Re: [Utah-astronomy] Thursday's Report/ Observing this Weekend
Pics of new sites would be most welcome, Jay. Joan, remember that SPOC's compromised status has been known since the mid-70's. It's primary purpose has always been public outreach and easy access for SLAS members, not dark skies. That said, look at the science Patrick has done from there. Pretty damn impressive.
SLAS does a tremendous job at public outreach and I honestly do try to make one public event a month. This year due to my father-in-law passing, have pneumonia twice and completing my masters and now working on my PhD, time just hasn't let me. I got to three events this year which is the lowest amount I've been too. I'm with Chuck on the sense that the Tuesday meetings have often interfered with classes as most are on Tuesday and Thursday for me. My primary focus the week before new moon and on new moon is dark site observing. There is a small but growing group that is doing this as well. I do think as there are other clubs that are very active in the U.S. with public outreach that do promote one or two local dark site events each month for their members and perhaps one or two major dark site (for us this would be central or southern Utah) trips per year. Personally, I think there is room enough for both but that is just me. I think the ultimate goal is to get people out enjoying the night sky and getting interested in astronomy. That is the key. Thus my efforts at promoting other dark sites. I will be making a day trip on a Saturday after Halloween to take day time pictures of the new sites and a video also. I'll post them up and then people can see what they look like. On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 1:05 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Pics of new sites would be most welcome, Jay. Joan, remember that SPOC's compromised status has been known since the mid-70's. It's primary purpose has always been public outreach and easy access for SLAS members, not dark skies. That said, look at the science Patrick has done from there. Pretty damn impressive. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
-- Jay Eads
Actually, I didn't say as much about SPOC as I intended. I went out a few months ago and was impressed with how dark the sky was - considering the location. SP has grown, as has SLC and Grantsville, still, I was impressed because I thought it would be much worse. Bruce said they had a serious light pollution ordinance in Tooele County. I don't date back to the 70's but I do the 80's and I always enjoyed going to SPOC then. If you really are after public outreach, then why a compromised location 40+ miles away, why not the SL Valley? That's a rhetorical question. My niece has some visitors from Uraguay in town and we are going to SPOC tonight. They have never been to a star party, let alone looked through telescopes, so this should be spectactular for them. BTW, they don't speak English and I don't speak Spanish. I'm scrabbling with English/Spanish translation programs to get a few words to describe what they will see tonight - Ohhhhhh the pain, the struggle, the ... joy hehehe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 1:05:07 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Thursday's Report/ Observing this Weekend Pics of new sites would be most welcome, Jay. Joan, remember that SPOC's compromised status has been known since the mid-70's. It's primary purpose has always been public outreach and easy access for SLAS members, not dark skies. That said, look at the science Patrick has done from there. Pretty damn impressive. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
Joan:We will look forward to seeing you tonight. If last night is any indication (and it should be) layer up and wear warm shoes. I was home by 10:50 last night but didn't feel my toes till well after 12:00.P.S. Stop by early and I'll have Alpha Herculi for you.Steve
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:45:49 -0400 From: jcarman6@q.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Thursday's Report/ Observing this Weekend
Actually, I didn't say as much about SPOC as I intended. I went out a few months ago and was impressed with how dark the sky was - considering the location. SP has grown, as has SLC and Grantsville, still, I was impressed because I thought it would be much worse. Bruce said they had a serious light pollution ordinance in Tooele County. I don't date back to the 70's but I do the 80's and I always enjoyed going to SPOC then. If you really are after public outreach, then why a compromised location 40+ miles away, why not the SL Valley? That's a rhetorical question.
My niece has some visitors from Uraguay in town and we are going to SPOC tonight. They have never been to a star party, let alone looked through telescopes, so this should be spectactular for them. BTW, they don't speak English and I don't speak Spanish. I'm scrabbling with English/Spanish translation programs to get a few words to describe what they will see tonight - Ohhhhhh the pain, the struggle, the ... joy hehehe
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 1:05:07 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Thursday's Report/ Observing this Weekend
Pics of new sites would be most welcome, Jay. Joan, remember that SPOC's compromised status has been known since the mid-70's. It's primary purpose has always been public outreach and easy access for SLAS members, not dark skies. That said, look at the science Patrick has done from there. Pretty damn impressive. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
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Thanks for the warning, Steve. I'm not sure when we will be getting there, they are coming back from Bryce Canyon today, so when they get back to SLC is the issue. Allegedly it will be 6:00. Then the time to change clothes and drive to SPOC. We might not get there till well after dark or later in the evening. There should be at least 5 or more of us. I will expect Alpha Hercules no matter what time :) AND JUPITER for sure!!!! So far I have about a 1-1/2 pages of english to spanish translation. Now watch and listen as I mangle the spanish language lol. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Fisher" <iotacass1@hotmail.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 2:44:54 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Thursday's Report/ Observing this Weekend Joan:We will look forward to seeing you tonight. If last night is any indication (and it should be) layer up and wear warm shoes. I was home by 10:50 last night but didn't feel my toes till well after 12:00.P.S. Stop by early and I'll have Alpha Herculi for you.Steve
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:45:49 -0400 From: jcarman6@q.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Thursday's Report/ Observing this Weekend
Actually, I didn't say as much about SPOC as I intended. I went out a few months ago and was impressed with how dark the sky was - considering the location. SP has grown, as has SLC and Grantsville, still, I was impressed because I thought it would be much worse. Bruce said they had a serious light pollution ordinance in Tooele County. I don't date back to the 70's but I do the 80's and I always enjoyed going to SPOC then. If you really are after public outreach, then why a compromised location 40+ miles away, why not the SL Valley? That's a rhetorical question.
My niece has some visitors from Uraguay in town and we are going to SPOC tonight. They have never been to a star party, let alone looked through telescopes, so this should be spectactular for them. BTW, they don't speak English and I don't speak Spanish. I'm scrabbling with English/Spanish translation programs to get a few words to describe what they will see tonight - Ohhhhhh the pain, the struggle, the ... joy hehehe
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 1:05:07 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Thursday's Report/ Observing this Weekend
Pics of new sites would be most welcome, Jay. Joan, remember that SPOC's compromised status has been known since the mid-70's. It's primary purpose has always been public outreach and easy access for SLAS members, not dark skies. That said, look at the science Patrick has done from there. Pretty damn impressive. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
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