Subj : NEOWISE
To   : Alan Ianson
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Jul 31 2021 17:26:34

Hi Alan, 
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 AI> >> Remembering NEOWISE
 AI> >> Explanation: It was just last July. If you could see
 AI> >> the stars of the Big Dipper, you could find Comet
 AI> >> NEOWISE in your evening sky..
 AI> 
 AI> > Could you see it from your vantage point in BC?
 AI> 
 AI> Probably but I never went looking for it.
 AI> 
 AI> > I suppose that with all the smoke in the air the opprtunities were few?
 AI> 
 AI> The skies are smoky here now but last July would have been better.
 AI> 
 AI> I haven't made the trip in a while but I have driven a star gazing friend on a trip about 30 minutes out of town away from all the lights. He has a small telescope that he connects to his laptop and once he has it adjusted he can zero in on just about whatever you'd like to look at.

So..  he was looking at the images on the laptop? Or, was he using the laptop to aide in pointing the telescope to the right spot in the sky.  I have no idea how "computerized" telescopes work.

Ciao!
 /|ug (https://t.me/aabolins)

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