My wife saw Jim's flashing lights last Thursday and thought it looked like a spaceship preparing for takeoff. It did make it real easy to see where the legs of the tripod were, even when you weren't light adapted. Dave
I ordered a few extras, Dave, if anyone else wants some let me know. I have also seen them used singly on eyepiece and equipment cases, hand controllers, coolers, power supplies and inverters; anything that might be needed after dark. As Rob surmised, a set of batteries should last all season. --- DunnDave@aol.com wrote:
My wife saw Jim's flashing lights last Thursday and thought it looked like a spaceship preparing for takeoff. It did make it real easy to see where the legs of the tripod were, even when you weren't light adapted.
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The night we set up in the camp ground at Dead Horse Point I also had the flashers going. A French couple (tourists) came by and stopped to see what we were doing. I love the way the French speak English. The fellow expressed that he had never looked through a telescope before, so we showed them the comet Q4. The woman made this wonderful noise. I would spell it Wow!, but there was a definite French sound to it that I couldnt imitate. They taught me how to say the "Big Dipper" in French. We went on to show them clusters galaxies, nebula and a host of beautiful heavenly sights. I was surprised that with English being there 2nd or maybe 3rd language that they new so many technical terms; like Wow! Sharing the sights has to be one of the many satisfying things about star gazing. The next day while making my way down Pucker Pass, and enjoying the beauty of the Moab area, I found myself muttering a Mike Bailey phrase, I love this planet. JG --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price.
The night we set up in the camp ground at Dead Horse Point I also had Chuck Hard's flashers going. A French couple (tourists) came by and stopped to see what we were doing. I love the way the French speak English. The fellow expressed that he had never looked through a telescope before, so we showed them the comet Q4. The woman made this wonderful sound. I would spell it Wow!, but there was a definite French sound to it that I wish I could imitate. We went on to show them clusters galaxies, nebulae and a host of beautiful heavenly sights. I was surprised that with English being there 2nd or maybe 3rd language that they new so many technical terms; like Wow! Sharing the sights has to be one of the many satisfying things about star gazing. The next day while making my way down Pucker Pass, and enjoying the beauty of the Moab area, I found myself muttering a Mike Bailey phrase, I love this planet. DunnDave@aol.com wrote:My wife saw Jim's flashing lights last Thursday and thought it looked like a spaceship preparing for takeoff. It did make it real easy to see where the legs of the tripod were, even when you weren't light adapted. Dave _______________________________________________ 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.utahastronomy.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price.
Jim, Where is Pucker Pass? Brent --- Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> wrote:
The night we set up in the camp ground at Dead Horse Point I also had Chuck Hard's flashers going. A French couple (tourists) came by and stopped to see what we were doing. I love the way the French speak English. The fellow expressed that he had never looked through a telescope before, so we showed them the comet Q4. The woman made this wonderful sound. I would spell it Wow!, but there was a definite French sound to it that I wish I could imitate.
We went on to show them clusters galaxies, nebulae and a host of beautiful heavenly sights. I was surprised that with English being there 2nd or maybe 3rd language that they new so many technical terms; like Wow! Sharing the sights has to be one of the many satisfying things about star gazing.
The next day while making my way down Pucker Pass, and enjoying the beauty of the Moab area, I found myself muttering a Mike Bailey phrase, I love this planet.
DunnDave@aol.com wrote:My wife saw Jim's flashing lights last Thursday and thought it looked like a spaceship preparing for takeoff. It did make it real easy to see where the legs of the tripod were, even when you weren't light adapted.
Dave
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Brent It is part of Long Canyon. From the Dead Horse Point entrance, I went approximately 4.5 miles back towards town and there is a trun off there that will take you down Long Canyon and through Pucker Pass which comes out on Potash Road; a fun drive. Jim Brent Watson <brentjwatson@yahoo.com> wrote: Jim, Where is Pucker Pass? Brent --- Jim Gibson wrote:
The night we set up in the camp ground at Dead Horse Point I also had Chuck Hard's flashers going. A French couple (tourists) came by and stopped to see what we were doing. I love the way the French speak English. The fellow expressed that he had never looked through a telescope before, so we showed them the comet Q4. The woman made this wonderful sound. I would spell it Wow!, but there was a definite French sound to it that I wish I could imitate.
We went on to show them clusters galaxies, nebulae and a host of beautiful heavenly sights. I was surprised that with English being there 2nd or maybe 3rd language that they new so many technical terms; like Wow! Sharing the sights has to be one of the many satisfying things about star gazing.
The next day while making my way down Pucker Pass, and enjoying the beauty of the Moab area, I found myself muttering a Mike Bailey phrase, I love this planet.
DunnDave@aol.com wrote:My wife saw Jim's flashing lights last Thursday and thought it looked like a spaceship preparing for takeoff. It did make it real easy to see where the legs of the tripod were, even when you weren't light adapted.
Dave
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Many years ago I used to camp on an extension of the plateau right where the road heads down toward Potash. Is it still possible to turn off onto that spit of land at that locality? If so, it would make an OK spot for a star party, assuming nobody wandered off the edge. It's like its own little Dead Horse Point. Those who have been past it recently, please let me know if you can still turn off there. But I seem to remember Moab put out some light pollution. Thanks, Joe
Joe I believe you can still get there. I saw several places that I thought would be good for a star party. I didn't notice any light polution at all, but everything being new, I could have missed it. I agree about that being a good place for a star party, though. The Ogden group had a group site just before you get to the ranger station. Their president, first name is Lee, would know how much it costs to use the site. There is lots of daytime stuff to do down there which I really enjoyed. JG Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com> wrote: Many years ago I used to camp on an extension of the plateau right where the road heads down toward Potash. Is it still possible to turn off onto that spit of land at that locality? If so, it would make an OK spot for a star party, assuming nobody wandered off the edge. It's like its own little Dead Horse Point. Those who have been past it recently, please let me know if you can still turn off there. But I seem to remember Moab put out some light pollution. Thanks, Joe _______________________________________________ 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.utahastronomy.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price.
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