very hazy
and cloudy, too unsteady for photos.
10/16/56 9:00 - 11:00 J. Logsdon Mars, moon,
Pleiades, visual only - fairly steady
10/17/56 7:30 10:00 J. Mayer, Nels Lersten
instrunction in use of telescope Very Hazy
high clouds Moon & Mars only objects visible
10/20/56 6:00 - 11:00 E. Moore. Instruction, then 400
pictures of Mars with Panatonic X and HPS. There was a sandstorm
or cloud covering part of Mars, quite bright, about 1/12 - 1/15 of the
diameter, roughly cicular. Seeing - 8-9 transparency 2.
CHECKED OUT JAMES BOLLUCK
10/22/56 9:30 - 10:30 C Michelis, E. Moore. Observation
of Mars, Moon. Saw sandstorm on Mars again, and Carl
saw {???} on moon. Seeing 9 going to 8.
10/25/56 10: - 12:00AM 1:00 - 2:00PM E. Moore. Worked on
time lag in drive & on declination circle. Both apparently
fixed, though circle not set.
**57
10/25/56 6:30 - 7:30 - Clayton Smith H. Doyle
telescope Instruction - Clouded out.
10/29/56 7:00 - 12:00 J. Baptist, A. Samuels, E. Moore.
Telescope Instruction, fairly clear. Checked out Jeremy
Baptist
11/2/56 7:00 - 10:30 James Bulluck, E. Moore, 2
Nat Sci I instructors; no students. Seeing Poor - Fair.
transparency Fairly good. Mars, [[epsilon]] Lyrae, [[beta]] Cygni, Double
Cluster.
11/6/56 7:00 - 10:00 Carl-Heinz Michelis later E. Moore
1 Nat. Sci. Instructor 3 students. Transparency poor
seeing 5 (according to E.M.) Mars, [[chi]]h, Orion Nebula, and
Betelbaum. I also checked out the large Ferro
Type plate from the dark room. Amen.
11/12/56 7:30 - 8:45 Jeremy Baptist Looked at moon and
Mars - seeing very poor.
11/13/56 7:30 - 10:00 P. Morton, E. Moore. Moon
photos
11/17/56 8:00 - 3:00 AM J. Bulluck, J. Dulin, E. Moore
and about 50 others. Total lunar eclipse. Photographs
and visual observations. Very transparent.
12/10/56 8:00 - 8:30 C. Smith H. Doyle - Moon
& Mars - Completely cloudy. Dome found 1/2
open - No snow in dome.
**58
12/17/56 8:00 - 9:30 P. Morton, E. Moore.
Misc. observations and instructions.
12/27/56 1:00 - 3:00 T. Lisco, E. Moore. Worked
on telescope.
12/28/56 10:00 - 11:00 C. Michelis, E. Moore. Took pictures of telescope.
12/30/56 12:00 - 4:30 AM E. Moore. Took photos of Orion and
Jupiter, quite clear and steady.
12/30/56 8:00 - 10:30 G. Lenz, T. Lisco & friend Miscellaneous observing
1/1/57 E. Moore. T. Lisco. Solar obs. Dome slot stuck
2/2/57 8:30 - 9:00 L. Davidson. What do you do to
telescope so objects will be in focus?
2/11/57 10:00 - 10:30 L. Davidson & friend E. Chappelow
moon, very hazy.
2/11/57 8:00 - 10:00. P. Morton, T. Lisco, E. Moore, & friend.
Lunar observation, then hazed out.
2/12/57 10:00 - 10:45 E. Moore friend. Misc. obs. clouded out
" 8:00 - 10:00 T. Lisco Misc. Obs. Night --5
2/14/57 5:30 - 7:30 T. Lisco Watched Jupiter, Saturn,Moon
Quite clear but unsteady Sunrise.
2/15/57 9:45 - 10:45 Miscellaneous observing Orion good, Mars poor
Conditions about 5-6 Jupiter good
2/15/57 10:15 - 17:30 L. Davidson, E Moore, friend.
Misc. Obs.
2/27/57 2:00 - 3:00 T. Lisco und freund SOLAR OBSERVING
projected well on paper, but
how the hell does that gadget work?
2/27/57 8:00 - 11:30 E. Moore. 3 photos of Orion
with HPS 15 min. each
**59
3/22/57 T. Lisco E. Moore & friend Miscellaneous Observing
3/27/57 6:45 - 9:00 L. Wetzig (a while), L. Davidson
Misc. Obs. Hoped to see Comet 1957h but it was too low in sky.
3/27/57 T. Lisco & friend Jupiter - Sky hazed up
3/27/57 11:00 - 11:30 J Dulin, E. Moore, friends.
Misc obs.
3/29/57 9:00 - 9:55 P. Vandervoort Jupiter, Transparency
fair, seeing good. Good image with 1/2" ocular. Beehive. Is
the right ascension lock working, or am I just
a poor thenelitsian {???} ? AMEN! (E.M.)
4/4/57 8:00 - 9:30 T. Lisco & friend Jupiter - good
Moon - poor
4/5/57 7:30 - 8:20 C. Smith & N. Smith - Jupiter - Moon -
Double Star & Arcturus.
4/9/57 8:30 - 11:00 T. Lisco. P. Morton, E. Moore.
Misc. Obs. & Instruction.
4-10-57 7:30 - 10:00 J. Bullock. Misc. Obs. Saw Mercury
earlier (--7:00) naked eye. Jupiter Good, belt in S. Hemisphere
recently appeared, prob. saw red spot on left. Also Moon.
Also Mars: small but plain disc 8mm ocular - close (10 diam.) to dim star.
Seeing 6-7 Transp. early v. good exc. for Moon, clouded later.
4/15/57 9:30 - 9:45 D. Bennington, E. Moore. Looked at
Observatory. Checked out D. Bennington.
4/20/57 6:00 - 7:30 E. Moore. Tried to find Comet
Arend-Roland thru scattered clouds. No luck.
**60
USE CST
4/27/57 C. Smith & Mike Richter - Gen'l
telescope operating procedure.
4/23/57 6:15 - 9:30 J. Dulin, J. Lubar, E. Moore, & about 20
others. Observed Comet Arend-Roland. Visible to
naked eye, thru binoculars, & star-like nucleus
& slight tail structure in 6" refractor. About 1/2deg.
tail visually (?) Photos taken with Schmidt.
4/24/57 6:20 - 9:00 P. Vandervoort, J. Dulin,
M. Richter, E. Moore, & about 5-10 others
Observed Arend Roland Comet, binoculars &
6" refractor, took 2 Schmidt photos.
4/25/57 1:00 - 1:30 - Norman Smith, Allan Rosenke,
Clayton Smith - Saturn, Jupiter Obs.
4/30/57 9:30 - 10:00 AM - J Bullock - Sun - Poor seeing,
5 ordinary looking (med. size) spots, 10-12 small ones.
4/30/57 ? - 9:30 J. Lubar & friends, E. Moore. Comet & Jupiter
Comet's tail --10deg. long to naked eye, very spectacular.
5/3/57 J Bullock E Moore P Vandervoort & Visitors.
Gen'l obs. - Comet, Moon, Jupiter 9PM - 10PM
5/5/57 7:30 - 9:00 L. Davidson & friends. misc. obs.
5/6/57 4:00 - 5:00 P. Vandervoort, E. Moore. Fixed telescope broken
by G. Lenz.
5/6/57 ? - 11:00 G. Lens, J. Bullock, E. Moore, & many others.
Observed comet and practiced using telescope.
**61
5/7/57 7:00 - 11:20 J. Baptist, M. Richter, E. Moore
Saw Comet, Instructed in use of telescope.
5/14/57 2-2:30 PM J. Bullock. - Sun. 4 large groups with
many spots, one especially large.
5/14/57 6:00 - 6:30 pm. Sun-Set 8:45 - 10 pm. Jupiter
L. Davidson - 2 people from club for awhile.
5/24/57 11:30 - 12:00 M Sun - Couldn't see much J. Baptist
5/24/57 3:15 - 4:10 p.m. L. Davidson Sun
5/27/57 12:30:40 - 12:30:50 E. Moore. Closed Domeslot.
5/28/57 2:30 -3:00 PM James Bullock - Sun The
Clock is out of order.
5/29/57 10:00 J. Bullock Sun
5/29/57 5:30:45 - 5:30:50 E. Moore. FIXED CLOCK.
6/3/57 9:00 - 11:00 E. Moore. Perfect night. Seeing 10 on scale
of 10. Huge Storm on Jupiter, saw exquisitely fine deatails,
including transit of satellite, perfectly round. Crepe ring
on Saturn easy, also the many shadings on rings.
Tried to find someone to help make planetary photos;
absolutely no-one home, none taken. [ Red lamp in
observatory found burned out ]
6-4 9:-10:30 E. Moore, P. Morton - checked out P. Morton.
Clouded out.
6/6/57 - 9:00 - 10:00 M. Richter - General observation (esp. Moon
and Jupiter). Determined relative power of
oculars. Haze rapidly rendered observing difficult.
**62
CST
6/18/57 9:30 - 11:00 E. Moore & friend Misc. obs.
6/21/57 11:30 - 12:30 E. Moore & friend Misc. obs.
6/24/57 (AM) 2:00 - 2:30 M. Richter & friends No obs. - overcast
6/27/57 2:30 E. Moore. Took 35mm camera, film, &
barlow lens (to Yerkes). Will return them in early
Sept.
6-28-57 P. Morton & guests - lovely clear night - just
looked around.
