Over Memorial Day weekend, a whole motley crew of observers went to Willow Springs to check out the skies at Bob Ayers' place. This was a planned reconnaisance...
Hi, my name is Davin, but you all can call me DaVinci. I'd like to be more active with this group. Last week (Sun/Mon) I went to Blue Canyon 8 p.m.-8 a.m. It...
... Hi Davin - Welcome to TAC-SAC. Because the moon is near first quarter and because it sets around 1:30am, I doubt anyone is going to IHOP this weekend,...
Hi Randy, That's OK, I understand. So, I am going to Blue Canyon with a few people. FYI if you all want to join us, we will arrive by 8 p.m. set up, look at ...
Hi Davin, Hope you have another great night. How is the skyglow to the southwest and the northeast these days? I haven't been to BC in a few years now. Clear...
Hi, Well, SW is as bad as ever but I don't observe that low anyway. When I observe low it's southeast which is no problem e.g. C77 Cen-A NGC5128 is visible....
Hi Davin, I have seen Omega Centauri many times at BC, in the 90's, and I think once in the 80's. Sounds as though the skyglow has got much worse in the past ...
That skyglow has gotten worse is surely true. Omega cen. should be visible, at 5 degrees above the horizon I think last night. Cen-A had no problem and Omega...
Welcome to TAC-SAC Davin. I had one of my worst views of Omega Centaury through my 12" LX-200 back in late April this year at Fiddletown. It was a completely...
Yeah...mathematically at most it would be 4.5 degrees above our +38 degree skies. Anyways, a small group of us Tac-Sac'rs went to TSP (+30N degrees) earlier...
Hi Jim I think I heard you were one of the guys that went up to Klamath Falls one summer with a few others with your big 30" or 32" dob. How would you rate the...
I remember 15 years ago, BC use to be so dark that you couldn't see the person standing next to you until your eyes were fully dark adapted, and then you had...
Hey Ralph, You must be referring to my visit to James Edwards cousin's place up in the Poe Valley which is near Klamath Falls on the CA/Ore border. We (Jane, ...
Hey Ralph, IHOP has much better observing conditions on average than BC. No bright red anti-collision lights = no contest. -Jim ... [Non-text portions of this...
There are still nights where Blue canyon is as dark as you describe, but they are fewer and far between. For instance, M51 still had a fantastic spiral...
Davin, This is the perfect place to place your OR's. Great report and keep them coming. Now I need to get on my tail and write mine from from the same weekend...
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On 6/5/06, Ralph <aa6ww@...> wrote: I remember 15 years ago <snip> The 10" scope I had at that time would easily show the spiral structure of ... Well,...
Thats true, but im still in my 40's, and I know my eyes are much more trained at seeing dim objects now, then they were 15 years ago, or even 10 years ago. I...
... I agree with that! ... That's how I remember Fremont Peak, and its certainly not that way now.... Where was the other observer who saw all the detail in...
Theres a good chance I'll be going up there this July, so I'll see first hand what the sky conditions are like. My only issue when I get out with the friends I...
... Sometimes. On the 29th, I was the last to leave and drove out at 3. Some people have stayed the night in the past. The night before, I believe Shneor...
Observing all night for me, is the only option. Beside what you mentioned, Ralph, I also can't stand all the disruption caused by people tearing down ...
I end observing at 4:30 a.m. this time of year. I have also been known to track planets after sunup. But I always take a nap, say until 7 a.m. and eat...
... We try to encourage people to park in such a way as to be able to drive out a) without headlights shining on observers, b) without backing up c) with only...
My one and only time at IHOP, I viewed until dawn and sacked out in my van for a few hours before driving home. It took me something like 3 hours to drive...
I usually try to position myself at BC so that I'm somewhere along the perimeter of the tarmac, more or less away from the groups that leave early. My scope...
