Hey there,

My family and I just moved to Burney from Sacramento. I am a teacher
at the local continuation high school. My wife, Brianne and I have
been interested in astronomy for some time. As a young boy I was lucky
enough to be able to see through a scope or two, but it has been a
long while.

We (mainly I as late nights are not her thing since the baby) are
looking to meet friends and look through some scopes. We cannot afford
to purchase our own, yet! (young teachers do not get paid much).
Anyone close to Burney or ever up this way? I make some mean homebrew
and I am fairly social (plus I do not smell). Anyways just thought I
would say hello.

Michael

Hello,

I'm new to this group.  Is it still active?  Are there any astronomy
club in Redding?

Thanks

Sorry for the short notice, but tomorrow, Tuesday, I will be out at the
Shasta Mines parking lot. I set up an observing session and meteor
shower party. I will arrive about sunset, 6:18, and set up two
telescopes and a tarp to lay down on. If anyone wants to come out and
join us, they are welcome.

Directions:
From Redding take 299 West. Go about 7 miles.
Turn left at the Whiskeytown Lake Visitors' center turnoff.
Go straight at the Dam. (Don't cross the Dam.)
About 1 1/2 miles more the parking lot is on the left.
Please dim lights when pulling in.

Carpe Noctem!
Michael Huster


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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Huster [mailto:mehuster@...]
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 8:26 AM
To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [tac-shasta] new to the area.

Eric,

I did not hear back from you, but here is my reply of a week ago.

Michael Huster

The group has not been very active. There are several active observers
around, but they don't go out together very often. There is an active
local astronomy club, Shasta Astronomy Club, but it is a one man
operation with no significant input from others. I and several
observers attend. The contact is Bob Thompson, rhtastro@....
(530)347-0969. The club URL is
http://www.crowncamera.com/astronomy.html

I teach astronomy, physics and math at Simpson College in Redding. The
fall semester is busy for me, because I run about one observing session
per week for my class. Then the weather is usually bad until March. I'm
open to go out, though.

A nice site open to the public is at Whiskeytown Lake. The club usually
has a star party there once a month from March through October. I take
my astronomy class out there a couple of times in the fall semester,
and I occasionally go solo. Take 299 west out of Redding for about 7
miles. Just as you go over the pass to the lake make a left at the
Visitor's Center. After about 2 miles go straight where the main road
bends right and passes over the dam. About 1 1/2 miles farther there is
a large parking lot on the left for the Shasta Mines Trail. I have
never known anyone to be hassled about day-use fees when observing.
There is a small light dome from Redding depending on the weather, but
the closeness makes it convenient.

For $20 you can but an annual pass good for Whiskeytown & Lassen Nat'l
park. It's a good deal. I went up to Bumpass Hell on August 27 for
Mars. I was alone, but the seeing was great!

Michael Huster
Simpson College
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Eric,

I did not hear back from you, but here is my reply of a week ago.

Michael Huster

The group has not been very active. There are several active observers
around, but they don't go out together very often. There is an active
local astronomy club, Shasta Astronomy Club, but it is a one man
operation with no significant input from others. I and several
observers attend. The contact is Bob Thompson, rhtastro@....
(530)347-0969. The club URL is
http://www.crowncamera.com/astronomy.html

I teach astronomy, physics and math at Simpson College in Redding. The
fall semester is busy for me, because I run about one observing session
per week for my class. Then the weather is usually bad until March. I'm
open to go out, though.

A nice site open to the public is at Whiskeytown Lake. The club usually
has a star party there once a month from March through October. I take
my astronomy class out there a couple of times in the fall semester,
and I occasionally go solo. Take 299 west out of Redding for about 7
miles. Just as you go over the pass to the lake make a left at the
Visitor's Center. After about 2 miles go straight where the main road
bends right and passes over the dam. About 1 1/2 miles farther there is
a large parking lot on the left for the Shasta Mines Trail. I have
never known anyone to be hassled about day-use fees when observing.
There is a small light dome from Redding depending on the weather, but
the closeness makes it convenient.

For $20 you can but an annual pass good for Whiskeytown & Lassen Nat'l
park. It's a good deal. I went up to Bumpass Hell on August 27 for
Mars. I was alone, but the seeing was great!

Michael Huster
Simpson College
mhuster@...



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Hey Eric,

Good to hear from you.  Well, based on how long it's taken for you to
get a reply, I guess your question about how active this group is has
been answered.;)  TAC-Shasta is still in its infancy and in need of more
amateur astronomers to actively participate.  It's like herding cats.

Weather permitting; I'm hoping to go up to the Shingletown Airport next
Saturday and stay till moonrise with my 22".

