Hey Jane - it takes me the same amount of time to to Fiddletown as it does to BC. It's more fun to drive to Fiddletown, though, with the narrow, windy road...
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Jane E. Smith
ellen95616
May 3, 2002 9:26 pm
... The Clear Sky Clock will update again twice before it's time for me to go up the hill. Whichever looks significantly better is where I' m heading. Right...
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Jim Ster
sterjf
May 3, 2002 8:57 pm
As of right now, Fiddletown's transparency forecast for Saturday night is still looking better than Blue Canyon's. Blue Canyon's transparency goes downhill...
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glm1157@...
glm1957
May 3, 2002 8:23 pm
... <sarcastic-mode type="Helvetica"> Me too! I get all goose pimply just thinking about it! </sarcastic-mode> Thanks, --Gary...
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Shneor Sherman
shneor@...
May 3, 2002 7:10 pm
It depends on the weather forecasts and satellite photos...expecially the water vapor photo... Clear skies, Shneor ... ...
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randygmuller
May 3, 2002 5:50 pm
... There may well be others who 'may' go to Fiddletown who haven't posted on tac-sac. But yours is a reasonable assumption. ... Or other places. Shneor...
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move2right
May 3, 2002 5:25 pm
Thanks Randy for the offer to 'tag along'. From reading all the posts, I gather that; A) Shneor is the only one who 'may' go to Fiddletown. B) Seems like...
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steven_gottlieb
May 3, 2002 5:22 pm
... For the observer at the poles, you'd have to say that stars are in a constant state of culmination... Steve...
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Jane E. Smith
ellen95616
May 3, 2002 4:36 pm
... OH, I love it when you talk astro! ;) Many thanks for the lesson. Jane ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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randygmuller
May 3, 2002 3:59 pm
... <pedantic-mode type="strong"> Whenever any object reaches its highest point in the sky, it is called "culmination". Culmination occurs when an object...
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gblandin
gblandin@...
May 3, 2002 3:27 pm
... Somebody has to keep the cats at bay!!!...
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Randy Muller
randygmuller
May 3, 2002 3:54 am
... I haven't seen Gregg since he was yapping like a dog during the Leonid Meteor Storm at BC....
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Gary Manning
glm1957
May 3, 2002 2:51 am
"Talk of the Nation" is available online via the NPR website appropriately named "npr.org". You'll need to load Real Audio to hear it. --Gary "Thinkin' about...
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gblandin
gblandin@...
May 2, 2002 10:52 pm
NPR's "Talk of the nation" program had , I believe, one full hour today discussing light pollution. I heard the AD but, unfortunately, I missed the broadcast....
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Jane E. Smith
ellen95616
May 2, 2002 7:28 pm
... What? I find it hard to believe that a member of TAC-SAC would stoop to such levels. ;) Isn't it supposed to be at it's highest point around the 9th of...
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Jane E. Smith
ellen95616
May 2, 2002 7:19 pm
Shneor, thanks for the head-up on Hoye's article. There are some very cool links that he points out. I especially liked the Betelgeuse navigation game....
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Shneor Sherman
shneor@...
May 2, 2002 6:34 pm
Jane, you just have to observe from the right spot...last year we saw it in Art Freeman's 16" at Fiddletown. Clear skies, Shneor ... ...
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randygmuller
May 2, 2002 5:55 pm
... Hey, I saw it! Honest! (It was very, very difficult to see in the low contrast skies that night. It ended up being quite a miracle that we could see...
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Shneor Sherman
shneor@...
May 2, 2002 5:41 pm
I'll only be at BC if the weather cooperates - otherwise, it's Fiddletown/Lake Sonoma - wherever the weather is most reasonable. Current forecasts show the...
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Shneor Sherman
shneor@...
May 2, 2002 5:41 pm
Yes, Hoye, the Bee's online columnist, devotes todays entire column to astronomy software, especially freeware, and even talks about light pollution and the...
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Jane E. Smith
ellen95616
May 2, 2002 5:25 pm
See you all at BC on Saturday. I'm hoping to get a better look at Omega Centauri given BC's good southern horizon. The last time I was at Fiddletown it was...
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Alvin Huey
generalragesc
May 2, 2002 3:46 pm
I was thinking of BC myself too... Hope to see you there Gregg...haven't seen you in a year. __________________________________ Alvin Huey Gen. Rage SC Storm...
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gblandin
gblandin@...
May 2, 2002 2:27 pm
Randy, I'm also interested in going to B.C. Hope to see you there. Gregg...
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Randy Muller
randygmuller
May 2, 2002 5:31 am
... Welcome, Bill. ... No problem. Everyone has a "first time". ... If I go to Fiddletown, you can tag along with me. At the moment, my preference is Blue...
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move2right
May 2, 2002 12:28 am
Hi Shneor (and all), Just found your forum (thanks Randy). Being 'new' to the group (and the local observers) I don't want to sound impertinent by asking if I...
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randygmuller
May 1, 2002 8:16 pm
... I was thinking of either BC or Fiddletown. I definitely want to go, even if it looks marginal, 'cause it seems like ages since I've been out....
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Jim Ster
sterjf
May 1, 2002 6:55 pm
Opps. I made a mistake. If I do go to the Bay Area on Saturday for some observing, I'll be going to Henry Coe State Park, not Dinosaur Point as I previously...
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Jim Ster
sterjf
May 1, 2002 5:37 pm
I'm hoping for this Saturday night too. It looks like we might have a little wind to contend with, but other than that, it's looking great. There's a slight...
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szsherm
May 1, 2002 5:01 pm
Moonrise is pretty late, around 2 or 3 a.m., Saturday night. So far, Fiddletown and Lake Sonoma have the best (Accuweather) forecasts. Does anyone have weekend...
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tac-sac@yahoogroups.com
May 1, 2002 4:16 pm
This is an automated once-a-month reminder of some things about TAC-SAC. ... Purpose TAC-SAC is a group for amateur astronomers who observe at sites in the ...