6-29-57 P. Morton - the lock-in knob wouldn't
unlock - left the telescope pointed semi-properly
& a note on the clock. Call for explanation PL2-2433
July 1 -57 P. Vandervoort. 1:45 - 2:15 Unlocked
right ascention. Works a bit hard, but seems OK
7-5-57 Morton - observed: right ascension still
difficult.
July 6, 1957 Carl-Heinz Michelis, attempted to photograph
sun, unsuccessful, singed retina.
August 6 `57 P. Morton clear dome stuck couldn't open
all the way. Saw flickering star which turned out to
be three in conjuction.
August 30 E. Moore. Returned eyepieces.
Sept. 18 Checked Observatory. Found
Dome Open, Clock unwound, and
ladder off castors. Rectified. No
excuse for this state of affairs.
**63
Also, whoever left things in this way made
no entry into the log!! P. Vandervoort
October 3, 1957 Checked out globe and photographs
for student activities night. Carl-Heinz Michelis
October 3, 1957 7:15 - 8:00 Observed Venus and Moon. Venus clouded out;
nothing spectacular on the moon. Dome-slide operational - Lenz
October 4, 57 8:00 - 8:45 Venus & Saturn - atmosphere
too hazy for any observing - Lenz
October 5, `57 7:45 - 9:00 dome hard to close -
can't it be fixed? Wetzig & Davidson
October 7, 1957 Mary Shultz, Lydia Burggrof,
Carl-Heinz Michelis, General Observing, some in-
struction in use of instrument, seeing
poor.
Oct 10, 1957 2:30 CST P. Vandervoort, E Moore
Inspected observatory & equipment for year.
Oct 11, 1957 - T. Lisco, Jeremy Baptist & friend
Moon - Beta Cygni - not spectacular.
Oct 12, 1957 T. Lisco, E. Moore. 1:30 - 4:00 Fixed
Domeslot. BEWARE! Opens very easily.
Oct 12 9:00 - 12:30 M. Shultz, S. Reynolds, E. Moore, T. Lisco
Instructions.
Oct 13 6:30 - 7:00 AM M. Richter, E. Moore. Looked for
satellite (artificial). No luck. Too much haze.
**64
Oct 19, 1957 1:00 - 5:30 M. Schultz, S. Reynolds, E. Moore. Cleaned
observatory, including 6" lens & Schmidt correcting plate
Oct 19 1957 E. Moore. Cleaned eyepieces & 550.
Collimated 6" roughly - to be completed on night when
seeing is better.
Oct 22 1957 7:30 - 9:30 Open house. Cloudy.
Oct 23, 1957 7:00 - 10:00 M. Schultz, A. Dessaint, E. Moore
Instructed on telescope use. Checked out M. Schultz
Oct 25, 1957 11:00 T. Lisco P. Vandervoort:
found Telescope Dome open - in Heave Snow
- after call from Polmyra Morton
who had come up to look at snow. We
closed the dome with difficulty. -
Oct 28, 1957 6:00 PM - 7 PM J. Bullock. Seeing --8 Transp. 2
occultation of [[beta]] Sagitarii by Moon. Immersion on 6:15:49 CDT.
Oct 28 9:30 - 10:30 Jeremy Baptist
instructed Marilyn McCoy in use of
telescope.
Oct 30 7:00 - 10:00 A. Dessant, E. Moore. Instruction
on use of telescope. Also made up developer and
short stop. Recipe for developer (Metol Sulfite)
Take 1.000 liters distilled water, warm to
80deg. - 90deg. F. Add 10 gms Elon & dissolve
completely. Add 100 gms Sodium Sulfite,
dissolve completely. For best results, use at
**65
68deg. F
Nov 1 10:30 - 11 E. Moore. Mixed Hypo & cut plates.
Nov 1 9:30 - 11:10 T. Lisco - teaching - very
steady sky but soon clouded over.
Nov 9 9:30 - 11:00 G. Lenz - Teaching - visibility
poor. Timing mech. giving trouble but operative.
Castor on lower stand broke. One pupil -
Parkinson.
Nov 11 J. Baptist - no pupils - atmosphere very clear.
but turbulent - time 8:10 - 12:00
Nov 22 J. Bullock Looked at various bright
objects with guest. Bulb on light for setting circles
had encounter with pier; pier won.
Nov. 24 Carol Adelberg, Mary Schultz, Tom Lisco Looked at
moon and Venus, teaching Carol. 5:30 - 7:00
Nov 26 J. Bullock 10:30 AM: newspaper reported very large sunspot
but unable to see anything of really exceptional size. Only
2 fairly healthy ones & misc.
Nov. 26 M. Richter general observing. Fair
conditions of sky
Dec I T. Lisco & friend - Venus & Moon Fairly
unsteady. 5:00 - 6:00 P.M.
Dec 5 - 4:30 - 4:45 T. Lisco, W. Groch J. Burd - looked
at telescope found light on and door untied
found platforms back up.
**66
Dec 20, 1:00 - 3:30, 6:00 - 8:00 - T. Lisco
fixed the casters on the telescope steps.
All are now in working order, and None
Fall out.
Dec 22 5:00 - 6:30 T. Lisco & friends Looked at
Moon Venus & Pleades. Atmosphere unsteady near hor.
Otherwise fairly clear.
1958 Jan 8, 1958 4:30 - 5:30 P.M. T. Owen attempted
some color pictures of Venus. S - 1+ - 1- T - 2+
Jan 10 5:30 J. Bullock. In order to look at
Venus. - Very thin now. #@*!! dome almost stuck.
New Bulb in circle light.
Jan 10, 1958 7:00 - 8:00 Joel Lebar &
T. Gage Parkinson. Observed M42, M31,
M34. Used setting circles, very
good working order. The small stand
has good casters but slides &
could be dangerous.
Jan 11 - 12:30 - 1:30 - T. Lisco & Friend
Sun watching.
Jan. 11 - 2:00 - 2:55 P.M. Mary Shultz, Marilyn McCoy, Francis McNeil
Penny Ritter, Mary Lyman, Jim Caplan, Joe Bonita,
Mike Levitt, Frank Klicor, & Steve Zarlenga. Observed
Venus. Atmosphere turbulent.
**67
Jan. 22 6:30 - 7:30 P.M. Mary Schultz, Doc Stroup. Observed
moon & Sirius. Seeing excellent.
Feb 3 1:30 PM James Bullock Observed Venus
daytime, V. Close Sun & quite thin. Air somewhat clearer than usual
About 2 wks. or so after conjunction.
Feb 3 9:30 - 11:00 T. Lisco & J Caplan teaching
use of telescope. Observed full moon, M42
and pleades. M42 ws very nice.
Feb 17. 9:55 - 11:30 T. Lisco Teaching
W. Groch & J. Dunn. Orion fair. Cold as hell!
Feb 23 7:00 - 8:30 T. Lisco teaching
W. Groch and J.K. Dunn. Moon Fair
miscelaneous objects. Warm for once!!
Feb 24 8 PM J. Bullock - General obs. - V. Nice Nite.
Feb 24 10 - 11:30 PM M. Richter, E. Moore, & friend Misc obs.
Mar 9 10:30 PM J. Bullock; Briefly, to observe Jupiter.
Steady despite low altitude. Less atmosp. haze than usual
Mar. 11 1:00 - 1:30 AM M. Richter. Jupiter clear, very
pretty with steady sky, but haze so dense M13
not visible in finder! Gave J. Bystrym very
poor demonstration of use of `scope.
Mar 13 1:45 - 2:15 C. Smith Solar Obs.
Mar. 25 8:00 - 9:30 PM - General observing - seeing
good (--3). Jupiter, Moon, etc. Sky bright,
**68
could not see M61. M Richter, S. Dudkowski
28 March - 4:00 - 5:15 AM M. Richter - general observing. Jupiter
beautiful under any power. Fairly transparent, very
steady (--4). Venus - half-lit - nice! Spent last half hour trying to identify
very bright (--0.5m) star (no visible disk in 6")
at --17 1/2 hrs and -18deg.; some 20deg. from Antares,
about 20deg. N of W of it. What is ?? (Lost it at 5:15 AM)
30 March - Tonight it had a visble disk - and rings.
I first spotted this "thing" looking for Saturn. To-
day it proved to be Saturn. Also looked at Jupiter,
M-13, [[epsilon]] Lyrae. R.A. slow motion not operating.
Stability 2+, Transparency 2 (on a scale of 5).
3:30 - 4:00 AM - Michael Richter
4/14/58 T. Lisco checking out W. Groch with
J.K. Dunn. Elliot Moore stopped in. Steadiness
excellent (9.5 E. Moore) observed Jupiter and [[epsilon]] Lyrae
9:30 - 12:00
5/15/58 8:30 - 9:30 E. Moore, J. Dulin, Others.
Thought we observed Sputnik III at 9:16 CST.
5/16/58 - 8:30 - 9:45 CDT M. Richter et al.
looked for (but missed) Sputnick III. Sky
badly overcast. Eye Glaucoma too.
**69
6/11/58 8:00 - 11:30 E. Moore & friend. General Observing.
Removed equipment that is property of J. Dulin and myself.
7/13/58 M. Schultz, A. Chung, & friend. Observed Jupiter. Seeing
excellent. Also saw the last stage of the rocket for Sputnik III at
about 9:46 PM. D.S.T.
7/22/58 M. Shultz, A. Chung, & E. Stroup. Observed moon; very clear.
Box of lenses missing - used lens in telescope.
8/5/58 M. Shultz. " " " returned.