Clear Skies,
Jim Ster

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ngc4244 [mailto:eric@...]
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 5:09 PM
> To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [tac-shasta] new to the area.
>
> I just moved to the redding area.  I was an active member in TAC in
> the bay area and was wondering how active the group is up here?
> Also what observing area's do we have besides Lassen and Shingletown?
>
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>
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I just moved to the redding area.  I was an active member in TAC in
the bay area and was wondering how active the group is up here?
Also what observing area's do we have besides Lassen and Shingletown?

Regards,

Eric

Hey Michael,

We actually left the Airport a little after 12:30.  We must have just
missed you.

-Jim



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Huster [mailto:mehuster@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 6:56 AM
> To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [tac-shasta] Mars last Wed. from Mt. Lassen
>
> On the way home from Lassen I stopped at the Shingletown airport
around
> 1:00 AM. I missed you, but i saw your tire tracks.
>
> --- Jim Ster <sterjf@...> wrote:
> > Hey Michael,
> >
> > Nice pic.  That's what it looked like all weekend long.  I was
hoping
> > to
> > get at least one fantastic view of it at some point during the
> > weekend
> > at the OSP, but we had lots of smoke from the fires to contend with
> > and
> > the small amount of quality skies kept me from blowing away my night
> > vision on it in favor of other much fainter objects.
> >
> > Mark, Jane, Brad and I all went to the Shingletown Airport that
> > Wednesday night.  It sounds like we had similar evenings.  We had a
> > ton
> > of thin high clouds making the seeing very soft and frustrating us
> > till
> > we finally gave up just after midnight.  From our vantage point, it
> > looked to be very cloudy up on Lassen, so I'm glad you were able to
> > salvage a little observing/imaging.
> >
> > Clear Skies,
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Al Rocca [mailto:arocca@...]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 2:20 PM
> > > To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: RE: [tac-shasta] Mars last Wed. from Mt. Lassen
> > >
> > > Excellent!  Nice Mars photo.  Al
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Michael Huster [mailto:mehuster@...]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 10:31 AM
> > > To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com; rhtastro@...
> > > Cc: Larry Polvogt; pvanderwerff@...
> > > Subject: [tac-shasta] Mars last Wed. from Mt. Lassen
> > >
> > >
> > > Last Wednesday I went up to the Bumpass Hell parking lot at Lassen
> > Natl
> > > Park. Others were dissuaded by the high cloud cover. I set up
> > around
> > > 8:30 and waited. There were reasonably stable views of Mars
through
> > the
> > > clouds. It was much better seeing than at Whiskeytown the previous
> > Sat.
> > >
> > >
> > > Finally at 10:00 the clouds thinned enough to get some good views.
> > I
> > > took photos using a Nikon CoolPix 4300 afocal with a 15mm eyepiece
> > and
> > > a 2.5x PowerMate. You can see some chromatic abberation in the
> > first
> > > photo. I must have been off axis with the diagonal & PowerMate. I
> > > didn't see the abberation at the time. The second photo is with an
> > 80A
> > > filter.
> > >
> > > Enjoy!
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On the way home from Lassen I stopped at the Shingletown airport around
1:00 AM. I missed you, but i saw your tire tracks.

--- Jim Ster <sterjf@...> wrote:
> Hey Michael,
>
> Nice pic.  That's what it looked like all weekend long.  I was hoping
> to
> get at least one fantastic view of it at some point during the
> weekend
> at the OSP, but we had lots of smoke from the fires to contend with
> and
> the small amount of quality skies kept me from blowing away my night
> vision on it in favor of other much fainter objects.
>
> Mark, Jane, Brad and I all went to the Shingletown Airport that
> Wednesday night.  It sounds like we had similar evenings.  We had a
> ton
> of thin high clouds making the seeing very soft and frustrating us
> till
> we finally gave up just after midnight.  From our vantage point, it
> looked to be very cloudy up on Lassen, so I'm glad you were able to
> salvage a little observing/imaging.
>
> Clear Skies,
> Jim
>
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Al Rocca [mailto:arocca@...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 2:20 PM
> > To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [tac-shasta] Mars last Wed. from Mt. Lassen
> >
> > Excellent!  Nice Mars photo.  Al
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Huster [mailto:mehuster@...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 10:31 AM
> > To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com; rhtastro@...
> > Cc: Larry Polvogt; pvanderwerff@...
> > Subject: [tac-shasta] Mars last Wed. from Mt. Lassen
> >
> >
> > Last Wednesday I went up to the Bumpass Hell parking lot at Lassen
> Natl
> > Park. Others were dissuaded by the high cloud cover. I set up
> around
> > 8:30 and waited. There were reasonably stable views of Mars through
> the
> > clouds. It was much better seeing than at Whiskeytown the previous
> Sat.
> >
> >
> > Finally at 10:00 the clouds thinned enough to get some good views.
> I
> > took photos using a Nikon CoolPix 4300 afocal with a 15mm eyepiece
> and
> > a 2.5x PowerMate. You can see some chromatic abberation in the
> first
> > photo. I must have been off axis with the diagonal & PowerMate. I
> > didn't see the abberation at the time. The second photo is with an
> 80A
> > filter.
> >
> > Enjoy!
> >
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Hey Michael,

