Re: [Utah-astronomy] Quadrantids
What's "Little Stonehenge," if you don't mind me asking...I've never heard of that. ~Kelly
Message: 1 Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 13:06:59 -0700 From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Quadrantids Message-ID: < CAHmuOYrXaMzp2Mzy0H945vrcyU9hB46UO_OcZirsFkvEyP7iHA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
When Patrick and I were frequenting "Little Stonehenge" out by Grantsville in the mid-70's and dead of winter, he had a surplus Air Force heated flight suit that he powered with his car battery! As I recall, it was full-body- except for the rump... I think he told me that was because the seats were heated in the aircraft.
It seems to me that zero degrees wasn't nearly as cold when I was 16, as it is in my '50's. Ya know?
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Kim <kimharch@cut.net> wrote:
One of the crazier astronomy outings my family and I have enjoyed was a trip to Little Mountain in about 1990 to watch the Quadrantids. We took a large tarp, foam pads, sleeping bags and quilts and laid on top of the snow. It was about plus 10F, but the kids were warm enough to even fall asleep. I remember something like 60 or so at the peak ZHR. We observed from around 1:00 to 3:00. A memorable night for all of us.
It was a site just south of Grantsville. Consisted of some old concrete slabs left over from who knows when. I flew over the area a while back looking for it but did not find it so I'm guessing Grantsville grew south far enough to cover it up. patrick Sent from my iPad On Jan 3, 2013, at 18:17, Kelly Ricks <kellyalenericks@gmail.com> wrote:
What's "Little Stonehenge," if you don't mind me asking...I've never heard of that.
~Kelly
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When Patrick and I were frequenting "Little Stonehenge" out by Grantsville in the mid-70's and dead of winter, he had a surplus Air Force heated flight suit that he powered with his car battery! As I recall, it was full-body- except for the rump... I think he told me that was because the seats were heated in the aircraft.
It seems to me that zero degrees wasn't nearly as cold when I was 16, as it is in my '50's. Ya know?
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Kim <kimharch@cut.net> wrote:
One of the crazier astronomy outings my family and I have enjoyed was a trip to Little Mountain in about 1990 to watch the Quadrantids. We took a large tarp, foam pads, sleeping bags and quilts and laid on top of the snow. It was about plus 10F, but the kids were warm enough to even fall asleep. I remember something like 60 or so at the peak ZHR. We observed from around 1:00 to 3:00. A memorable night for all of us.
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