Hi All, Just a reminder that the Early Registration Period for the Golden State Party July 2-6 under the very dark skies near Adin, California, ends on April...
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Tony
k6alf
Apr 2, 2008 6:27 am
So... How was it last Sunday at Cronan Ranch??? Drove by BC on the way home from a snow trip that Sunday.. Still lot's of snow on the ground.. Should be clear...
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generalragesc
Apr 2, 2008 3:09 pm
... lot's ... weather ... Tony, There were 4 of us there; Mars, Bill, Shneor and I. The skies were as expected for CR. NELM was about 6.0. The skies...
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TonyF
k6alf
Apr 2, 2008 3:44 pm
Look's like you'all had a good night. Hoping for something this weekend but weather look's iffy again. Looking forward to summmer to say the least :-).. TonyF ...
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Richard Trost
coldbrook7
Apr 3, 2008 12:07 am
Next wed 4/9 7:30. At UCD. <http://www-pubcomm.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=8582> It was a good PBS special last year. RT [Non-text portions of this...
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Marsha Robinson
mrobins48
Apr 3, 2008 1:37 pm
I will be in Santa Rosa on Saturday. I would like to observe at Lake Sonoma, but (1) need directions (forget the directions), and (2) will anyone be...
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Randy Muller
randygmuller
Apr 3, 2008 2:36 pm
Maybe you should post this on TAC, since most of the Lake Sonoma regulars are there, rather than here....
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Shneor Sherman
szsherm
Apr 3, 2008 6:43 pm
Hi Mars, To get to Lake Sonoma, take Highway 101 to Healdsburg. Take the Dry Creek exit and turn left on Dry Creek. Stay on this road - maybe 20 minutes to ...
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ram_ses2
Apr 4, 2008 1:03 am
... Marsha, Don't forget to call Rangers in advance. See below. Renato Lake Sonoma Ranger Office Phone To All, The Rangers office phone# is 707-431-4511. You...
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Steve Gottlieb
steven_gottlieb
Apr 4, 2008 1:08 am
I'd join you Marsha, but I'm in Australia on spring break (starting a few days early!) at the astro-inn that Shneor visited a couple of months back. There...
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Shneor Sherman
szsherm
Apr 4, 2008 11:24 pm
For those who may be interested, Timothy Ferris will host a screening of his film "Seeing in The Dark", about the contribution of amateur astromoners to...
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Marsha Robinson
mrobins48
Apr 5, 2008 1:02 am
I was hoping you'd be at Lake Sonoma rather than Australia because now I'm turning all shades of green. I hope you have one heck of a time and that the weather...
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Marsha Robinson
mrobins48
Apr 5, 2008 1:04 am
I'm printing this out so I'll have it "in case," but the conditions so far won't be conducive, as they would say, for observing. Thanks for the heads up. mars...
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Marsha Robinson
mrobins48
Apr 5, 2008 1:08 am
Thanks, Shneor! Great directions! I've printed these out as well so I won't have bother in the future. Randy's comment about posting on TAC rather than TAC-SAC...
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richardn22@...
richardn22
Apr 6, 2008 5:24 am
I've started a flickr photo group for TAC. Here is the url. ? _http://www.flickr.com/groups/tac/_ (http://www.flickr.com/groups/tac/) ? As far as I understand,...
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Shneor Sherman
szsherm
Apr 6, 2008 6:18 pm
IHOP looks reasonable on CSC tonight (except that they forecast humidity at up to 95% and below-freezing temps). Weather undergrund, which, unlike CSC, does...
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Shneor Sherman
szsherm
Apr 6, 2008 7:18 pm
Correction - 80& chance that shaded areas WON'T have snow. Shneor ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** Shneor...
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Shneor Sherman
szsherm
Apr 6, 2008 8:13 pm
I have decided to head up to IHOP. ETA 6:30. Clears, Shneor ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** Shneor Sherman...
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Shneor Sherman
szsherm
Apr 6, 2008 10:36 pm
Well, the forecast has worsened (NWS forecast for Kyburz). As I'm all packed anyway, I may go elsewhere - Cronan Ranch, maybe. Clears, Shneor ... ...
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Teri Smoot
montanacg
Apr 6, 2008 11:42 pm
Shneor, It has gotten lots cloudier here in Placerville (not too far from Cronan). I was planning on setting up here tonight but right now I would say its...
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Shneor Sherman
szsherm
Apr 7, 2008 7:54 pm
Thx, Teri. (see my OR following) Clears, Shneor ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** Shneor Sherman ********...
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Shneor Sherman
szsherm
Apr 7, 2008 9:00 pm
For decades, I have bemoaned the normally poor Spring observing weather in Northern California. I have driven many miles during this season of galaxy profusion...
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Alvin Huey
generalragesc
Apr 8, 2008 8:51 pm
Cross-posting for Mark... ... Don't mix? Probably not at the same time... but... I was in El Dorado County this past weekend, participating in wine tasting...
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Richard Trost
coldbrook7
Apr 9, 2008 1:33 am
Sounds to good to pass up. Took a leisurely Drive through the Fairplay area a few months ago and I can say that Napa/Sonoma has nothing on this area at all. ...
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ram_ses2
Apr 9, 2008 5:03 pm
anyone up for Lake Sonoma tomorrow, Thurs? Renato...
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Ray Fox
Raymondo17
Apr 9, 2008 5:52 pm
I was thinking the exact same thing this past weekend! I was up in the Plymouth area on a Sunday drive, going by several of the beautiful wineries up there as...
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Shneor Sherman
szsherm
Apr 9, 2008 6:20 pm
Can't make it, I have a hiking group outing Friday. Clears, Shneor ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** Shneor...
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Matt Tarlach
matttindavis
Apr 9, 2008 8:10 pm
Sounds like fun. I wonder if any of the wineries might be interested in hosting a star party, right out in their parking lot or picnic area? Would eliminate...
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Shneor Sherman
szsherm
Apr 9, 2008 9:57 pm
Yeah, a lot safer, too. Shneor ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** Shneor Sherman ******** Davis Community...
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ram_ses2
Apr 10, 2008 5:35 pm
In case anyone is interested, I've notified Rangers to leave the gate at Lone Rock open for tonight (Thurs). Renato ... at Lake ... (2) will ... (e.g. ... CA...