Nice pic.  That's what it looked like all weekend long.  I was hoping to
get at least one fantastic view of it at some point during the weekend
at the OSP, but we had lots of smoke from the fires to contend with and
the small amount of quality skies kept me from blowing away my night
vision on it in favor of other much fainter objects.

Mark, Jane, Brad and I all went to the Shingletown Airport that
Wednesday night.  It sounds like we had similar evenings.  We had a ton
of thin high clouds making the seeing very soft and frustrating us till
we finally gave up just after midnight.  From our vantage point, it
looked to be very cloudy up on Lassen, so I'm glad you were able to
salvage a little observing/imaging.

Clear Skies,
Jim





> -----Original Message-----
> From: Al Rocca [mailto:arocca@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 2:20 PM
> To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [tac-shasta] Mars last Wed. from Mt. Lassen
>
> Excellent!  Nice Mars photo.  Al
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Huster [mailto:mehuster@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 10:31 AM
> To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com; rhtastro@...
> Cc: Larry Polvogt; pvanderwerff@...
> Subject: [tac-shasta] Mars last Wed. from Mt. Lassen
>
>
> Last Wednesday I went up to the Bumpass Hell parking lot at Lassen
Natl
> Park. Others were dissuaded by the high cloud cover. I set up around
> 8:30 and waited. There were reasonably stable views of Mars through
the
> clouds. It was much better seeing than at Whiskeytown the previous
Sat.
>
>
> Finally at 10:00 the clouds thinned enough to get some good views. I
> took photos using a Nikon CoolPix 4300 afocal with a 15mm eyepiece and
> a 2.5x PowerMate. You can see some chromatic abberation in the first
> photo. I must have been off axis with the diagonal & PowerMate. I
> didn't see the abberation at the time. The second photo is with an 80A
> filter.
>
> Enjoy!
>
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Excellent!  Nice Mars photo.  Al

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Huster [mailto:mehuster@...]
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 10:31 AM
To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com; rhtastro@...
Cc: Larry Polvogt; pvanderwerff@...
Subject: [tac-shasta] Mars last Wed. from Mt. Lassen


Last Wednesday I went up to the Bumpass Hell parking lot at Lassen Natl
Park. Others were dissuaded by the high cloud cover. I set up around
8:30 and waited. There were reasonably stable views of Mars through the
clouds. It was much better seeing than at Whiskeytown the previous Sat.


Finally at 10:00 the clouds thinned enough to get some good views. I
took photos using a Nikon CoolPix 4300 afocal with a 15mm eyepiece and
a 2.5x PowerMate. You can see some chromatic abberation in the first
photo. I must have been off axis with the diagonal & PowerMate. I
didn't see the abberation at the time. The second photo is with an 80A
filter.

Enjoy!


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Last Wednesday I went up to the Bumpass Hell parking lot at Lassen Natl
Park. Others were dissuaded by the high cloud cover. I set up around
8:30 and waited. There were reasonably stable views of Mars through the
clouds. It was much better seeing than at Whiskeytown the previous Sat.


Finally at 10:00 the clouds thinned enough to get some good views. I
took photos using a Nikon CoolPix 4300 afocal with a 15mm eyepiece and
a 2.5x PowerMate. You can see some chromatic abberation in the first
photo. I must have been off axis with the diagonal & PowerMate. I
didn't see the abberation at the time. The second photo is with an 80A
filter.

Enjoy!


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Jane Smith, Mark Wagner, Brad Franzella and I will be observing from the
Shingletown Airport on Wednesday night.  We're stopping there and
observing for the night on our way up to the Oregon Star Party.

-Jim



> -----Original Message-----
> From: mehuster [mailto:mehuster@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 10:57 AM
> To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [tac-shasta] Slight Change for Wed.
>
> Eric did some research and decided to change Wed. night to the
> Bumpass Hell parking lot. Right now there are high clouds over the
> area, but weather.com shows clear skies. Unless it really clouds up,
> I'll be there.
>
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Eric did some research and decided to change Wed. night to the
Bumpass Hell parking lot. Right now there are high clouds over the
area, but weather.com shows clear skies. Unless it really clouds up,
I'll be there.

