Fellow Southern TACos, A colleague of mine who owns a piece of property up on Palomar Mountain and who I ran into once at The Pullout when I was observing ...
Auggie and I arrived around 3:30pm. Temps were around 70 but fell steadily to around 35 at 3am. We had fair to very good seeing throughout the night under near...
Bob Nanz wrote; Auggie and I arrived around 3:30pm. Temps were around 70 but fell steadily to around 35 at 3am. We had fair to very good seeing throughout the...
Anyone with more Winter experience want to comment on this? I'll pass it along. ... Jeff Gortatowsky, Fullerton, CA Twitter: faintfuzzyfindr Yahoo: indanapt...
Hi Jeff, Well, not too many people take large motorhomes to LBV, and those who do usually come in through Blair Valley (I call it Big Blair, although that is ...
... steadily ... night ... respects, ... missed a ... Abell 12. ... I've been amazed at how empty LBV has become over the last year or two. It still has the...
... Abell 12! What a nice reminder, I'd forgotten about this night! http://observers.org/reports/2006.11.18.5.shtml Time for a revisit. Sounds like you had a...
Hi Mark, Your report states that for Abell 12 Steve G. suggests high power and a filter. We certainly used a filter but didn't try high power. We saw it, but ...
An occulting bar could help to cut down the glare of Mu Ori. In fact, we could use it to see if we could pick off the white dwarf companions of Sirius and...
I've been threatening to make an occulting bar for years, but have never gotten around to it. I have no idea how to identify the focal plane of an eyepiece. I...
It's easy to find the focal plane. Just take a stick, piece of paper, or anything with an edge, look through the EP and move the item back and forth close to...
Hi folks, I saw maps to LBV in the files section that show the way most of us go, but from Paul's note, there is another way through Blair Valley. Anyone have...
The entrance to Blair Valley is about 1/2 mile south of the LBV turnoff. You go over a little ridge and it's easily found on the left. Upon entering Blair...
Has anyone observed from the east side of Palomar on the Palomar Divide Rd? There is a somewhat interesting but very remote property for sale near a helicopter...
Can you send a link to the property ad? Is this a dirt road all the way from the observatory to Hwy 79 north of Warner Springs? Where is the helipad? ...
The lot is at 33°19'51.91"N 116°46'4.59"W the helicopter pad is just south of it. I am told the road of of 79 is dirt for the first mile and then paved for...
Bob, I would think it should be pretty dark out there. There are no major population centers that aren't screened by the mountain. If I am understanding what...
Looking at the coordinates Bob sent I found this thing. Any ideas? Sent this once before but it didn't seem to come through properly for me. I've shared a map...
That is a helicopter pad that I was told is used by the forest service. It really looks like it could be an ideal site. The actual site is an old mine with...
Ah, yes, you did mention a helicopter pad. Just hanging out there in the middle of nowhere, isn't it. Also about 5 miles as the crow flies from Warner...
The property is a bit expensive at 300k (but that is what they are asking). For all I know it is not even worth 100k. I would like to try it out. It is on a...
It is 20 acres with no permits and no water. Bob ... From: Bruce White To: TAC_South@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:54 PM Subject: Re:...
It has no permits now. That does not say you can not get them in the future, but I am not familiar with what is needed. It is zoned s80 and this is all the...
Hello, The GSSP web page is being updated for 2009. There have been a good number of personal web-pages sent in containing images from GSSP 2008. I would...
ANNOUNCING THE 2009 GOLDEN STATE STAR PARTY! We are pleased to announce that the Golden State Star Party in 2009 will again be held under the very dark,...
I have a 45cm f/4.5 truss tube newt. I was thinking the 8mm Ethos could replace both my 12mm Nagler and my 9mm Nagler. It has slight more field of view and...
Jeff wrote: I was thinking the 8mm Ethos could replace both my 12mm Nagler and my 9mm Nagler. Today I work 31mm Nagler (64x)... then 12mm Nagler (166x)... if...
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