I think the sun sets at an angle. Spencer Ball -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Craig Smith Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 12:28 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Sieg's eclipse site scouting trip Thanks everyone. It's handy that the NASA site has the altitude! I forgot about the horizons. But I'm confused -- I thought an hour was 15 deg, yet the sun is only 11 deg up more than an hour before sunset. But I guess the sunset time is when the entire sun is no longer visible? But at 1/2 deg diameter it still seems off. And won't it still be up for a little while even if the horizon is a few degrees? Of course, will the view be distorted at such a low altitude? I would think that most of the viewers would just have solar glasses to observe through and there wouldn't be that many people needing space to set up equipment, but who knows. I assume most photographers would head towards points west where it's higher in the sky. Are there observing sights at Bryce without trees in the way? I thought most of the Bryce facilities face east toward the canyon, with trees on the west. I assume SLAS isn't helping with the Bryce festival this year as in the past? I no longer have a trailer unfortunately, and want to go somewhere scenic, so I went ahead and made a camping reservation at Bryce Canyon Pines a couple weeks ago. The reserveable in-park sites were all booked, and Ruby's Inn and the rest of the in-park sites are first-come first-served. Kodachrome Basin had availability as well. I've been thinking about Great Basin though -- are there any places with open western horizons?. On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
Bob, I don't think it's a good idea to censor people's discussions about this. For example, I am glad you put info on the UtahAstronomy newsgroup about the unavailability of rooms. But certainly SLAS people have a right to comment on any subject relating to astronomy either on- or off-list. It's bad enough when our sourpusses get all exercised if someone mentions something non-astronomic; so at least don't say I have no right to discuss SLAS options here. It's pretty hard to be heard at the general meeting, with a speaker and various other club business, and most SLAS'ers don't attend the board meeting. So this is a way not to get shut out of the discussions. Joe
________________________________ From: Robert Taylor <robtaylorslc@gmail.com> To: 'Utah Astronomy' <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, April 9, 2012 11:38 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Sieg's eclipse site scouting trip
The person I spoke to who is planning on coming in from Wisconsin said he was not able to find any hotel rooms in the area with availability on Sunday night. Suffice it to say if you haven't already made a reservation you probably ought to have a Plan-B ready. I think the crowds are going to be quite large, NASA may be underestimating the crowds if the hotel bookings are any indicator.
As far as what SLAS wants to do, that discussion belongs at the upcoming general meeting, not on this list, we do not a quorum on this board of SLAS members. Bring it up at next week's General Meeting or this week's Board Meeting.
Bob
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 11:09 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Sieg's eclipse site scouting trip
I think Kim has an excellent point. Kim, what's the chance of finding motel rooms for one night at Bryce, or camping spots there? Thanks, Joe
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