Michael Huster

TAC-Shasta members,

Last night the Shasta Astronomy Club hosted a Mars Party at the
Whiskeytown Lake Mines Trail parking lot. It was by far the largest
public star party the club has hosted. It has been in the Redding
paper for several weeks AND the planetarium shows for the last two
weeks publisized it also. Someone estimated over 300 were there at
the peak. Cars were parked for 1/4 mile in each direction from the
parking lot. Usually we have around 50 people at most! There were
lines of 20+ people at every telescope. Most of us showed double
stars like Albireo, globular clusters and nebulae until Mars rose
above the trees around 10:15. Even though the atmosphere made for
poor viewing that early, most of the public saw the southern ice cap.

Viewing improved as Mars rose. By 11:00 most of the public had left,
leaving us "hard-core" observers. We were treated to views of Mars
that wavered in and out of focus, but we were able to make out the
southern maria and some northern, smaller maria also. A blue filter,
like a 80A seemed to bring out the ice cap the best, but the best
views of the maria were with an orange filter. I have a 21, but
Roger's deeper orange 25 gave even more contrast. I spent most of
the time looking at Mars and trying different filters, eyepieces and
my Teleview 2.5X. I took some photos with a Nikon CoolPic4300, also.

Later, the "bino rhino" viewers came out as Tom, Eric and Roger
played "Who can get the best view" with M13 and the double cluster
in Perseus. Bob Thompson ajudicated.

So... Eric Maynes will be in the parking lot at the foot of the
trail to the peak of Mount Lassen for a "Mars Party" on Wednesday,
August 27th. I plan on being there, too. It is probably easiest to
get there by taking 36 from Red Bluff to the south entrance of the
park. The parking lot is about 1.5 miles past the Bumpass Hell
parking lot. There is a $10 entrance fee, but if you are local, you
may want to get the $20 one year pass that is good for both Lassen
and Whiskeytown Lake. So if you want to join us, come on up!

BTW, I will bring the fixings for Ibarra hot chocolate!

Carpe Noctem
(Sieze the night!)

Michael Huster

Hi Dwayne,

I just got back in  town. I need to do some telescope setup/takedown
dry runs soon. I teach astronomy at Simpson College. I was thinking
of doing this in a few days when the moon rises after Mars.

Would you want to meet Thursday night? Do you live in Redding?

E-mail me directly at mehuster at yahoo dot com.

Michael

Dwayne Norman wrote:
> Thanks for responding Jim.....i have a mead 4600
> model. It isnt anything fancy.

A friend of mine had a scope and mount similar to this, I think.  I
suspect it is a 4" (i.e., 114mm) newtonian reflector on an
equatorial mount.

These types of scopes are difficult to set up and use, particularly
for newbies; telescopes are a lot like musical instruments:  Cheap
ones are hard to use (or play).

The best suggestion has already been made:  Bring it (and your
instruction manual) to a club star party (or any other outing where
experienced people are going to gather), and get someone to help you
with it in the field.

Like Jim, although I am a member of TAC-Shasta, I also actually live
near Sacramento.  I am the owner of TAC-SAC and a long-time member
of TAC.

> With the big Mars event coming up i dont want to
> have to keep adjusting it by hand...Thanks for any
> help.

Mars is already here!  It will be a tiny bit bigger at the end of
the month, but it looks great right now.  No need to wait!

Hey thanks Jim i will e-mail him......I heard about
the trip to whiskeytown. I was gonna just show up and
hope someone would be able to help.Hope to catch up
with you sometime...Thanks again, Dwayne.
--- Jim Ster <sterjf@...> wrote:
> Dwayne,
>
> I'm not familiar with the Meade 4600 and I can't
> find anything on the
> meade website about it.  Is it a refractor or
> reflector and what sort of
> mount does it have?
>
> FYI, although I am a member of TAC-Shasta, I
> actually live down in
> Sacramento.  There is an astronomy club in Redding,
> the Shasta Astronomy
> Club, and they are planning a Mars viewing party on
> the 23rd at
> Whiskytown Lake.  Bob Thompson is the head of that
> group and his e-mail
> is:
>
> rhtastro@...
>
> I'm still contemplating whether or not I'll be able
> to make it up for
> this one, but if you contact Bob and ask him for
> some help, I'm sure
> he'd be glad to assist you.
>
> There is also the TAC-Shasta list owner, Michael
> Huster, who might be
> able to hook up with you and give you a hand.  I'm
> sure he'll see this
> post.
>
> Clear Skies,
> Jim
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dwayne norman [mailto:openwater2@...]
> > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 11:48 AM
> > To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [tac-shasta] Newbie
> >
> > Thanks for responding Jim.....i have a mead 4600
> > model.It isnt anything fancy. I have played around
> > with it some and actually was able to see rings
> around
> > saturn, thats was exciting. I actually need
> someone
> > that is knowledgeable about the tracking system
> that
> > came with it and how to get it properly aligned
> and
> > such. With the big Mars event coming up i dont
> want to
> > have to keep adjusting it by hand...Thanks for any
> > help.
> > --- Jim Ster <sterjf@...> wrote:
> > > Can you tell us about your scope?  That would
> help
> > > us to understand what
> > > you're up against.
> > >
> > > -Jim
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: openwater2 [mailto:openwater2@...]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 8:35 AM
> > > > To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Subject: [tac-shasta] Newbie
> > > >
> > > > Hello everyone. Im new member and would like
> to
> > > ask for some help on
> > > > setting up my new telescope. If anyone can
> help
> > > please let me
> > > > know...thanks.
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Dwayne,

