Walter's LogBook: 2001 December 21/22

	Walter's LogBook
	Fri/Sat, December 21/22, 2001

Temperature was +1C to -3C. It clouded at 20:00 (just 20 minutes into a sequence of M77 imaging) but cleared again by 22:30. The weather forecast changed from clear to cloudy periods, which was not a good sign. At 01:43 it clouded over again (during a sequence of NGC 2683) and as of 03:00 it was still completely cloudy so I went to bed.

I imaged M77 (incomplete), IC 418, M1, PK189+7.1, PK194+2.1, and NGC 2683 (incomplete).

IC 418*	12 minutes (24 x 30s)
M 1*	59 minutes (118 x 30s)
PK189+7.1*	3 minutes (6 x 30s)
PK194+2.1*	1½ minutes (3 x 30s)

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Rainbow	Backyard

Here is a nice double rainbow that I saw on December 18 (the second arc is to the right of the first and is very faint in the picture).

Rainbow	Backyard

Here's the north end of the rainbows. The pot of gold is all bundled up, awaiting the next clear night.