8/8/58 M. Shultz, E. Stroup, K. Dunn. 11:00 - 12:00. General Observing
8/29/58 2:30 - 4:30 L. Davidson Looked at Mars, full moon.
9/1/58 {around}9 L. Davidson found pigeon cowering behind
wastebasket, not eager to leave 550; sky cloudy by now.
10/5/58 T. Lisco A. Brandon & friend - misc,
observing. Saturn nice although low in west.
10/10/58 10:00 - 11:00 M. Shultz, Ellen Gunderman, Jim Caplan, Russ Gilsdorf.
Looked at Mars.
10/15/58 T. Lisco, Jim Burd, J. Kazanis, E. Scheiner,
Dick Heath, John Musgreave Learning to use the
telescope.
10-17-58 7:00 - 9:45 Mary Schultz, Ellen Gundermann, Ed
Scheiner & John Musgreave. General observing. Checked
out Ed & John.
10/22/58 T. Lisco, Phil Norem; Carol Grossman; Tom Heis
Learning use of telescope. 9:30 - 11:00
10-27-58 J. E Baptist - checked out Dick Heath 8 - 8:40
observed Moon & Mars - Seeing good
**70
10 - 27 - 58 -. M. Richter and friends seeing 10 out of
10. Stability excellent near zenith, transparency
very good (for Chicago). Observed Mars, Moon,
Pleiades, Orion Nebula (beautiful tonight) etc.
Took my first Schmidt plate (Moon). Not too bad
for first try. 11:30 PM - 3:30 AM
10/28/58 Tom Lisco - Showing U-High
Friends various objects. 7:45 - 9:30
10/29/58 Tom Lisco Teaching use of telescope.
9:15 - 10:15. Stability Poor
10/31/58 Mars, Orion Nebula, Moon, M31 by
use of Setting Circles. Seeing Poor.
Philip C. Norem
10/31/58 All Hallows E'en Mars
Orion Blotch, Andromeda Obscurity,
Moon - Disc. Kuiper - 1938. Veddy Curious
2 witches passed across face of moon - est
26 km/sec. brooms shabby. reprehensible.
- LaVerrier.
11/3/58 Whoever used the tele. before me
left the place in a state of confusion.
Saw something making a track across sky
a little after 7:05 P.M. What was it? Left long
trail. Obs. Altair, Deneb and Vega C. Grossman
6:00 - 7:15
Jet plane returning to Naval base
you saw afterburner J. Dulin
**71
11/3/58 Observed mars and attempted to find Great Galaxy of
Andromeda but failed others present when arrived still present
when I departed. Edward F. Scheiner
11/3/58 Dick Heath & assorted females
vision very poor - telescope gears seem
chewed all to hell - can we get them
fixed. - can anyone teach me how to
use the rings? - 7:45 - 9:45
Note: Assorted females do not wish to
remain anonymous - Carol Grossman, Elizabeth
Heath and Marion Friedlmen
11/5/58 John Musgrave & Philip Norem.
observing very poor but syrtis major (Mars) and cap
were visible through haze. Image steady but
poorly defined except at sporatic moments.
11/5/58 C. Grossman, Liz Heath Observed Mars (O.K.)
Capella, Rigel, Pleiades. 10:10 - 11:05
11/6/58 1900 - 2000 CST James Caplan,
Joyce Bartels, Dorothy Haptas, Virginia Johnson,
and Albert Shatzel (who taught astronomy
at UC). Observed Mars and Pleiades.
(over)
**72
R.A. Slow motion & lock not working. R.A.
& Dec. knobs interchanged. (Knurled knobs always
on R.A.) Optics of refractor dirty and out of
alignment.
11/8/58 C. Grossman, Sallt Akan. Observing
poor but vchanged to good around 12:00. Orion,
Mars (fair), Capella 11:00 - 12:30
11 - 10 - 58
11/10/58 - 11/11/58 The `Mob' has observed from
approximately 20:00 - 01:00. Viewing excellent.
Martian central region very pronounced with
much fine detail visible, especially after
midnight. Orion, pledies, etc. all have
Show good detail.
11/11/58 Picked up errant notebook 6:57 - 6:58
Edward F. Scheiner
11/11/58 - 11/12/58 Fred, Bob, and John observed
Mars, Orion, and assorted other junk.
Viewing was again excellent, image steady and
much detail visible. Syrtis Major located
approximately in center with central region showing
fine lines emanating from region immediately
west of S.M. A few drawings were
**73
made. None with great accuracy. Orion again
showed fine detail, horses head prominent.
11/12/58 Showing guests scope. 6:40 - 7:40 P.M. Edw. F. Scheiner
11/12/58 - 11/13/58 - Nebulosity! Nebulosity! Nebulosity! (Clouds)
11/13/58 - J. Musgrave - Study & some viewing through
clouds, - but seeing poor.
11/14/58 - John, Ellen, Mary - Study - Hideous weather.
11/17/58 - C. Grossman - Practicing use of Schmidt. Observing
poor. Cloudy
11/18/58 - C. Grossman & L. Heath, B. Allensworth - Clear but poor
stability.
11/19/58 Edward F. Scheiner 7:55 P.M. - 8:21 P.M. Showed guest
(student) moon and mars.
11/19/58 9:30 - 11:00 T. Lisco & Friends - Miscelaneous viewing
Visibility Fair --4 out of 10 Mars Fair. Moon Poor
11/19/58 - 11/20/58 - 12:00 - 1:19 J. Musgrave. Tried to get more drawings
of {mars} but image was too unstable. However, was able
to make out some detail, mainly around Mare Cimmerium.
11/21/58 6:30 - 7:30 Mary Shultz & Ellen Gundermann. Checked Ellen out. Very Cloudy.
11/21/58 E. Grossman & L. Heath. Intermittent clouds then very
clear. Study. Moon quite bright. Stability O.K. Viewed moon Mars, [[alpha]] & [[beta]] Orionis.
12/1/58 C. Grossman & L. Heath. Fair visbility. Observed doubles-
[[alpha]] & [[eta]] Cassiopeiae, why can't you see the colors? (you're using a refractor.) E. Moore
12/5/58 C. Grossman. General observing. Windy & wigglely. Chilly & clear
12/8/58 C. Grossman L. Heath Cold
12/9/58 - J. Musgrave
**74
12/12/58 -
12/11/58 - John Musgrave - Study - too cloudy to observe
12/14/58 - 8:30 - 11:00 Mary Shultz, Ellen Gundermann (who has been checked
out!!!) Observed Mars, atmosphere very turbulent. (Also, studied.)
Dome wouldn't open all the way - snow? possibly
12/22/58 4:00 - 5:30 Tom Lisco checking out Dick Gordon
12/22/58 6:30 - 7:00 Edward F. Scheiner. Observed Moon.
Atmosphere quiet but haze and moon's light made observing
of anything impossible. High power eyepiece too dirty to
be useful. Edward F. Scheiner Worked with Millionaire
until 7:30
12/24/58 1-2 PM Dick Gordon. Observed sun
by projection. Image tremulous.
Plenty of sunspots.
2-3 Thoroughly explored everything
in this room.
12/24/58 5:45 - 6:30 Dick Gordon
Looked fine, until the telescope was
ready; clouded over instantly! Merry Christmas!
1/5/59 C. Grossman & friends. Poor - Cloudy
1/8/59 2:45 - 3:15 PM CST. E. Moore. Collected
old reflex camera of mine for incorporation into new
McDonald instrument. Was quite pleased with above
log and with new paint job on observatory
(Same mess inside). Would recommend serious
program for Schmidt, study of variables (especially
**75
finding new eclipsing variables) in clusters.
Would involve taking a few plates on some
nights during year (as many nights as possible),
then blinking them at Yerkes. Very valuable
to modern astronomy, fits in well with current
Yerkes programs, and might give someone a nice
paper to publish with a little work & luck.
Anyone interested write Elliott Moore, Yerkes
Observatory, Williams Bay, Wis. Will be on campus
occasionally during quarter, am willing to
teach Schmidt operation to those interested
(one night is plenty). This offers also the
opportunity to do constructive research in addition
to viewing various objects.
1/8/59 Dulin, Lisco, McGraw - Looking over the
universe for a program for Lab School students -
Cold as hell. <---- please refrain
1/10/59 C. Grossman. No observing, chilly, marked star chart
11/12/59 C. Grossman Observing good for a change.
Mars sharp. Good Color 8:30 - 10:15
1/29/59 Dulin & Gordon. Horrified at the Dust.
2/5/59 C. Grossman - Study
**76
Jan 27, 1959
Dulin & Lisco - U. High Group:
Norman B. Sack
Howard J. Isador
Sheila Winky Sara B.C. Winter
Henry Palmer
Dave Alinsky - Dave Alinsky
Feb 7, `59 Dick Gordon 5:50
tried to observe Venus: it is still
too low; image boils
Feb 11, '59 Dick Gordon, Mars,
Pleiades, dark side of cresent
new moon, (three others up)
2/11/59 C. Grossman & friend Observing
fair. General gazing. Ursa Major still there.
2/18/59 C. Grossman & friends. General observing
wiggly.
2/19/59 T. Heise & friend - gen. gazing
2/21/59 J. Musgrave - crisp & clear out visibility
good, but images not too steady with high powers.
2/24/59 S. Zarlenga
moon interfered, good seeing
Orion Nebula, moon, and plotted double star orientation.