I'm not familiar with the Meade 4600 and I can't find anything on the
meade website about it.  Is it a refractor or reflector and what sort of
mount does it have?

FYI, although I am a member of TAC-Shasta, I actually live down in
Sacramento.  There is an astronomy club in Redding, the Shasta Astronomy
Club, and they are planning a Mars viewing party on the 23rd at
Whiskytown Lake.  Bob Thompson is the head of that group and his e-mail
is:

rhtastro@...

I'm still contemplating whether or not I'll be able to make it up for
this one, but if you contact Bob and ask him for some help, I'm sure
he'd be glad to assist you.

There is also the TAC-Shasta list owner, Michael Huster, who might be
able to hook up with you and give you a hand.  I'm sure he'll see this
post.

Clear Skies,
Jim


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dwayne norman [mailto:openwater2@...]
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 11:48 AM
> To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com
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>
> Thanks for responding Jim.....i have a mead 4600
> model.It isnt anything fancy. I have played around
> with it some and actually was able to see rings around
> saturn, thats was exciting. I actually need someone
> that is knowledgeable about the tracking system that
> came with it and how to get it properly aligned and
> such. With the big Mars event coming up i dont want to
> have to keep adjusting it by hand...Thanks for any
> help.
> --- Jim Ster <sterjf@...> wrote:
> > Can you tell us about your scope?  That would help
> > us to understand what
> > you're up against.
> >
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Thanks for responding Jim.....i have a mead 4600
model.It isnt anything fancy. I have played around
with it some and actually was able to see rings around
saturn, thats was exciting. I actually need someone
that is knowledgeable about the tracking system that
came with it and how to get it properly aligned and
such. With the big Mars event coming up i dont want to
have to keep adjusting it by hand...Thanks for any
help.
--- Jim Ster <sterjf@...> wrote:
> Can you tell us about your scope?  That would help
> us to understand what
> you're up against.
>
> -Jim
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Mags' is already up there at her folks place for the weekend.  I
actually stayed behind so I could go to IHOP, but the CSC's are looking
much better the farther north you go, so I think I'll head up to
Shingletown as well.

See you both there!

Clear Skies,
Jim

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Shneor Sherman [mailto:shneor@...]
> >Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 1:20 PM
> >To: tac-sac@yahoogroups.com; sayre@...
> >Cc: sayre@...
> >Subject: [tac-sac] SHINGLETOWN tonight
> >
> >Gregg and I are going to Shingletown tonight.
> >Clear skies for all observers!
> >Shneor

Hey Fellow TACo's,

I hope by now you have all recovered from the latest fantastic edition of
the Shingletown Star Party.  It sure was a blast to see everyone again and
it seemed like most had a grand time.  I'd like to take a few moments of
your time to acknowledge and to say thanks to a few people, businesses and
organizations that made this year's SSP run so smoothly with all of their
hard work and generous contributions.  Please take a few minutes to go
through this incredibly long list and see just who and what it took to put
this event on.

There were of course many volunteers who helped out with gate duty or
setting up some canopies and tables as well as those who attended the
planning meetings and coordinated our outreach efforts.  But the most
important ones to acknowledge first are the awesome folks from Shingletown
who shared their community, their homes and their hearts with us.  None of
these people were paid a dime for their time and if you consider how much of
their personal time and money goes into supporting us and the SSP, we are
indebted beyond words to these wonderful people.  Some of them volunteer
their time at the Shingletown Non-Profits Office, Shingletown Activities
Council (SAC) and the Shingletown Community Center (SCC).   Without their
support, none of this would be possible.  Specifically, these people are:


Marg Collett - SAC

Marg was once again our local SSP Event Coordinator.  She is responsible for
arranging, organizing and promoting all the various Shingletown community
events and has given 1000's of hours working in support of the various
community organizations without pay.  It is without reservations that I can
say that Marg is the one person to whom the SSP would not exist as it does
today if it weren't for all her tireless efforts.  She has supported our
cause from day one and we owe her a debt of gratitude.


