I'm way behind on my postings. We've had several clear nights since the last post and last night was superb. I made an external power supply for my ETX-70 using a 9v adapter I got free at yesterday's park-wide yard sale and a top from an old 9v battery. Works great and now I'm free of the hassle of batteries. I tried a longer term tracking test by centering M45 which was high in the east at 21:30 and it was still going strong by 22:30 when I decided to call it quits.
Tonight we decided to try for STS-126 and ISS. We either missed STS or the schedule was wrong. The news said that it had docked this afternoon. At any rate, ISS was right on schedule from south to east over our house and as bright as Jupiter in the SW. It made a nice sight for about 3 minutes.
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