2/25/59 C. Grossman & friend. General
observing. not too clear moon still too bright
**77
2/26/59 T. Heise & friend gen gazing
2/27/59 S. Zarlenga & friend, B. Goldstock
lunar photography, also jupiter. 5 belts.
3/10/59 S. Zarlenga & friends.
3/10/59 W. Ruby
3/13/59 Steve Zarlenga
Cleaned up darkroom!
3/15/59 Steve Zarlenga & friend Nick Tsoulas & R. Downey
moon. Orion, gallaxies (M81 & M82) E.T.C. Lovely seeing!
3/15/59 - 9:15 - 10:15 Tom Lisco and friend
Moon, Orion, double in Leo. Tried to find M66
but couldn't. Seeing 6-7, 3-4 near horizon.
3/18/59 S. Zarlenga, C. Grossman General
obser. Venus, Moon
3/19/59 Steve Zarlenga, Roger Downey Solar observing
tremendous sunspot activity 5 or so, huge spot centers.
3/22/59. J. Musgrave. {venus} and {moon}. Observed section XVIII of
Wilkins Map. Sch's Valley was extremely sharp tonight.
3/23/59. J. Musgrave, {moon}, section XVIII.
Image clear but not steady through clouds.
3/27/59 J. Musgrave and other distinguished observers viewed
{jupiter}. {venus}, {moon}, {neptune}, as well as numerous galactic and ultra-galactic
objects. Lights from nearby village of Chicago interfered with
our calculations as usual (for the nth time).
**78
moon was a hideous orange as it rose
3/28/59 J. Musgrave - a great night (for meteorologists). Cloudy.
3/29/59 J. musgrave - {jupiter}, {moon}, seeing very poor - could only
see 7 belts on Jupiter in brief periods. Moon very orange again even
when 10-15deg. above horizon (garbage in atm.). S. Zarlenga and
friend up from 0700 - 0800 G.M.T.
4/3/'59 Dick Gordon, looked over
photo and darkroom facilities. Taking
home some 2x2 slides for viewing
and possible printing.
4/4/59 J. Musgrave, weather excellent! (for Chicago).
{jupiter} & {saturn} came in sharp. Moon was clear but too
low to get any good drawings. (Aristarchus & Herotodus were
near terminator and quite destinguisable).
4/5/59 W. Ruby G. Comstock
Brought Rocket Society's library to
room for storage.
4/4-5/59 - J. Musgrave. Windy & cloudy as night progressed. {jupiter},
{saturn}
& {moon} (too low for any drawings [in clouds also]). Fixed declination
circles (were 13deg. off) Found numerous Messier objects afterwards.
4/5/59 J. Musgrave, {venus}.
4/5/59 J. Lubar 7:30 - 9:PM Observed Venus, M42
and Uranus. The latter required setting circles.
For once the dome, circles, and drive functioned
very well. Seeing {around}1 at most.
**79
4/6/59 Carol Grossman, Liz Robson General Observing
clear and still, {venus}
4/6-7/59 J. Musgrave, {jupiter}, M3, and assorted other junk.
4/10-11/59 J. Musgrave and about X others ( Mary Schultz &
Ellen Gundermann included). {moon}, {venus}, {uranus}, {neptune}, {jupiter} and M13.
4/11/59 J. Musgrave. {sun} and {venus}.
4/11/59 J. Musgrave. {moon} a worthless night. Seeing 1-
transparency 1-
4/11/59 C. Grossman L. Heath Observed {jupiter} 3 moons
4/12/59 J. Musgrave {jupiter}, {saturn}, & lots of other junk. Improved over a few hours ago
4/13/59 J. Musgrave & Carol Grossman. {venus}, {moon}, {neptune}, {uranus}, M3, {mars}, {jupiter}, Pallas, M13 & M57.
4/14/59 J. Musgrave: {venus}
4/14/59 J. Musgrave: {moon}.
4/15/59 S. Zarlenga: Venus. observed too late after sunset, disc
was too bright.
4/20/59 J. Musgrave: {moon}, Aristarchus's markings on floor
mapped.
4/21-22/59 J. Musgrave: {moon}, section XVIII. Again mapped
features on the floor of Aristarchus.
4/22/59 J. Musgrave: {moon} section XVIII.
4/22/59 C. Grossman studying, instruction
4/23-24/59 J. Musgrave: {moon} - seeing 0-1 transparency 0-1 (lousy!)!
4/27/59 J. Musgrave - study & observation of clouds, lightning, rain, and
assorted other terrestrial phenomena.
4/28/59. C. Grossman, friend & L. Heath. Venus & Jupiter.
**80
J. Musgrave 4/28-29/59: {jupiter}, {moon}, transparency -1 seeing 0-1
4-29-59 12:30 PM E. Moore. Removed certain red
& yellow filters ( personal and Yerkes property)
needed at Yerkes.
4-29-59 J. Musgrave - {uranus}, {mars}, and other junk.
(4-30)-(5-1)/59 J. Musgrave. Observing better than yesterday transp -2
seeing -3
5/1-2/59 J. Musgrave: {jupiter} & other junk. transp. -3
seeing -3-4
**81
5-2-59 11:00 - 1:00 Tom Lisco - Teaching
use of telescope. Sky nice - 7-8.
J. Musgrave: 5/2-3/59?. {jupiter}, {saturn}, and other junk. Corrected clock
by WWV & Dominion Observatory of Canada to nearest 1/10 of a
second - Will see later how accurately it keeps time.
J. Musgrave 5/4/59. Sky cleared up as evening progressed - seeing
fairly good.
J. Musgrave 5/4/59 - {venus}, {sun}, tried to get {mercury}, but too close to {sun}.
J. Musgrave 5/4/59 - {jupiter}, and also located a number of double
stars for work in determining seeing conditions. transparency -1
seeing -1
J. Musgrave 5/5-6/59 viewing doubles transp. -3
seeing - 4-5
J. Musgrave 5/6/59 - Again a fine night through clouds.
D. Hoxie 5/6/59 General observing. Mars and Venus seeing: BAD
J. Lubor 5/7/59 Seeing miserable, Jupiter. Drive OK.
J. Musgrave 5/7/59 - Seeing 0 (0+0 = a worthless night)
Transpar. - 0
J. Musgrave 5/8/59 : Clear at first but clouded over as night
progressed.
J. Musgrave 5/9/59 - sharp - but only occasionally - through clouds.
D. Hoxie 5/11/59 - observed moon, venus, Jupiter, M57, good viewing
through occasional clear areas.
J. Musgrave 5/11/59 - intermittent viewing.
J. Musgrave 5/12/59 - cloudy turning to rain abruptly before 11.p.m (C.S.T.)
J. Musgrave 5/13-14/59 Lots and Lots of clouds, but no stars.
J. Musgrave 5/14/59 - More clouds!
**82
M. Ash, G. Comstock 5/15/59 Checked out by Lisco
J. Musgrave & X others - viewing the universe
R. Martin 5/16/59 observed jupiter and saturn through
D. Hoxie clouds. concluded Dec. slow motion
nonoperating but was unable to remedy
the trouble.
D. Hoxie 5/16/59 Venus, Mars, Moon, M13
J. Musgrave 5/16/59 - "junk" viewing.
J. Lubor, David Fair 5/17/59 Seeing very good, Venus,
Jupiter & Moon.
J. Musgrave 5/17/59 Seeing & transp. very good | clouded over toward
Again observing the firmament | A.M -
5/18/59 C. Grossman | cloud and lightning observing
J. Musgrave - L. Heath |
J. Musgrave 5/19/59: {moon}, Section XVIII seeing 2-3
trans - 2
J. Musgrave 5/20/59: Lots of rain, No stars.
L. Heath, J. Musgrave 5/21/59 Clouds, & more clouds.
L. Heath, J. Musgrave 5/22/59 cloud observing.
L. Heath, J. Musgrave 5/23/59 {moon}, intensive study of lunar features, and
instruction in use of setting circles!
J. Musgrave 5/24/59 fairly clear between clouds
J. Musgrave 5/25-26/59 Rain
J. Musgrave 5/26-27/59: Only occasional clear spots between
clouds & rain & lightning & other trash.
**83
5/27/59 Tom Lisco with Jim Kazanis.
Seeing 9+ very steady if not too transparent
Were able to use the 1/4 inch to good advantage!
Jupiter and Saturn very nice. Other miscellaneous
observing. 11:15 - 1:10
seeing - 4 -
transp. - 2-3
5/29/59 - J. Musgrave, C. Grossman (& friend), T. Lisco; Planetary obs.
5/30/59 - J. Musgrave - seeing 2-3 trans -1-2
6/1/59 - J. Musgrave - Planetary Obs seeing 3-4
trans. 3-4
6/2/59 - J. Musgrave - " someone again left obs. in
a "mess" - door to room unlocked when
I came up).
6/2/59 J. Musgrave: {jupiter}, {saturn}, M13 seeing -4
K. Shephard trans -4
6/3/59 C. Grossman & friend (Liz Heath) Observing
excellent. Very stable & clear (till clouded
about 11:30) Jupiter, Vega & area, Antares
6/4/59 J. Kazani with friends. Observing very good, though
cloudy. (10:20 - 11:40). Saw Jupiter bands very clearly. Saturn also.
6/4-5/59 : J. Musgrave - trans. 3 (between clouds) seeing 3-4
6/6/59 A.M. J. Musgrave trans 1-2 (smog) seeing 3
6/6/59 P.M. J. Musgrave trans 2 seeing 3
6/7/59 J. Musgrave trans - 2-3 seeing - 3
6/10/59 J. Musgrave & Distinguished Obs. {???}
Nebular & Lunar Obs.
