Thanks for the feedback Randy ... I guess that my new scope will be confined to the closet-sized patio until things warm up and/or I can scout some spots in...
Dan, I just took my kids and wife to play snowballs today at Calaveras Big Trees State Park. It's supposed to be open all year round. From where I live...
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Thanks for the tip! I was going through the archives -- does anyone have any recent experience with Mount Vaca / Blue Ridge Road? While not as dark as some of...
Dan, Yes, Darrell Lee and I have been there and it is fairly decent, considering the paucity of truly dark sites in the East Bay Area. For those who are...
I have not been there but others have told me that it is not dark at all. NELM = 5.0 – 5.5 at best and huge skyglow on both sides Vacaville/Sac on the East...
Skyglow from Blue Ridge is Vacaville/Sac/Davis to SE, and East Bay to SE. Used to be East Bay was much worse, but Vacaville/Sac/Davis is probably worse now,...
It would be a complete waste of time due to light pollution. Clears, Shneor ... From: "Dan" <orkspace@...> Subj: [tac-sac] Scenic Overlook @ Calaveras...
Does anyone have a working email address for Steve Gottleib? I gget no response on the comcast address. If you know of one that Steve actually reads, please...
So, if I may interpret, it is Shneor's considered opinion that there are other better, darker, closer sites (for Sacramento residents), like Fiddletown, which...
Speaking of FiddleTown.. Anyone know the road conditions on the unpaved portion?? TonyF ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? ...
I don't. I haven't been there in almost a year. I assume it's not too good, but I don't know. (It was fun meeting up with you in the dark at SSP while we...
Hi All, I'm sorry I won't see everyone out observing this weekend. After my long illness, I don't dare go out in the low temperatures they're forecasting. Now...
The forecast doesn't look too good anyway...and where would you go? Lake Sonoma is probably the only usable site. By the way, I'm in the midst of making...
... You're certainly a wimp for bailing this early, without knowing either the weather or how you will feel. But I promise that I will only call you a wimp on...
I hope you have a great trip, Sneor. I was there last May, and experienced the coldest night I've ever spent observing. I quit about 1:00 a.m. because of the...
I may be using that 24-inch in July. Shneor, just so you don't fly into the wrong location, Magellan is down at -35 degrees south ;-) Steve P.S. If you're...
Shneor is pretty hardy. I've spend 16 nights there in July (middle of the winter) but was never deterred by the cold -- though one morning when quitting...
I have observed when the temperature was in the high teens. In Alexandra, New Zealand, there was one night when there was half an inch of frost on my car, I...
Picked out Comet McNaught in the evening twilight throu some thin cirrus out in the back yard. Clear shot of western horizon since there are no houses behind...
As a teenage astronomer growing up in NJ I recall a foray into the north Jersey hills to watch the Orionids....some classmates, a couple of parents, and the...
If I am in town, I will try. I will know by tomorrow morning. I'm not worried about the cold. I guess Fiddletown is probably the best nearby place to go,...
... Well as I work weekends, I am hoping to get some viewing in after work in Vacaville. Luckily there is a large unlit filed where I work so it should be a...
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I just talked to the ranger in the IHOP area. The road past IHOP2 and IHOP3 is clear of ice and snow. I don't know about the parking areas themselves. My...
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