I'm heading up to Blue Canyon tonight and tomorrow night to test out my new 18" at a dark site. Woo hoo! Comet Linear was reasonably good from my backyard...
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Lim, Choon Kiat
choon.kiat.lim@...
Jul 21, 2000 5:45 pm
Randy, Congratulation for getting the new scope. I have no doubt you're going to get a fantastic view with your 18 incher. Last night, I observed the comet ...
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Shneor Sherman
shneor@...
Jul 21, 2000 8:07 pm
Hi, can't be there tonight, but I expect to be there Saturday night...Have a good tome at Lassen, I hope to do the same at Boddie. Shneor BTW, don't forget to...
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Shneor Sherman
shneor@...
Aug 2, 2000 2:53 pm
This last weekend, my observing buddy Gregg and I traveled on Friday as planned, to an observing site about 2 miles northwest of the abandoned town of...
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Aug 2, 2000 5:10 pm
Thanks for the great report, Shneor! Alan Keller, Gary Manning and I were at Lassen with TAC. We had intermittent clouds with some good transparency followed...
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Shneor Sherman
shneor@...
Aug 2, 2000 9:41 pm
Hi, Randy, yes, the spiral structure was clearly visible in my 18". Amazing, because it was so low in the northwestern sky. But we had high transparency,...
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Aug 4, 2000 11:17 pm
Some people from the SF Bay Area group "The Astronomy Connection" (TAC) are considering the possibility of organizing a California-wide star party, similar in...
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Shneor Sherman
shneor@...
Aug 5, 2000 5:53 am
Was at Davis Sky show this evening (event continues with 70-80 scopes tomorrow evening). There's a 30" dob, f/4 with a tertiary mirror; the secondary has a...
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Matt Tarlach
matttarlach@...
Aug 6, 2000 9:24 pm
I love this idea! The October date would be best for me, though I could probably swing September, too. ... Matt Tarlach Carmichael, CA (near Sacramento) ...
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Aug 8, 2000 1:38 am
California Unified Star Party Lake San Antonio September 23-24, 2000 For more information and to sign up, go to http://www.astronomy-mall.com/calstar/ (Please...
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Aug 8, 2000 6:34 am
The dates for the star party were erroneous and have been corrected. They are now Friday night, September 29 and Saturday night, September 30. Apologies for...
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Aug 23, 2000 4:18 pm
I'm planning to be at Blue Canyon on Friday, August 25, and Fiddletown on Saturday, August 26. I hope this nasty smoke clears up a little bit! It actually...
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Aug 24, 2000 3:15 am
... There is lots of smoke in the sky in the north and east and west of Roseville....
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Aug 24, 2000 3:20 am
... Fiddletown is where Steve Gottlieb generally goes. Steve Gottlieb is, among other things, the director of the galaxy section of the Webb Society (a...
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Aug 25, 2000 1:21 am
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Aug 31, 2000 3:25 am
I did a little calculation. Assuming that Gregg Blandin's (a member of this group, and frequent visitor to Blue Canyon and parts east and south, and the...
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Shneor Sherman
shneor@...
Aug 31, 2000 10:45 pm
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:57:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Shneor Sherman <shneor@...> To: tac-sac@egroups.com Cc: stargazer@... Subject: BC...
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Sep 1, 2000 6:30 am
Dear eGroups Moderator, You are receiving this notice because one or more of the groups you moderate at eGroups will likely be affected by the changes...
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Allan Keller
allank1@...
Sep 8, 2000 3:56 am
Just curious if there are any diehards observing this weekend at Blue Canyon or elsewhere. Moonset is 2:35 Saturday morning and 3:30 on Sunday morning. Allan...
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Sep 8, 2000 6:29 am
... I know of ONE diehard who is DYING to try out his new scope under ANY conditions! I probably will not be there, but I am DYING to see your new scope under...
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Sep 12, 2000 6:11 am
A reminder that the San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) is hosting a first pass at a California Star Party (CalStar) at Lake San Antonio, just west of...
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Sep 20, 2000 10:03 pm
I am planning on observing at Blue Canyon this Saturday night, September 23. It is not the regular SVAS star party weekend....
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Shneor Sherman
shneor@...
Sep 20, 2000 10:39 pm
Randy, see you there... Shneor ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** Shneor Sherman ******** Davis Community...
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Allan Keller
allank1@...
Sep 21, 2000 1:29 pm
Randy, I'll see you there. -Allan...
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radelect
radelect@...
Sep 21, 2000 6:59 pm
... From: Randy Muller <rmuller@...> To: <tac-sac@egroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 3:03 PM Subject: [tac-sac] Observing at B.C. this...
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Shneor Sherman
shneor@...
Oct 2, 2000 6:33 pm
The forecast for Monitor Pass at 9 a.m. Saturday was for clear skies, and according to Starcast, it would be in the "best viewing" area until at least 6 a.m....
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Oct 3, 2000 3:55 am
Thanks for the report, Shneor! Sounds like you had a great night, and it's much closer to Sacramento than I realized!! I thought it was closer to 4 or 5...
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Shneor Sherman
shneor@...
Oct 3, 2000 2:15 pm
... Yes, it was Bruce Sayre. Rich and Mike live nearby, Rich in Carson Valley and Mike, I think in Markleeville or Woodfords. ... Very tough... ... I'm not...
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Oct 3, 2000 8:42 pm
... It was a blast! What a beautiful site. What a beautiful night Saturday night. What a bunch of cool astro friends. There were people from all over...
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Jim Ster
sterjf@...
Oct 3, 2000 9:56 pm
Randy, I saw those references to BLUE CANYON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BCIA)! I'm telling on you! It was actually a pretty nice evening last Saturday night at...