6/13/59 - 2:00 - 2:40. J. Kazanis with friend. Jupiter, Saturn.
6/13/59 - J. Musgrave - Planetary & Messier obs. seeing - 4
trans. - 4
**84
6/22/59 10:30 - 11:45 pm L. Davidson miscellaneous obs.
There are 2 burnt-out lights, red one & one in 550
Lock on door of 550 seems a wreck, took 15 minutes
to get the key out & now can't lock it.
7/7/59 11:00 - 12:30 J. Kazanis & Friends
Jupiter & Moons, Saturn & misc.
7/14/59 9:30 - 10:50 J. Kazanis & Friends As above.
7/15/59 10-11 J. E. Baptist. Misc.
7/16/59 2 - 3:30 PM sunspots,
sketched the one (I think) that
recently disrupted radio
communications, some grainy
detail seen at the limbs,
projection only, used with
low power, Dick Gordon
7/17/59 2-3:30 PM some sunspots
on receding limb Dick Gordon
8:30 - 9:45 dome stuck,
couldn't close, no club
help available. engineer
will come in morning
7/20/59 10 AM dome hasn't
been closed yet, the weekend
rain didn't affect the telescope at all
**85
7-24-59 10 - 11 J. E. Baptist & Friend Misc
7-31-59 10 AM Gordon and
friend George {???}
9/25/59 4 PM looked place over,
found door to roof open
Gordon
10/2/59 8:30 PM Looked place over, brought
6" f/4 reflector & some satellite observing
equipment. With friend. J. Caplan
10/3/59 - J. Musgrave - Clouds ! Door to roof unlocked & lights on.
10/11/59 - J. Musgrave - Seeing - 5+ Trans - 3+ used 4mm eyepiece on {moon}
10/12/59 - J. Musgrave - Cloudy, but trans. good between clouds. {moon}
10/15/59 - J. Musgrave - {moon} section XVIII seeing 4+
trans 3+ (between clouds)
10/17/59 - J. Musgrave - {sun}, who ever was up before me didn't sign in.
10/17/59 - J. Musgrave - {moon}, section XVIII seeing 5 - 6
trans 3 - 3.5
10/19/59 Steve Zarlenga observed sunspots,
played with calculator. Studied
10/18/59 - J. Musgrave - {moon} seeing 5-6+ trans 3.5
10/19/59 - J. Musgrave & friend - {moon} seeing 5 trans 3.5
10/24/59 - J. Caplan and R Schild. Looked at old
photographs
10/30/59 - George Comstock - Instructed Paul Kosinski
in use of scope - good view of clouds & mist !!
(user before me left red light on)
10/31/59. J. Musgrave
**86
11/4/59 J. Musgrave cool & windy
11/7/59 J. Musgrave Instructed J. Ash & P. Oppenheimer in use of telescope
11/8/59 R. Schild, T. Lisco, J. Musgrave, J. Caplan.
Observed M57, M31 (with f/4), Pleiades (f/4),
Vega diffraction, [[beta]] Cygni, [[epsilon]] Lyrae, M37, & large
bright (<-8) sattellite. Jet Plane? No! The Moon.
11/9/59 J. Musgrave M52, HIV 37, M81, M82, HI 256, HVI 33, [[beta]] Cygni,
M57, {moon}, [[alpha]] Lyrae (seeing >6-7 visibility =3.)
11/10/59 Tom Lisco, J. Musgrave, J. Caplan & Nat Sci -
Clouded over - Teaching - 8:00 - 9:30 -
J. Caplan & Stuart Wright - observing
10:00 - 11:30 : M42, double cluster Perseus,
moon, etc.
11/11/59 T. Lisco - J. Musgrave - J. Caplan & Nat Sci -
11/14/59 J. Musgrave Checked out P. Oppenheimer
11/15/59 R. Schild, J. Caplan. Studied.
11/17/59 T. Lisco checked out J. Merskin
11/18/59 J. Merskin & J. Musgrave slight haze moon etc.
observed.
11/19/59 J. Musgrave {moon}
11/21/59 - J. Merskin Dome stuck took
hour or so to close - moon,
M42, M35, - Tried HIV45 without
much success same on M41 - Sirius & companion
white dwarf?
**87
11/22/59 U.T. C. Grossman, J. Caplan, R. Gilsdorf.
Observed Moon through clouds. Completely clouded over
1 AM.
11/25/'59 Dick Gordon, intended
to do meteor photgraphy
from roof, solid clouds.
borrowed U of C undergraduate
catalogue. shut off radiation
in darkroom; leaking badly.
11/27/'59 6:30, arrived for
meteor photography. someone
(who didn't register here) left observatory
light on. 11:30 8 exposures
made, no meteors seen. cold,
windy, fairly clear.
11/27/59 J. Caplan, R. Schild, A. Schatzel
Arrived 10:50. Aurora visible. Observed M42, also
Sirius and comapanion. Companion located with respect
to Sirius in a direction approximately opposite the finder,
as seen through eyepiece; separation approximately 5'.
Images definitely not co-focal; comapanion focuses about
.4 inches behind focus of Sirius, and must therefore
be located nearer than Moon. Theory would require that
all bright stars be accompanied by similar female companions
TRUE!
**88
of comparable magnitude difference.
12/3/59: J. Musgrave {moon}, M42, - Checked out Susan Burghorn -
12/9/59 C. Grossman, J. Caplan. 8 AM
Observed Venus near meridian. Piece of
wire someone had substituted for a missing pin on
[[alpha]] lock broke, and connecting rod and other
pin fell onto the floor. Put back together, with
bolt in place of missing pin.
12/9/59 - G. Comstock - moon, Orion Neb., etc.
sky clear but atmosphere very unsteady (as usual)
12/15 - J. Bartels - room open, lights on, roof door locked - where are you, Caplan?
Sirius blazing away like mad even without telescope - why not
send me notifications of your club meetings? - 1423x West House
- moon, Sirius, white dwarf - several open clusters - hazy. moon too bright
12/15/59 J. Musgrave & guests - {moon} - M42 - seeing - 5 transp. - 3 - 3.5
1/4/60 C. Grossman - Our observing clear but not steady. Cold
Lock was hard to unlock
1/8/60 Tom Lisco Teaching Paul Schott - checked
out. Also teaching Mr. & Mrs Gilbert. 4:00 - 5:00
5:30 - 6:45.
1/9/60 J. Musgrave - Fixed Lock
1/10-11/60 J. Musgrave - Oiled Dome - {moon} -
1/15/60 poor seeing 11 PM to 12 PM observed
Sirius, moon, Orion nebulae Paul Schott
**89
1/16/60 J. Musgrave 0100 - 0140 - GMT - {moon} - section XVIII
1/17-18/60 - 5:30 P.M. - 7:00 A.M. - Misc Observing & studying.
Transparency 3
Seeing 3 - Generally Poor became cloudy. Oh well !!
temperature 6deg. above zero Tom Lisco
Jan 22-23, 1960 7:30 PM - 7:00 AM
Dick Gordon and Helmut Hirsch
meteor photography with rotary
shutter - similar setup being
used simultaneously for parallax
observations, occasional clouds -
only half of expected exposures taken
sky optically poor. ate and slept
all night
"They said it couldn't be done!" But we did it, we survived
another night of the cold and of our own "home cooking"
Helmut V.B. Hirsch
Jan 23, 1960 AD
P.S. Miss Williams!
it was awful boring and lonesome up here with-
out you, and it was awful cold
Love & kisses
Helmut Jr.
We had music, candle-light, and
the moon, but not you.
WHAT KINDS OF IDIOTS
ARE BEING LET IN HERE?
[all kinds]
**90
1-24-60 - J. Kazanis Brrrrr !
1-26-60 S. Zarlenga
2/4/60 J. Musgrave Seeing - 3 Trans. - 3 {venus}, {saturn}, {jupiter}
2/14/60 J. Musgrave Seeing - 3.5 Trans. - 2.5 {moon} Sec. XVIII
2/20/60 Richard Gordon and Miss Williams !!
7:00 p.m.. Freezing !! (?) - the weather
that is. Missed dinner - books are
edible (better with salt!). Gee, Tom I
really missed ya' sat. night.
Such Rot! What kind of Astronomers
are you anyway. You should not be allowed
the priviledge of using the equipment
in this observatory.
- Alan Binder
Binder: You may be Assistant at Yerkes Obs.
quite right, but you are
not making the rules here. T. L.
2-29-60 A.M. J. Musgrave - seeing - 3.0 - trans. - 1.5 - 2.
2-29-60 P.M. J. Musgrave - seeing - 6 - trans. - 3 - 3.5 {moon}
1/3/60 Peter L. Oppenheimer 1400 & 0
3/1/60 J. Musgrave seeing - 5 {moon} clouded over
I. Churgin trans - 3.
3/2-3/60 J. Musgrave
3/3-4/60 J. Musgrave - seeing - 5 - trans. - 4 {moon}
3/4/60 J. Musgrave - seeing - 6.5 {moon} Best night of Year
1 March 1960 G. Barrow trans. - 4.5 - 5.0
3/5/60 J. Musgrave - Instructed Barry Schlesinger in use of telescope -
- seeing 5.0 trans. 4.0 {moon}
Carol Grossman & Meryl Daun gen. observing.
3/6/60 J. Musgrave - seeing - ? - trans. - 0 snowing
**91
3/7/60 J. Musgrave seeing - 9.0 trans - 3.5 {sun}
3/7-8/60 J. Musgrave seeing - ? trans - 0 cloudy - fixed lock to rt. ascension.
