I'm going there tomorrow and will notify rangers. ETA 7-8PM. Hoping to be smoke free. http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?subset=USA1 Renato...
Rangers notified. LS staff informed that there have already been several requests to leave gates @ Lone Rock open. Note that NOAA suggests possibility of fog...
Hi Renato, The Telegraph fire smoke has gone down quite abit, American River Fire is now a non-issue. I'm betting on IHOP4 for Saturday since it takes me...
I live here in Placerville. Right now, there is about 40-50 miles visibility (I can see the Sierra up around Tahoe). It looks good for IHOP tomorrow night...
IHOP4 is actually pretty big. Should be able to hold everyone..... Teri ... From: Randy Muller To: tac-sac@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 3:49...
I have had the ST-8 for years. I guess it was my closet dark side I didn't know I was hiding. I am planning on being there thru Sunday, maybe monday depending...
... Darrell, thanks for your comments. I will probably try a 25mm or 32mm. Currently have an 18mm and didn't think i could go to a "lower power." Good news. ...
Yeap.it should be big enough for 10-20 folks. My ETA is about 7:45 - 8:15 \Alvin ... From: tac-sac@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tac-sac@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf ...
I'll see everyone there tomorrow...ETA 7:30-8:00. I think there'll be plenty of room! Conditions still look very promising. Can't wait! Bill ... Behalf ... ...
Terri, Bill, Randy, Alvin, Jane, et al...what's the deal? Which IHOP are we going to? IHOP3 has had some questionable activity associated with it. Maybe IHOP4...
I'm planning on IHOP4. I think Gene Khan is already there. Also, I think that is where Alvin and Bill are planning on going. I think its big enough for all...
P.s., Again today, it looks like the weather will be great at IHOP. I can again see the mountains up around Tahoe from my house in Placerville. Visibility...
I think there is confusion about which IHOP is which. IHOP 1 is the lowest site near the quarry, which is now blocked off. Nobody goes there. IHOP 2 is a large...
I thought the site with the Barn was found after the one off Ice House Road. Therein lies the confusion. OK, I got it: Barn = IHOP2. So Randy, I'll look for...
There was a good, fun group of 9 astronomers at IHOP Saturday night. The visual astronomers included Marsha, Alvin, Randy, John(from SVAS), Tony Franco,...
I also good some good data on the Iris nebula and also imaged the Helix nebula (quality of data tbd). After I get done processing, I'll post some links. I...
I had not initially planned on going to Mount Lassen this year. With GSSP starting its first year in Adin, it looked as if a string of at least fifteen ...
Yes, I agree. It was a very nice night. Best in the last two years at IHOP. NELM was at 6.8 to 6.9. I spent the evening observing the more obscure globular...
... I think the difference is attributable to a lack of alcohol. I suspect my counts in prior years would have been higher too, had I not been enjoying the...
Glad to hear that Alvin. Mark and I were wondering, as we had such incredible skies at Lassen, how our friends were making out at the other sites. Richard In...
Along with a bunch of others (see Bill's E-mail), I set up at IHOP4 on August 8th for a night of imaging. As Bill mentioned, I did have sort of a comedy of...
And past tense no less... (oooops, make it Aug 2nd). Teri ... From: Mark Wagner To: tac-sac@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 8:36 PM Subject: Re:...
... I was set up next to you and I heard this. I asked you if you needed help but there was no answer and you seemed to be coping. I'm glad nothing was...