Re: [Utah-astronomy] Natural Bridges Saturday Night
Dan Little Mountain is OK for a few people, but the upper parking lot is needed to host public events. It was well known as an astronomy site, unfortunately it was also popular for activities frowned on by the water shed manager. It is not surprising people still go there. Don't the headlights from road interfere? Erik --- outwest112@yahoo.com wrote: From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Natural Bridges Saturday Night Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 10:32:24 -0700 (PDT) Erik: Little Mountain is still being used for hit and run astronomy events. Even in just the lower parking lot you will meet people during non telescope events like lunar eclipses and meteor showers. It's great for when events fall on a school or work night and you only have time for a quick peek with hand held binoculars. I ran into club members there for comet Hyakutake, a Leonid shower, and a lunar eclipse. Strangely I didn't see any one when comet Holmes was visable to the unaided eye. It's always worth a try when a bright comet is in the eastern sky just before dawn. DT --- On Tue, 9/9/08, zaurak@digis.net <zaurak@digis.net> wrote:
From: zaurak@digis.net <zaurak@digis.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Natural Bridges Saturday Night To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 8:30 AM Hi All,
Little Mountain we no longer have access to upper parking area, lower parking area not big enough. The water shed manager does not really want us up their. Non-board members sometimes got a key to the gate by posing as board member. The water shed manager was not happy about multiple keys being issued. They would change or add locks without notice, this was when the site was dropped.
Erik
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Little Mountain is not for setting up a large or expensive telescope. But whenever there is an eclipse or a meteor shower or comet that makes the evening news, it's the place people just naturally think of and go to. It can be rather dauntinhg when they all show up and their cars overflow the lot for a quarter mile down the road in either direction. But it's fun to mingle with a crowd of people interested in astronomy and strike up conversations with them. When it happens, it completely swamps other activities and is a force to be recond with. It's like a bikers convention of astronomy geeks. No need to schedule anything there, just keep it in mind when astronomy events just happen. DT --- On Tue, 9/9/08, zaurak@digis.net <zaurak@digis.net> wrote:
From: zaurak@digis.net <zaurak@digis.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Natural Bridges Saturday Night To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 11:54 AM Dan
Little Mountain is OK for a few people, but the upper parking lot is needed to host public events. It was well known as an astronomy site, unfortunately it was also popular for activities frowned on by the water shed manager. It is not surprising people still go there. Don't the headlights from road interfere?
Erik
--- outwest112@yahoo.com wrote:
From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Natural Bridges Saturday Night Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 10:32:24 -0700 (PDT)
Erik:
Little Mountain is still being used for hit and run astronomy events. Even in just the lower parking lot you will meet people during non telescope events like lunar eclipses and meteor showers. It's great for when events fall on a school or work night and you only have time for a quick peek with hand held binoculars. I ran into club members there for comet Hyakutake, a Leonid shower, and a lunar eclipse. Strangely I didn't see any one when comet Holmes was visable to the unaided eye. It's always worth a try when a bright comet is in the eastern sky just before dawn.
DT
--- On Tue, 9/9/08, zaurak@digis.net <zaurak@digis.net> wrote:
From: zaurak@digis.net <zaurak@digis.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Natural Bridges Saturday Night To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 8:30 AM Hi All,
Little Mountain we no longer have access to upper parking area, lower parking area not big enough. The water shed manager does not really want us up their. Non-board members sometimes got a key to the gate by posing as board member. The water shed manager was not happy about multiple keys being issued. They would change or add locks without notice, this was when the site was dropped.
Erik
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