3/10/60 J. Musgrave trans - 3 seeing - 4.5 {moon}
3/12-13/60 J. Musgrave & X others trans - 2 -3.0 observed lunar eclipse -
seeing - 3.0 - 3.5 timed passage of umbra over
11 craters
15/3/60 Peter Oppenheimer.
3/16/60 J. Mirskin
3/24-25/60 Dick Gordon 8PM - 3PM - Schmidt - Mizar and
[[eta]] Virginis - focus apparently good
taught by J. Musgrave
Alles gang schön, mit ausnahne des telescopes!
RA not working at all - the drive
doesn't do anything for following.
here with Helmut Hirsch 3/25
3/26/60 J. Mirskin
3/26-27/60 Dick Gordon and brother, Dan
Schmidt - J. Musgrave fixed the RA
4/2/60 2:00 - 3:00 Mary Shultz, Al Binder
projected Sun image & observed sunspots
4/4-5/60 J. Musgrave {moon} seeing 3.5 - 4.0 trans - 3.5
4/5-6/60 J. Musgrave {moon} seeing 2 -3.0
D. Nelson trans 2.5 - 3.0
4/10-11/60 J. Musgrave {moon} - seeing 1.5 (Observatory improvement also)
I. Churgin trans. 4.0 - 4.5 (Clouded up later on)
4/11/60 J. Musgrave {sun} trans - 4.0
A. Norton seeing 2.5
**92
4-16-60 Stephen Zarlenga
am timing Elgin mariner clock against W.W.V.
W.W.V. 9:55 EST., E.M.C. 9:11 and 27 seconds
4/22-23/'60 D. Gordon - dome
shutter still stuck - slept, swept, left
----> [[epsilon]] {Gordon,Musgrave}
4/23-24/60 J. Churgin {jupiter} - seeing 4.5
J. Musgrave F. Goldfrank trans - 2.5
4/24-25/60 J. Musgrave seeing - 4.5 Comet 1959k/1960a; {jupiter};
T. Lisco trans - 3.5 {saturn} M4, M80
4/26/60 J. Musgrave Instructed T. Bentley in use of telescope
M. Thurman
4/27/60 6:30 PM Dick Gordon - Reset
Drive Governor
4/27-28/60 J. Musgrave - seeing - 3.5 {jupiter} - bright aurorae
trans - 3.5 in north
5/1/60 T. Lisco J. Musgrave - few sunspots, working on
antenna. Leave it alone
5/1/60 James Caplan & Kern Kymn. Moon. Clouds
interfered soon after we arrived.
5/2/60 J. Caplan, C. Dolnick, J. Bertels. Comet 1959k,
moon.
5/2/60 J. Musgrave - Checked out Mel Thurman & Rich Bentley -
{moon} seeing - 3.5 - 4.0 trans - 3.5 - 4.0
5/3/60 Gordon (6PM) with Hirsch
John! Can I borrow your
Calculus with anal. geo. ?
5-15-60 J. Musgrave - seeing - 4.0 {moon}, {saturn}, {jupiter}
S. Irving trans - 3.4
5-15-60 J. Musgrave - seeing - 3.5 {sun} - esteemed solar
P. Matnaru trans - 3.0 research -
5-15-60 J. Musgrave Checked out Ernest Kent
**93
5/17/60 E. Kent 11:30 - 1:00 - Just looking around
5/18/60 E. Kent 2:30 - 4:00 - sunspots
5/23/60 E. Kent 12:30 - 1:10 - Sky beautiful - set up
for photography - opened dome - clouds came - went to bed.
(brought up enlarger this noon)
5/23/60 Bentley & Thurman - Jupiter, Saturn - poor seeing
6-/2-3/60 J. Musgrave seeing - 4.8 {moon},{saturn},{jupiter}
P. Perron M. Bagor trans - 3.9
6/3/60 C. Grossman Gen. observation
6/3-4/60 J. Musgrave - Fantastic display of aurora in northern half of sky
(white and red) - A.M.- (6-4-60)
6/7/60 P. Schutt 2:00 - 2:30. Sunspots
6/7/60 12:00 E. Kent C. Cleaveland - photographed Wargentin
eyepiece proj. on 6" 4 sec. thru amber filter plate #6
6/14/60 : 800 DLS.
Gordon and Hirsch spent greater part of night in
observatory. Weather very unfavorable, rainy, cold. Hirsch, Gordon
IMPORTANT !!!
To all users of observatory!
Do not throw tin cans in waste paper
baskets downstairs. Leave tin cans and
glass in cans outside at loading
platform in back of building.
6-17-60 NUG
**94
6/20/60 10:00 AM Ernie Kent - developed above plate
8 min UFG - Med. good. (trifle too dark)
9:00 P.M. came up to print plate - no paper
developer - repaired shutter pulley at great risk
to dignity, also life & limb. Repaired obs. doorknob.
opened black box to see why circle and eyepiece lights not
working - much havoc inside, infinitely many wires
loose - took home to better equipment after burning hand
trying to solder with bunsen burner.
6/22/60 - Brought box back repaired & with 6V bulb
in hand light - promptly blew out bulb by plugging
in wrong socket; will replace soon. All lights (cicle & hand) need
12V. miniature screw base - can find none. Can anyone?
Ernie Kent
6/24/60 Dick Gordon, 9:00 AM
Tom: I'd like to clean the
Schmidt optics or have them
cleaned. What should I do?
6/24/60 Ernie Kent & B. Byrne - fixed intercom,
needed only a plug! push to talk & turn
off toggle when closing up. Observatory
unit does not need to be pushed.
Also reduced plate.
**95
plate V
6/24/60 - 1:00 AM S 40 secs ep proj on 6" dev UFG 8 min
too dark. Ernie Kent Plate IV
6/25/60 10: P.M. Ernie Kent {jupiter} <12 secs ep 6" UFG 7 min
defective plate, exp. seems good maybe a little dark
7/1-2/60 all night, Dick Gordon, Helmut Hirsch
photographed 427 in Cass. with Schmidt
pretty clear, little sky fog.
7/4-5/60 Ernie Kent & Bob Byrne watched fireworks,
{moon},{jupiter},{saturn}, & printed some plates (ecchh). Dick
why don't you make a light-tight box with a
back? J. Dulin - I missed you the other day
call me again & we'll specify a more exact
spot.
7/6/60 Tom Lisco - misc. observeing & Dyer-Bennett
Dick: Thanks for your note. I would like
to see the optics cleaned in both the
telescope and the Schmidt. However,
I don't know how to do it either. Why
don't you consult Thompson, or some other
text? If you are interested in doing USEFUL
things, why don't you
1. Fix the locking mechanism (If you
fail, don't despair, 50 years of Astronomy
Club members haven't been able to succeed)
2. Fix the Dome slot.
3. Fix the ladder.
**96
7/18/60 12:15 - 1:30 Ernie Kent & Dick Kane
{saturn} - {jupiter} loathsome haze ... blech
7/20/60 2:30 - 7:30 Dick Gordon, Helmut Hirsch
photography and developing. Ernie:
thanks for the permission to use the
enlarger. {sqrt}3 = 1.732050807+
{sqrt}5 = 2.236067899+ so what?
the dark room tub leaks
someone (?) left the observatory
light on
7/21/60 7 PM Dick Gordon, Set up
Perrotype Plate.
Mr. Dulin: Isn't that your
sleeping mat up there?
7/22/60 3 AM Yes P.B.T.A. Explain Later.
7/22-23/60 6 PM - 6 AM Dick Gordon. A wonderful
view of the lightning. Slept, thought.
7/30/60 6 PM - 9 PM Dick Gordon, Dusted
and oiled everything in the
observatory (except the drive and lenses)
8/16/60 Ernie Kent & Bob Byrne - 8:00 P.M. - 11:30
observed Echo I at 8:38 & 10:48, photographed
trail with color slides at 8:38, tried for shot of
disc with 6" at 10:48, 1/10 sec / kodak Royal X pan
it's in the soup now. Shot {saturn} with 6", plate III
**97
e.p. proj. with barlow out full on both, no
filter, 45 sec, & 10 min in U.F.G. - pretty good.
Who are all these people with
master keys? We were setting up, &
suddenly a hord of them came out
onto the roof. Later on they were fooling
around & making a ruckus. Also, who
wrecked the intercom again? Dick:
You're welcome to it anytime.
Attempt at Echo I disc just came out of soup
- no dice.
8/17/60 - 8:00 - 9:00 P.M. T. Lisco Checked out Bob Byrne. Looked
for Echo I however didn't see it. Saturn quite steady
8/17/60 - 10:30/1:30 Ernie Kent - printed plates
& tried shot of M42, haze interfered.
8/20/60 B. Byrne & E. Kent 8P.M. - 12 Observed
Echo I at 9:14 & 11:18. Had fairly good views
of disc with 6". Obcserved one of jupiter's moon's
shadow in transit. Perseid shower still giving
sporadically interesting viewing.
Some hero please repair ladder. It is
difficult to keep up with satelites, move
lumber, and maintain balance. Nearly broke my
head open due to fall.
**98
IMPORTANT !!
The police (campus) are
disenchanted with people who
keep the keys out for six days.
Please oblige.
Also, keys dropped in box
when no one is in office are
getting mixed up with other keys
and lost. They said we should
call the switchboard and have
the girl radio for the night man
to meet us at the security office
and take the keys (??)