Howard "Luke" Lukas - SCC Chairperson

Luke is Chair of the Shingletown Community Center Committee, our official
Non-Profit host of the SSP and owner of the Mt. Lassen Art Center Watercolor
Adventure located in Viola, CA., just a few miles east of Shingletown.  Luke
was responsible for overseeing Shingletown's Volcano Days, of which the SSP
was an integral part.  He handled the negotiations between the airport
property managers and the SSP committee and Luke was also responsible for
running our T-Shirt Contest as well as the "Paint Free, Be Free" exhibit
during the public event.


Vera Dewitt - SAC

Vera and Marg make up the "Thelma and Louise" team in Shingletown.  While
Marg is the organizer, Vera is the workhorse, who takes the runs down to
Redding, writes the articles for the local Shingletown Ridge Rider Newspaper
and made the great coffee each night.  Vera was the Shingletown Volcano Days
Spokesperson who always kept a positive spin on things.  Vera was kind
enough to let us use her garage as a staging area for the SSP hospitality
area supplies and is now storing our canopies for us.  Her "can do" attitude
and outgoing personality makes her one of the most enjoyable people I've
ever had the pleasure of working with.  She is actively involved in just
about every community activity Shingletown puts on.


Carla Bloxham - California Trailer and RV (previous owner of Big Wheels)

Carla recently sold Big Wheels, but has remained on the team of Shingletown
organizers and was directly responsible for acquiring the many donations
needed to make Volcano Days and especially the Hot Lava Nights a huge
success.  Carla was also in charge of the killer Tri-Tip barbeque at the
Public Star Gazing event on Saturday.  Our gate duty volunteers must give
special thanks to Carla for the use of her electric golf cart which we
depended on to run between the hospitality area and the front gate and her
generator which we used to charge our batteries with.


Art and Cindy Johnson- Six-Pack Construction (our official SSP Grounds
Keepers) -

Art and Cindy were directly responsible for keep the site as dust free as
possible.  Art began watering a few days before the event began and
maintained it diligently throughout.  Cindy took the bull by the horns and
got the straw and the straw spreader along with a volunteer crew of local
"Clampers" (Dave, Daryl and Rich) who worked until sundown on Wednesday to
insure that our dust control efforts were successful.  Art and Cindy were
also responsible for loaning us the 2nd on-site battery recharging generator
located on the north end of the site.  Art and Cindy have already committed
to participating again next year and we look forward to working with them
again.

Trish Clarke, Shasta County Board of Supervisors -

Trish was our Master of Ceremonies at the public event this year and is the
one person most responsible for the SSP's existence.  If it weren't for
Trish's determination and willingness to champion our cause before the
seemingly endless line of Shasta County administrators, we'd never have
busted through the bureaucracy and last years inaugural event would have
never taken place.

Wal*Mart, who's Northern California warehouse operations are based in nearby
Red Bluff, donated approximately $1700 to the SAC which was used to offset a
multitude of operating expenses for all the Volcano Days events.


There were several other members of the local Shingletown community who
helped to make our stay enjoyable including: California Trailer and RV, the
local Redding Pepsi and Coke distributors, the Shingletown Store, Pioneer
Hillside Pizza and Big Wheels.  From the Shingletown Historical Society, who
put on the great desert table again to the local chapter of "Clampers" who
busted their butts helping out with the spreading of the straw around the
site, all of these folks were invaluable to our experience.  I also want to
mention the Shingletown Volunteer Fire Department who helped out with dust
control as well as provided the emergency medical Paramedics who were at the
public star party in direct support of event.  They were even ready to
provide us with a backup observing site at their firehouse for the public
stargazing event in case the winds picked up and potentially prevented us
from having a successful party for our hosts at the airport on Saturday
night.  And finally, the California Highway Patrol for assisting us with
traffic control during the public evening.  Without this local support, the
party just wouldn't be possible.

There were a few public organizations who participated which I'd like to
specifically mention and thank for all they did for us.

First, The Shasta Regional Community Foundation gave us a grant for $2000
which we used to help pay for the rental of the porta-johns and the
dumpsters, advertising, printing costs, t-shirts as well as our insurance
and dust control measures.

The Astronomical Association of Northern California gave us $200 which was
used to provide the complimentary ice, sodas, bottled water, and the hot
coffee each evening.  The hot coffee during the night was so appreciated by
everyone that we plan on making this a regular part of the SSP.   Thanks to
Jane and Mojo for all of their support.  Maybe we can talk them into coming
next year? ;)

Astronomy Society of the Pacific (ASP).  Marni Berendsen from the ASP came
up and took care of our outreach table at the public evening.  As well as
providing free astro-handouts to the kids, she organized an observing
program for our younger guest which gave them a look at a variety of cool
DSO's to experience.  We are proud to announce that next year we will be
working even closer with the ASP to get the local Junior and Senior high
schools involved in astronomy.

