Hi, It has been really hot here so I'm out of the pool by 10:30. In July, you almost have to head up to the mountains in the afternoon to stay cool so you have energy leftover to observe at night. I packed most of the telescope in the morning and left the car windows open. Then when I get ready to leave I put the UTA in the Jeep. My UTA is a little warped because it got left in a hot car. Wednesday, I unloaded the scope and by the time I finished the temperature had hit 100 degrees. I was thinking of trying for IC 4406 with my refractor. It's too low for the 15" but I may be able to see it with the refractor. The same goes for NGC 5128 (Centaurus A galaxy). You never know until you try. I bagged a Calwell object in Texas with my 8 inch SCT in 1996. It was a globular, NGC 3201 in the constellation Vela. It has a Dec of -46 25', low even for west Texas. I also bagged the the Eight-Burst Nebula, NGC 3132 out near the Keyenta subdivision about 7 or 8 years ago. Anything above -40 degrees is fair game for me if the conditions are right. I may take the refractor out Saturday and view some double stars if the sky is clear. The Double-Double showed up well in the 15" as it was getting dark. Same goes for Beta Scorpius and Albeiro. Debbie On Thu Jul 15 23:09 , Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> sent:

Sage advice!

Joe, I am so sorry that you lost your friend.

On 7/15/10, Joe Bauman josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:

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I second what Chuck says, also about the sun. My old hiking companion, Conrad Bert, developed a melanoma on the scalp from all his sun exposure -- he would not wear a hat and almost never put on any sun screen. Sometimes he wrapped a bandanna around his head, covering his hair, but that was a thin piece of cloth. The melanoma metastasized to his liver. The liver cancer would have killed him, except that Parkinson's got him first. He was a dear friend and I try to warn everyone I can about the dangers of overexposure to sun. As astronomers, at least we're mostly out at night. But some of us camp out or stay out all night and pack in the morning, and I want all to remember to protect against Sol. Thanks, Joe

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