Check out comet Machholtz if you can. It is about 12 deg sw of Aldebaran. It is near L Taurus. If you can see Lamda Taurus you can see the comet. Bob Comet...
I tried Vallicito Stage Campground last weekend. It is about 10 miles south of LBV at about 1500'. (about 18 miles south of 78 on S2) I was there Friday and...
Bob, Is it good because it is easy to get to or because it is warmer and less frosty than LBV (or, just another option)? Curt ... [Non-text portions of this...
It is good because I think probably warmer and it is lot easier to get to. The road into LBV is pretty rough. I was at the west end of the campground and I did...
There is notheing to the east and southeast. I did not really look but there may be a 10 deg southern horizon and higher to the west. It was never a problem...
I was at campsite 34 next to the caravan area. Bob ... From: "Paul Sterngold" <psterngold@...> To: <TAC_South@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, January 17,...
i'm a member of tac north, but for the last few days i haven't been able to log on to the site, www.observers.org . does anyone in this group know if there...
Hi Everybody, It's been a long time since my night out. It's been one thing after another since I moved to Irvine. I had a surgery and wasn't comfortable...
Nilesh, Jeff and a couple others I know out there go to Pala which is the Orange County Astronomers site. It is out on the north side of palomar mtn east of ...
... You can visit http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/calastro to join the list. A temporary observers.org is, in fact, up. The public list archives are...
I just looked at the forcast for Sat. night and it looks poor but tonight looks pretty good. Anyone going out tonight? Bob [Non-text portions of this message...
Wish I could, Bob...but I'm in London, where it's cold, cloudy, foggy, and rainy :( On the upside, I am going to visit the Greenwich Observatory tomorrow...! ...
I saw that Bob is going to LBV tonight. I wish I could go, but life keeps getting in the way. From what I've seen on CSC, tomorrow may be awful. We'll see....
Hello John, This might be the place you are thinking about: http://www.stagecoachtrails.com/ There was a thread in this group back in September 04 that you may...
... has mentioned. I have stayed there many times as I too have a wife and kids and it works out well for observing weekends as it gives them (the wife and...
I decided not to. Let me know how it turned out. CSC now indicates a lot of light to moderate winds. Every time I look at it either the clouds are hanging...
John Hoey wrote; "I decided not to (go). Let me know how it turned out." Hi John, Well, thanks to your sacrifice of NOT going to LBV, the night turned out to...
We had a mixed night that was pretty good. It cleared up nicely after sunset. The seeing was good to average early on and then turned to poor around midnight. ...
Thanks, Bob and your welcome, Paul! This weekend was my backup weekend and now it looks like it might rain. CSC currently shows total cloud cover throught...
I was planning on going to Vallicita tonight but it does not look too good. I may go on Sat. but I would go to Vallicita where people from SDAA might set up. ...
... Hi Bob, Where is the Vallicita (Vallecito?) site? Do you have to be a SDAA member to use it? How does it rate? Is there a website describing it, or with...
It is just a county park about 10 miles south of LBV on the west side of S2 You do not need to be a SDAA member but if you are a member camping is free. Since...