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11954
Hi Ken, Thank you for the invitation! What's the Clear Sky Clock called? Clears, Shneor ... ...
Shneor Sherman
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Aug 1, 2007
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11955
... Crescent Valley. http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/CrsntVyNVkey.html?1...
Randy Muller
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Aug 1, 2007
6:36 pm
11956
... WOW... this place is out in the middle of the boonies. I've been through Battle Mountain several times, so I can just imagine how dark this site is. I'm...
Jane Smith
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Aug 1, 2007
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11957
Quick question. Would I be "tarred and feathered" if I brought a quite generator up to IHOP 4 on a dark of the moon night for use in imaging? Don't know if...
Teri Smoot
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Aug 1, 2007
9:20 pm
11958
... If I am there and I can't hear it, I wouldn't care. If I can hear it, I wouldn't like it. One of the things I love about IHOP in general is its distance...
Randy Muller
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Aug 1, 2007
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11959
Hi Teri, I think it's perfectly fine to bring a generator to IHOP4 - generators don't emit light AFAIK. Clears, Shneor ... ...
Shneor Sherman
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Aug 1, 2007
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11960
Thx, Randy. Good thing I get over 38mpg... Clears, Shneor ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** Shneor Sherman...
Shneor Sherman
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Aug 1, 2007
10:00 pm
11961
I can't imagine that your generator generating a lot of noise. It would be fine with me. The place is big enough so if you setup where you did last year on...
Alvin Huey
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Aug 1, 2007
10:13 pm
11962
Oh and I plan to be at IHOP4 on Saturday night. ... From: Shneor Sherman <shneor@...> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 10:48 PM To:...
Alvin Huey
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Aug 1, 2007
10:17 pm
11963
... Having been through similar discussions over the years on TAC, I'd ask...*how many* generators would be okay, an unlimited number? And, so long as someone...
Mark Wagner
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Aug 1, 2007
10:17 pm
11964
True. But I doubt that one generator would generate a lot of outcry...unless it sounds like a lawnmower. It all depends on the noise level of the unit. If I...
Alvin Huey
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Aug 1, 2007
10:23 pm
11965
I deliberately asked the question before I went out and bought anything or brought something up without telling anyone. There were generators at SSP and they...
Teri Smoot
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Aug 1, 2007
10:25 pm
11966
Mark wrote; Having been through similar discussions over the years on TAC, I'd ask...*how many* generators would be okay, an unlimited number? And, so long as...
Alsing, Paul
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Aug 1, 2007
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11967
On the 11th I assume and not this Saturday. Teri ... From: Alvin Huey To: tac-sac@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:12 PM Subject: Re:...
Teri Smoot
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Aug 1, 2007
10:28 pm
11968
I'm not a "regular" at IHOP anymore, making it up there only a couple of times a year recently, so don't take my opinion tooo seriously....but if the generator...
Matt Tarlach
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Aug 1, 2007
10:29 pm
11969
... Right Alvin, that's the point! On TAC, years ago, we determined that people go to the observing sites to get away from these sorts of noises. I...
Mark Wagner
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Aug 1, 2007
10:30 pm
11970
... It also depends on who is there and who is sensitive to noise and who is not. The last thing I want to see is for IHOP to become like Blue Canyon was in...
Randy Muller
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Aug 1, 2007
10:31 pm
11971
And, I can do everything with batteries except for one thing. My powered USB port on the motherboard is a 1.1 port while my guidecam wants USB2. I have a...
Teri Smoot
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Aug 1, 2007
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11972
... Thank you for your consideration. ... Right. When I attended SSP last year, I never heard them, because they were extremely isolated, and I was far away...
Randy Muller
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Aug 1, 2007
10:40 pm
11973
... Frankly, that's my concern too. I can already hear someone at Coe saying "but they do it at IHOP4!".... I remember years ago, at Fremont Peak, Bill...
Mark Wagner
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Aug 1, 2007
10:44 pm
11974
... I personally don't see a problem with using a generator at one of the observing sites given your fellow observers don't have objections to the noise. What...
Jane Smith
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Aug 1, 2007
10:44 pm
11975
Teri wrote; ... it wants AC to have enough oomph to power the guidecam ********* What about something like this; ...
Alsing, Paul
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Aug 1, 2007
10:53 pm
11976
... It's Forest Service land. We are all the landowners. We have official permission to use them....
Randy Muller
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Aug 1, 2007
11:01 pm
11977
... Only for those with shame! :D And however the consensus turns out - thanks, Teri, for asking. MT...
Matt Tarlach
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Aug 1, 2007
11:02 pm
11978
... I agree. This *is* the way to find out! Mark...
Mark Wagner
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Aug 1, 2007
11:04 pm
11979
I was the guilty party running my generator all night long every night of SSP2006. It worked out fine sitting behind a bush 200' away Randy Muller...
Richard Crisp
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Aug 1, 2007
11:11 pm
11980
... Right Richard. We allowed generators at SSP 2006, and that may have been the first year. It was done with you, specifically, in mind, right? But,...
Mark Wagner
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Aug 1, 2007
11:23 pm
11981
I have a Kendrick 33 A-h battery that I use for the mount. I need an additional 75 A-h battery (easy to get) for the laptop so it can get through a night (the...
Teri Smoot
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Aug 1, 2007
11:24 pm
11982
Hi Teri -- I'm new to the area (my family moved up from the Bay Area, and we're finally unpacked enough for me to start observing again), but by way of...
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Aug 1, 2007
11:59 pm
11983
Teri, if you're shopping for a battery, may I suggest the Evil Empire? (Wal Mart) The battery I run my go-to C8 off of is a ~75 amp-hour Deep Cycle Marine ...
Matt Tarlach
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Aug 2, 2007
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