Ernie Kent
Aug 31 Tried to get in to get
camera out, keys out Aug 24th not
back yet, had to get Janitor. who
thinks they're funny ?
**99
10-11/9/60, 0300, Dick Gordon with Jim Dwyer,
Moon (very good), Mars (lousy). Obs. key is
finally returned (I had left a personal
message on the front door of a certain
person a few days ago.) Found observatory
a mess: 1) Shutter rope broken (temp
repair made), 2) RA Lock not holding,
even though it tightens, 3) Telescope
put away in wrong position. / By the way,
about keys: they are our responsibility,
not the polices'; if someone keeps
them out indefinitely, we have to get
them back. P.S. What is the small
gold key for ?
9-17-60 J. Musgrave
9-18-60 J. Musgrave - cleaned up optical shop
9-24-60 J. Musgrave - cleaned up observatory - put temporary leg on ladder
9-25-60 J. Musgrave - worked on 3-inch - trans. 4, seeing 4
observed {venus},{moon},{jupiter},{saturn}
9-28-60 J. Musgrave - seing - 2.5 trans - 2.0 {moon}
9-30-60 J. Musgrave - seing - 5.9 trans - 4.9 {moon},{jupiter}
10-2-60 J. Musgrave - General Obs. - teaching of telescope
V. Robertson
10-4-60 J. Musgrave {moon},{jupiter} seeing - 3.0 Later on teaching use of
M. Caned trans. - 1.0 telescope to V. Robertson
10-5-60 J. Musgrave - checked out Van Robertson
10-8-60 J. Musgrave - checked out Nick Liepins
**100
10/21/60
11/3/60 J. Musgrave - general observing
11/4/60 J. Musgrave - checked out Dan Gordon
11/7/60 - Transit of Mercury - Photographs taken - Dan Gordon
11-28-60 - J. Musgrave - teaching use of telescope to John Poling
11-29-60 - J. Musgrave - checked out John Poling - seeing - 3.5
trans - 4.5
1/4/61 mars - transparency good - seeing as lousy as i've ever seen it.
11/4/60 - J. Musgrave - teaching use of telescope -
1/7/61 took 4 photos moon using projection & low power with
Unitron Astro Camera on the 6 inch. -- Dan Gordon
1/19/60 Looked at crescent mon, venus, and mars - good transparency
seeing lousy
objects in good viewing position though {???} going home
John Poling tomorrow
Barry Friedman
Phil
Hoyd Walker
2/10/61 - J. Musgrave {moon} - seeing - 3.5 - put temporary leg on ladder
trans - 2.5
2/11/61 Observed Mars - transparency poor but the air
was unusuallty steady - saw continent
marking easily - used 16mm. and 4 mm
John Poling eyepieces.
Solomon Sepsunol
Barry Friedman
2/13/61 J. Musgrave - {mars} seeing 3 trans 1
2/21/61 J. Musgrave - {moon}, {mars} seeing 3 trans 2
**101
March 3, 1961 J. Musgrave watched beginning of lunar eclipse through clouds.
March 16, 1961 J. Caplan & guest. Observed Venus near
meridian.
3/25/61 - J. Musgrave {moon}, seeing - 3.5 trans - 1.5
3/26/61 E. Kent {moon}
3/29/61 R. McDonnell teaching use of telescope -
J. Musgrave
3/31/61 D. Gordon Lunar Photography
3-31-61 John Musgrave - checked out R. McDonnell -
4/3/61 Barry Schlesinger general observing
Bob McDonnell
4/7/61 Barry Schlesinger, Jim Lerwer
Bob McDonnell general observing
4/7/61 D. Gordon Lunar and Planetary Photography
4/18/61 Barry Schlesinger, Bill Collins
Bob McDonnell general observing
4/21/61 Unsuccessful moon shots - clouded over -
Cleaned up the place and studied old photos
4/22/61 Barry Schlesinger, John Polling, Barry Friedman,
Sol Sepsunol, Bob McDonnell general observing
5/9/61 Barry Schlesinger
Bob McDonnell general observing
5/12/61 Bob McDonnell, Barry Schlesinger general observing
Bill Collins found earth satellite
{around} 10:20 C.S.T. ; resolved
by telescope into two
objects {around} 8' apart, total
magnitude varied
irregularly, brighter
than Vega at max.; one object {around} 10 times
as bright as the other; passed
near Dubhe, Kochab and Vega
**102
5/18/61 Barry Schlesinger, Don Willett
Robert McDonnell general observing
5/14/61 J. Musgrave, {saturn}, {jupiter}
5/21/61 Barry Schlesinger Attempted to get spectra
Bob McDonnell with diffraction grating,
got spectra, period.
Otherwise unsatisfactory
Observed satellit. First noticed
near Arcturus. Disappeared
at 12:00:50 AM +/- 5 sec near
d & [[epsilon]] Serpentis
5/22/61 J. Musgrave - {sun} } Richard L. Stern
checked out
Bill Collins
5/23/61 Bill Collins General Observation 8:00 - 10:30
5/27/61 Tom Lisco " "
5/27/61 Tom Robinson 8:00 - 2:30
5/28/61 J. Musgrave - {jupiter}
5/28/61 Tom M. Robinson 9:00 - 1:05
5/29/61 J. Musgrave - {moon}
6/5/61 Tom M. Robinson 10:00 - 12:15
6/12/61 Bob Byrne 11:30 PM 12:15 AM
poor observing
6/14/61 Bill Collins Poor observing Cs clouds
6/15/61 Bill Collins 9:40 - 11:00 Beautiful
Observed M57, M39, M13, [[epsilon]]1, [[epsilon]]2 Lyrae, etc.
**103
6/16/61 Bob Byrne 12 - 2:40 showed guests Bill Stub
and Art Meitzer, Juppiter & Saturn. Atmosphere
fairly unsteady but transparent.
6/20/61 J. Musgrave & guests - {moon}, {saturn}, {jupiter}.
seeing - 6 trans. 4+
6/28/61 - Bill Collins gnl. obserg.
7/3/61 Bill Collins M8?, M15 - fine object, Jupiter.
Hazy & clouds fter 11:15. 9:50 - 11:30 P.M.
9/29/61 - J. Musgrave - worked on telescope -
10/1/61 - J. Musgrave - teaching use of telescope to E. Freund -
10/3/61 - J. Musgrave - Checked out Erwin Freund.
10/7/61 - E. Freund - 2:00 - 4:30 AM - Nebl. in Orion, Echo satellite, Pleiades
10/9/61 - J. Musgrave - Astronomical Society
Open House
10/14/61 - E. Freund - 9:00 - 12:00 PM - helped guest D. Thornton photograph
moon - looked at Jup., Saturn, Neb. in Andromeda - Clear but dusty
- Polar. slow motion missing small screw - objective cockeyed
somebody ought
to get to
work on it
P.S. pictures just developed - quality good
10/16/61 - Don McKinney - Lunar Photography
10/16/61 - E. Freund, D. Thornton - attempted to rejuvenate
objective - uncertain whether improvement resulted. 8:00 - 12:00
( "Cleaned", spaced, adjusted lens, etc.)
10/19/61 - J. Musgrave - Teaching use of telescope -
10/21/61 - 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM. E. Freund - worked on telescope
**104
Oct 20, 1961 - J. Musgrave - checked out Edward Schmidt, Louis True
and Bernard Enders for telescope.
Oct. 21, 1961 - E. Schmidt - looked at moon 12:00 - 12:30
Oct. 26, 1961 - True & Enders - Smashed Objective.
Oct 30, 1961 - Freund, Thornton - Lunar photography with new
equipment - right ascension slow motion in good order,
even if objective is smashed.
Gudell & True - Glued objective together (perfect)
Nov. 3 - E. Freund & guest D. Fleming - general observing
our compliments to the pair above who did such
a good job of repairing the objective.
Nov. 3/4 - E. Schmidt - observing fairly good
Nov 10/11 T. Robinson with guest
Gary Arenson. Observing awful
What objective? How about a good wide
angle eyepiece? 6:00 - 8:00, 1 - 2:30
11/18/61 R. McDonnell, B. Schlesinger & friends
Looked for comet; only
11/20/61 - E. Kent & K. Cleveland
mostly clouds. 7:30
12/14/61 E. Schmidt - Very cloudy - 8:00 - 8:30
1/13/61 E. Schmidt - 8:00 - 10:00
**105
1-28-62 - J. Musgrave - teaching use of telescope to John Sarracino
2-28-62 Tom Robinson - Photograph of
Perseid Cluster. Sky too bright - but clear
7:30 - 10:00
3-25-62 - John Musgrave
3-26-62 - Thornton, Freund - Cleaned Clock Drive, Gen. Obs.
Took off some of the weights that drive the clock - they
are now inside the pedestal.
3-30-62 N. Liepins, R. McDonnell, J. Poling, B. Schlesinger, et al.
9:00 - 10:00 testing and taking inventory of eyepieces. Eyepieces
need cleaning. Further testing is also needed as sky
was very hazy and Capella was the faintest
object that could be found easily (or at all)
4-3-62 - E. Freund - Check of clock over 2 hr. period - runs slightly fast.
4-11-62 Gordon and Hirsch: moon, Venus,
clouds, 7-8 PM
4-13-62 - J. Musgrave - checked out Gary Arenson and Helmut Hirsch
Schlesinger Poling
Friedman Braithwaite
Leipins, Donna Wilson
Tucker Guice
4-13-62 Robinson - looked at poor Comet -
4-15-62 Hirsch, and Weiner: Moon, Polaris,
Regulus, Double star (?). Visibility and
definition fair; slight overcast at
23:45. 8-12 pm. (How does the fine
adjustment on R.A. & Dec. setters
worn?)
