Hi guys, The best person to ask is Bruce Grim. However he is not subscribed to Utah-Astronomy so I am forwarding this to him so he can maybe get back to you (or, who knows, he may even subscribe to U-A). Patrick On 07 May 2007, at 13:33, Don J. Colton wrote:
I second Daniel's request. Is there any way they can be turned off and than restarted again after we leave. I can do that on my system so that they go on manually and then go back to automatic. I have avoided bringing any large telescopes for that reason.
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of daniel turner Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 1:13 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Lawn astronomers vs sprinklers.
Does anyone happen to know the schedule for the lawn sprinklers at SPOC? Last year we had them suddenly turn on during a scheduled event on a Friday night. After that the word was that Saturday nights are safe but the Friday nights the sprinklers would be running. I see this year that we are scheduling events at SPOC of Friday nights.
The owners of "Lawn Telescopes" would like to know the answer to this.
DT
On 07 May 2007, at 14:14, Michael Carnes wrote:
You could carry a 5-iron. One good stroke will redirect the water flow straight up. At that point, you've only got to be a few feet away.
I second Daniel's request. Is there any way they can be turned off and than restarted again after we leave. I can do that on my system so that they go on manually and then go back to automatic. I have avoided bringing any large telescopes for that reason.
Jokes aside, I've been out there when sprinklers that weren't supposed to come on did in fact come on. I heard a lot of things muttered that we generally try not to say at public star parties.
MC
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