Norm Sperling, Everything in the Universe - Norm was our speaker at the
public star gazing event for the second consecutive year.  To say the least,
Norm's knowledge and expertise during his presentation kept the public
fixated and entertained.

I'd also like to say thanks to the vendors who donated prizes to the
astronomer's raffle.  Please remember to visit and support these fine
businesses whenever you're looking for astro-goodies!

1800Destiny.com
1stBase Collapsible Dob Mounts
Absolute Astronomy
Adirondack Video Astronomy
AstroPhoto.com
AstroPro Products
AstroZap Cases and Covers
Celestial Products
ChartMarkers and More
Coronado Technology Group
Digital Images - official SSP group photo Draco Productions
e2 Telescope Design
Equatorial Platforms
GotGrit
Ken's Rings
New Mexico Skies Guest Observatory
Harry Siebert Eyepieces
Jim's Mobile Inc. (JMI)
Lumicon
Ohio Star Software
ProtoStar
Sirius Optics
Sky Image Labs
SkyNews Sky Publishing (Sky & Telescope)
Starlight Theatre
Sun River Nature Center
Tele Vue Optics
The Case Place
Wave Group Astronomy

I'd like to give a very special thanks to Orion Telescopes for their
generous donations of the Telescopes and Binoculars over the past couple of
years in direct support of our Shingletown Star Party T-Shirt design contest
for the local area Jr. & Sr. High Schools.  The award presentation to the
winners is always one of the prouder moments of the Public Star Gazing
Party.

Now I'd like to take a minute to thank a few of our fellow TACo's who worked
so hard on the planning committee to make the SSP what it is:


Jim Bartolini (TAC-Monterey) - SSP Planning Committee member, SSP Volunteer
and if I'm not mistaken, Stacy McDermott's right hand man with the
volunteers during the party.

Michael Huster (TAC-Shasta) - SSP Spokesperson, SSP Planning Committee
member and SSP Volunteer.

Stacy Jo McDermott (TAC) - Volunteer Coordinator, SSP Planning Committee
member and SSP Volunteer.

Richard Ozer (TAC)  - SSP Outreach Coordinator, Hat Creek Tour Organizer,
Ambulance Driver, SSP Planning Committee member and SSP Volunteer.

Jane Smith (TAC-SAC) - Grant Proposal Writer, T-Shirt Contest Flyer
Designer, Web Page, SSP Planning Committee member, SSP Volunteer, SSP Rules
and Guidelines and Astro-Quilt maker extraordinaire.

Margaret "Mags" Temple (TAC-SAC) - SSP Planning Committee member, SSP
Volunteer and Astro-Quilt maker extraordinaire.

Mark Wagner, (TAC) - Web Page, Archives, Vendors, T-Shirt Contest Prizes,
Astro-Raffle Prizes, Registration Fee Collector, Raffle Barker, SSP Planning
Committee member, SSP Volunteer.

I'd also like to thank the following people for volunteering for SSP gate
duty as well as helping with the set-up and tear-down:

Joe and Barb Gomolski
Jim Everett
Phil Chambers
Bob Jardine
Dan Wright
Rajeeve Joshi
Kevin Roberts
Robert Shelton
Evan Garber
Michelle Stone
Peter McKone
Jeff Crilly
Sean McCauliff
Cary Ster
Liz Conner
Andrew Preston


I'm sure there are some folks who I've forgotten to mention and I apologize
if I have and I wish to say thanks to them as well, but in any case, I just
wanted to show everyone who came up and enjoyed their stay an idea of what
and who it took to make the SSP a huge success.

Because of the efforts of all of these people, organizations and businesses
I've mentioned, the SSP is rapidly becoming the premier star party on the
west coast and maybe someday, the world!  It's up to all of us to continue
to make the SSP we want it to be and I look forward to many more wonderful
SSP's with all of my great friends in TAC as well as our great new friends
in Shingletown and Shasta County.  Thank you all for your help.  We couldn't
have done it without you.

Clear Skies,
Jim Ster, Director Shingletown Star Party

I had a great time at the Shingletown star party. It
was my first major star party. I thought it ran very
smoothly. I was there from Wed. morning through Mon.
morning. getting in five good nights of observing,
camping, eating, socializing, etc.

My primary *observing* goal was to start and finish my
Astronomical League Binocular Messier certificate. It
would be my first. I want to add firsthand observing
experience to help me in teaching astronomy.

