I'm sitting out in the back yard again, taking some images again. It's a very nice night, the wind has calmed down and the temperature is real nice for just relaxing. Even some of the usual neighbors lights are turned off (but not all). I just heard a pack of coyotes howling nearby - that is a common nightime occurance around here. Even though it's a residential neighborhood, there is a wash (dry river) nearby that they often hang out in. By the way I don't think they actually howl at the moon as a routine thing, despite popular belief. Other sounds of the night are all around - an occasional barking dog, cars and the periodic backfire, once in a while a siren, basically the sounds of a city winding down its day.
Later on I'll be entertained by the pair of owls that make our neighborhood their home. They like to sit high up in the tree and remind us all that they are the true rightful owners of this area. I really enjoy their "hoo-hoo" conversations with each other.
Now that summer is here (well actually I think it officially starts in about 5 days, but since our daily temperatures are well north of 105 degrees I think of it as summer), the sun rises very early. Since AZ does not follow daylight savings, twilight starts around 3:45 a.m. I know when it's coming because the birds all begin to sing, it turns into quite a concert for a while. Unfortunately I miss out on the show most days, work pressures require me to follow the normal human schedules most of the time.
Anyway it looks like the Eastern sky is brightening to announce the coming rising of the moon. So I'll probably switch my imaging in a few minutes to a different strategy. Right now I'm taking luminance data of M101, but I will probably change to narrowband filters in a few minutes and head back to the Pelican nebula for my ongoing project there.
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