New Mexico Heritage Preservation Alliance (NMHPA) is looking for speakers, specifically on night sky preservation and light pollution abatement. If interested...
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NM Astronomers & Astro Officers I know I am getting a little ahead of myself here, but are there any Total Solar Eclipse addicts online here that are thinking...
John Gilkison
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Nov 14, 2005 6:21 am
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It's got to be less stress on Easter Island than in Libya. We'll probably go. (and we'll be retired too) ... -- Greg Mueller...
Excellent advance thinking, John. For a trip and overall event with the potential impact that this has, it would be well worth the effort for many of us to...
That was me (Greg Mueller) Looking at the way the posting came out, I can see how you thought it was from John By the way, it looks like things are fairly well...
Nils I like it. One of the things my wife, daughter, and I are going to do before retirement is get passports. We both will have lump sums of money fromm...
John Gilkison
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Nov 16, 2005 8:23 pm
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All This Easter Island trip with time spent on astronomy observing on the mainland of Chile would fulfill my lifelong idea of making it to the southern...
John Gilkison
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Nov 16, 2005 8:27 pm
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Please count me in on any plans for a solar eclipse trip in 2010! I had planned to see the eclipse in March 2006 but my commitments aren't permitting me the...
John We've been to the Southern Skies Star Party (SSSP) in 1997 and '98, you should consider it. It's hosted by Vic and Jen Winters (IC Stars) and usually...
Regarding Total Solar Eclipse Visible from Easter Island 2010 We have four interested parties so far. We need a leader if we are thinking of planning this...
John Gilkison
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Nov 18, 2005 7:50 am
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... Count me in! I just retired from the Air Force...and I'm tired of traveling, ahem deploying, around the globe...but by 2010 I'll be ready for another...
Well, regarding a leader for this, I don't think I had the original idea. But mostly the issue is - who has eclipse expedition (or SSSP) experience? That...
Nil I have zero experience doing this. The biggest astronomy vacation I planned and took is a trip to Cape Hatteras to witness the Venus Transit in June of...
John Gilkison
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Nov 19, 2005 3:00 am
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I wrote a note to Jen Winter the other day to see if they were going to have SSSP 06 and got this note back........ ... -- Greg Mueller...
Greg The total eclipse passing over Easter Island is on July 11, 2010. We need to know if they are going to plan to have the SSSP during this time period which...
John Gilkison
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Nov 21, 2005 7:45 pm
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Just guessing but it might be a bit much of a load to try to wrangle all the people through a double excursion. I'll suggest it to her though. You can write to...
Greg All I know so far is that it is $800 round trip from Santiago, Chile to Easter Island. How you get to Santiago is another matter! I have no idea at all if...
John Gilkison
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Nov 22, 2005 7:48 am
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The Winter 2005 issue of the New Mexico Heritage Preservation Alliance (NMHPA) is out and contains several articles related to protecting dark skies, including...
"Buying Your First Telescope" will be the topic at a special "Beginners" meeting to be held by The Corrales Astronomy Club Sunday, December 11th at 7 PM. The...
I am planning to spend a night between Christmas and New Years in Sliver City, NM and the next night in Cloudcroft, NM. Does anyone know of a suitable, legal,...
Electric Blue dhl I would recommend City of Rocks State Park which now has an observatory of it's own. Camping is $10 a night for primitve camping, $14 a night...
John Gilkison
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Dec 17, 2005 4:18 pm
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electricbluedhl We stay at the Aspen Rose Motel And Restaurant 1315 US Hwy 82 682-2526 while in Cloudcroft. It's an old motel (cheap) with a restaurant out ...
Last time we stayed in Socorro we stayed at the Holiday Inn. It was ok, but we saw some others that looked less like a chain motel, but of course we didn't...
While I can't remember the exact name we stayed at a wonderful little lodge in Magdalena NM. It is just up the road (about 20 minutes) and it is worth the...
Kenn Magnum
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Dec 20, 2005 5:23 am
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The Albuquerque Astronomical Society (TAAS) January 14 General Meeting The Saturday, January 14 General Meeting of TAAS will feature Reg. R. Wilson FIES, of...
I am forwarding this message from John Sefick. John is waiting for his subscription to this group to be approved. Pete Eschman ... Date: Friday, December 23,...
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