**106
4/17/62 - Poling, Leipins, Schlesinger
Hachmolt, Labo ? -
saw - one lousy comet - vary faint (3rd mag)
lots of clouds
moon - air rather unsteady.
4/18/62 Gary Arenson & Douglas Korntos
General observing & sighted first mag. or better object
in the Big Dipper which moved at high velocity
toward Altair parallel to a line drawn
between Vega and Altair; time 12:30 - 12:40
Telescopically no shape visible - was this a
satellite? (We are in serious doubt as to the
nature of the object, as it passed directly
overhead at midnight! It's velocity indicated
that if it were in orbit it would be within
1000 mi. of Earth. {therefore} in the umbra?
What the hell was it?)
Sighted : Between [[beta]] & [[gamma]] Ursae Majoris - 00:30 hrs CDT
Set : 10deg. South of Altair - 00:40 hrs "
4/20/62 - E. Schmidt - cloudy & unsteady
4/21/62 - Poling - Friedman - Hoff - Goedken
12 noon - sky a bit too bright for good
observing.
**107
9:30 - 1:40
4/24 G. Chenson & ?. Robinson - "good"
seeing tonight. M3 interesting but
should have been better. Have seen
better in 1 1/4" inch. Moon interesting.
Nothin works - as usual - a lot of
changes and improvements need to be made.
A red flashlight would be a help.
The setting circles could have new lights
put in.
5/9 N. Leipins & S. Yaeger "Poor"
seeing tonight - Saw Moon
poor contrast
5/11 T. Robinson Poor everything Moon. first quarter
G. Avenson. Chicago a lousy place indeed. 10:00 - 11:00
5/14 T. Robinson & D. Thornton.
Took Pictures of the moon
Seeing not too poor considering ....
Time 11:30 - 1:30
**108
5/15 Nick Leipins & Suzie Yaeger
Saw Venus - (goddess of Love)
She accepted my universe !!!
There's something magic about
this place.
THE END
and
THE BEGINING
5/16 Arenson, Robinson and Thornton -
Ares, , Leo, Capricorn
Venus hanging pregnantly in the sky
I'm glad the members are
having fun. (Lunar photography).
5/6/62 Hirsch & Guest. Dome not "correctly"
positioned, etc. Visibility fair.
Cleared up by 11:00.
6/13/62 Hirsch & Guest. - Visibility excellent
Distinction good. - Moon,
Venus. Unidentified Nebula. (9:00 - 11:30)
**109
6/27 - E. Freund & 1 guest 9:00 - 10:30 PM - Venus
6/28 - " " " " " 4:00 - 5:00 AM - Jup, Sat. Mars
4 Bands Jup., One band Sat. & 1 division
7/20-21 Robert McDonnell, Barry Schlesinger
and guests. Observed Jupiter, Saturn Moon.
Had to wait for beam of physics lab
accelerator to be turned off.
It is advisable to check Rm 450 to be sure
the accelerator is not on before going up to the
observatory. It also might help to leave a note
that you're up here to be certain they come
up and tell you before turning the beam on. (The
roof is not shielded). They're supposed to ask, but ...
Aug 8th, 62 - J. Musgrave - teaching use of telescope to Minming Tang
August 11, AM R. McDonnell
B. Schlesinger
guest
General observing with telescope - godd seeing
Used roof for Perseid hunt - 4 in one hour.
Further investigations indicate that the irradiated
roof is not the observatory roof. (According to the
University radiation protection officer. Further inquiries
should be made about the sign. The beam has been on
during spring quarter. So there.
Aug 23,' - J. Musgrave - checked out Minming Tang.
26 - Saw Jupiter & Saturn M.M.T
**110
8-27-62: Kent & guests - Jupiter & Saturn
11:00 P.M. - 12:30 P.M. - unsteady atmosphere.
8-28-62 Tang - Try to learn
to use circles - not musch success. Dome
did not shut. Called Musgrave. No answer.
Will call again & tomorrow morning. Hope
heat of day will enable dome to
close. - No rain forecast
8-29-62 Tang - This after noon, I
closed dome. Thing on to far. With
axe I lifted dome-door and put it
on the track. Closed all right
9-4-62 - Light in telescope was
on. Sky very overcast. Very
dark. Clouds observed out over
L. Michigan. B. Hirsch & Guest
9-7-62 - J. Musgrave, C. Tang - viewing the universe -
seeing - 5 excellent contrast
trans - 3+
Sept. 10 - J. Musgrave - clouded over
Sept. 11-62 J. Musgrave - photographed {venus}, {saturn}, {jupiter} and {moon}.
8/13 Looked at moon - too cloudy Tang
**111
8/19 Schmidt - Saw what appears to be a dim
blue star, C3 273 I think. Not too clear. Took spectrograph
through Schmidt.
8/20 Developed film of 8/19. Very strange. Does not
appear to have a spectrum.
8-22- Alva: observed the world through rose-colored
glasses
8/24 Schmidt- retook spec. of 273. Developed.
Still mo spectrum. Very Strange. Heard new singing
group, called the Beatles. Very Strange Schmidt
8/25 Looked at specs of 273. Just noticed a lot of
lines near the red end. Probably no significance. Schmidt
8-27 Ives. Looked at moon, vega, sirius.
had company. (Judy Jenks) Very apt pupil. Bad
viewing conditions. Didn't mind.
8/29 Schmidt. Retook 273 and a few other
stars. All except 273 had good spectra. 273
still seems to have one near the red end. It
seems to be a very good spectrum, just squashed
to one end. ????
8-29 Alva: I found spect. plates on desk. Why
not show them to head of Phy Dept?
8-30 - Alve: Could 273 be receding ??
9/1 - Schmidt - Plates missing. Alva had a good idea
I thought. But I calculated that if this was the case,
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it would have to be receding about 80%
the speed of light, and would obviously have
to be out of the galaxy. Farther out than any
previously known galaxy. Rediculas.
Looked at moon and Mars. Bad conditions.
9-5-62 - Ronal Yoke back from vacation in
Gary Ind. Boy, is the sky clear here!
9-6 Ives. Dome locked. Judy thinks she's
pregnant. Spilled coffee Reclassified by draft
board. Bad day.
9-11- Alva: Did you show Spectrographs
to Phy Dept? Why not.
9/12 Schmidt. Plates mising. Besides, no one
important is here from phy Dept. And the whole
thing seems too fantastic. Must be some mistake
Why don't you come up tomorrow about 1 AM
We'll take some more photos & specs & see if
I'm doing something wrong, or if the Schmidt's
kaput. I'm going back to school in a week
(Boston) so we don't have much time.
9/13 Schmidt & Alva. Came to observe, but someone in
observatory. Door locked. Will come back tomorrow.
9-13 Ives Judy is ok Learning astronomy
very well We looked at stars till 7 A.M.
9-14 - Alva & Schmidt visitied dome before
leaving for Bost. Couldn't find plates
or key chain I left here.
**113
9/22/62 - Hirsch & guest.
Jupiter & 4 moons. Axcellent visibility
for 1 hr.; then overcast returned.
John - the eyepiece holder
doen't it seem to "hold" too
well H.H.
9/27/62 Ed Schmidt
Jupiter & Saturn. Very clear.
9-28-62 - J. Musgrave - activities night.
9-29,31-62 - J. Musgrave - D. Gordon - {venus}, {saturn}, {jupiter}, {mars}.
10-6-62 - Tang & two lady friends. Cloudy
out. Sir Ed came up. - Did not appreciate
my friends
10-11-62 - E. Freund - Light was left on - dome stuck
but closed by Musgrave.
10-16-62 - J. Musgrave - College Physical Science Open House.
10-18-62 Arenson, Robinson
Jupiter interesting - central band(s)
very wide. Red spot easy.
Red light was left on!
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10-22-62 Robinson, Arenson
seeing ok for Chi
Jupiter still peculiar
10:20 - 11:30
Oct 24 - 62 Arenson
Tried to use Schmidt
Will try again
Oct 24-62 - G. Arenson and guest
Mike Hall 1:00 - 1:45
Jupiter & Trapezium
Good seeing
24 November - 62 The windows need
washing. Craven
Dick Gordon and ^ (the window washer)
Jupiter and Moons
February 8, 1963 - H. Hirsch, R. Gordon -
Saddened by the poor condition that
observatory is in !
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2/27/63 E. Kent & Co. - also dissapointed
3/1/63 N. Liepins, J. Benson, D. Scuman
Tried to find Comet Ikea (1963a). Haze on
horizon prevented finding object. Was supposed
to be 4.3 mag. with a tail 10 degrees long.
According to Harvard Obs. Announcement Card;
on Mar 2 the position will be ([[alpha]] = 2h08.9m;
d = -9deg.43.1' ). On the 4th it will be
([[alpha]] = 2h07.12m; d = -6deg.28.3' )
Saw Mars thru approx 100 power eyepiece.
White polar cap was clear & sharp. Dark
Markings (Greenish) crossed the surface.
Also saw the ever-popular Moon and
M42 in Orion
By the way, apparently the last
party using the scope, left dome
open about 6 inches. So ... after
wiping the apparatus free from snow and
water, we were all set ....
Lets shape up b_s_a_ds.
3/22/63 E. Schmidt - Last party left lens cap off
of finder scope. Let's do shape up.
3/23/63 H. Hirsch & guests -
3/29/63 - J. Musg