August 2, 2025 Seagrave Observatory Night
by Robert Janus
As indicated in the accompanying photo, there was a problem with the Alvan Clark clock drive last night. Not sure what the problem is. There are no signs of any gear wear (i.e. metal fillings) from either the worm gear or the upper rim of the shaft. Could someone please examine this problem further? I would be available to work with them.
Without the clock drive we still were able to manually keep the Alvan Clark pointed at the moon for folks to enjoy. Very good sky conditions and the waxing gibbous displayed many features. Several people got amazingly good hand held cell phone photos that even captured the Straight Wall.
Even more amazing was the performance of Steve Hubbard's Pegasus imaginer on the Meade 12!
There was a good turn-out but I do not know the headcount. We closed at 11:00 pm