Dates: 25 - 30 June, 2003
Conditions: Dark skies all nights. After twilight I
estimated the skies as 5.5+ magnitude.
Equipment: Celestron Ultima 9x63 binoculars, 5.4 deg
FOV on a paralleogram tripod mount.
Guides: I used the Astronomical League, Messier
Objects: A Beginner's Guide and Astro Cards.
Results: I logged 53. Only 40 are necessary for the
certificate. Some were very challenging; I only
glimpsed a wisp of nebulosity with averted vision.
List in numerical order:
M 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
M 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19,
M 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,
M 31, 32, 33, 34, 39,
M 40, 49,
M 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56,
M 62, 63, 64, 65, 66,
M 71,
M 80, 81, 82, 83,
M 92, 94,
M 103,
M 110

Narrative:
I started on Wednesday at 10:30PM working through the
Messiers in Ursa Major and working south, then east
and finally into Ophiuchus at 3:00. I logged 16 the
first night. On Thursday I started with M83 in Hydra
and into the Milky Way in Scorpius. The highlight for
me was seeing (or recognizing) dark nebulae for the
first time. M24, wow! It was a treat to see the open
clusters and nebulae after spending the first night on
galaxies and globular clusters with unresolvable
stars. I finished with M54 & 55 in Scorpius. I was
packing in for the night around 3:00 when I realized
M31 was up. I was stunned by the view as M31 was
clearly visible for 3 deg in the binoculars! What a
treat before bedtime. I logged 22 Messier this night.
On Friday I started with M29 and some of the Messiers
that were near azimuth by the time I went to bed the
previous night. A highlight was identifying M32 and
M110 near/in M31. John Whitehouse and I hunted down
some help for positive identification. I finished the
night with the open clusters in Cassiopeia and M33 in
Triangulum. I logged 12 by 3:00 Saturday morning when
I quit. Saturday was the public star party, so I
switched to the 8" LXD-55 Schmidt-Newtonian. (The
public doesn't want to look through bino's when there
are scopes around.) Between 1:00 and 2:00 I logged
four Messier galaxies in Ursa Major with the
telescope. The last night I was getting tired. I used
the telescope to work on my starhopping. I find star
hopping much more difficult with the telescope than
with bino's. I had bought a Rigel QuikFinder earlier
in the day. It definitely is a big help, but I still
struggled. My surprize was that while using the bino's
to help the star hopping with the telescope I found
and logged M66, 65 and 49 in the bino's. I hit the
wall around midnight and went to bed.

I really enjoyed the star party. My thanks and
appreciation go to Jim Ster who was the driving force
behind the move to Shingletown.

Carpe Noctem!
(Seize the Night!)

Michael Huster
Simpson College


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I'll be at the meeting. But I can't stay for
observing. Sorry, but I've got to get back home. We
had new floor put in, the house is a wreck and 10
relatives are coming in week. :^o


--- Jim Ster <sterjf@...> wrote:
> Hey Michael,
>
> That's great.  The meeting is at 10:30am this
> Saturday in the
> Shingletown Non-Profits office, which is located at
> the intersection of
> Hwy 44 and Manton Rd, right across the street from
> the library in the
> same building as the bank and video store.
>
> Are you going to try to go observing Saturday
> evening?
>
> -Jim
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Huster [mailto:mehuster@...]
> > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 12:08 PM
> > To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [tac-shasta] Shingletown OI 6-7-03
> >
> > Jim,
> >
> > I can come to the meeting tomorrow. Where will it
> be?
> >
> > Michael Huster
> >
>
>


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Hey Michael,

That's great.  The meeting is at 10:30am this Saturday in the
Shingletown Non-Profits office, which is located at the intersection of
Hwy 44 and Manton Rd, right across the street from the library in the
same building as the bank and video store.

Are you going to try to go observing Saturday evening?

-Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Huster [mailto:mehuster@...]
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 12:08 PM
> To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [tac-shasta] Shingletown OI 6-7-03
>
> Jim,
>
> I can come to the meeting tomorrow. Where will it be?
>
> Michael Huster
>

Jim,

I can come to the meeting tomorrow. Where will it be?

Michael Huster

--- Jim Ster <sterjf@...> wrote:
> There is a planning meeting for the 2003 SSP this
> Saturday, June 7th at
> 10:30 am up in Shingletown.  Weather permitting;
> I'll be heading to the
> Shingletown Airport for some observing that evening
> with the 30".  Hope
> to see you there!
>
> Clear Skies,
> Jim Ster
>
>


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There is a planning meeting for the 2003 SSP this Saturday, June 7th at
10:30 am up in Shingletown.  Weather permitting; I'll be heading to the
Shingletown Airport for some observing that evening with the 30".  Hope
to see you there!

Clear Skies,
Jim Ster