I just work up from a nap and I know Mat is heading out tonight and I was going to but I'm not feeling so well tonight. Saturday night is forecasted to be clear and cold so I am going out to Pit n Pole if that forecast holds for observing from 6:00a.m. until 12:00a.m. or so. If your interested in going, dress warm in layers and let me know if you want to go out and try some late fall observing (no, not winter observing yet). -- Jay Eads
On 11/23/11, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
If your interested in going, dress warm in layers and let me know if you want to go out and try some late fall observing (no, not winter observing yet).
Sounds incredibly good, Jay, best of luck. I'd join you, but this time of year, and after my work schedule of recent months, I'd need a designated driver... Post a report if you actually do it!
Wednesday night was a bust at Pit-N-Pole, but at least I tried, and I got to spend some good time with my daughters. The second dirt road (the one that the actual Pit-N-Pole observing location is on), was a little muddy from the recent rain, but nothing the ole Dodge Caravan couldn't handle. I am still hopeful for tomorrow night, so hope to see many of you there. Keep looking up! Mat -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jay Eads Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 7:25 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] For the Brave at Heart I just work up from a nap and I know Mat is heading out tonight and I was going to but I'm not feeling so well tonight. Saturday night is forecasted to be clear and cold so I am going out to Pit n Pole if that forecast holds for observing from 6:00a.m. until 12:00a.m. or so. If your interested in going, dress warm in layers and let me know if you want to go out and try some late fall observing (no, not winter observing yet). -- Jay Eads _______________________________________________ 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message and any included attachments are from Siemens Medical Solutions and are intended only for the addressee(s). The information contained herein may include trade secrets or privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this message in error, or have reason to believe you are not authorized to receive it, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender by e-mail with a copy to Central.SecurityOffice@siemens.com Thank you
So far tonight here near SPOC the weather is cooperating nicely. 'Course I don't think I qualify as "brave at heart" given that the telescope is outside in the cold doing all the work and I'm sitting here in a (relatively) warm house monitoring each data image as it comes in. patrick On 25 Nov 2011, at 21:30, Hutchings, Mat (H USA) wrote:
Wednesday night was a bust at Pit-N-Pole, but at least I tried, and I got to spend some good time with my daughters. The second dirt road (the one that the actual Pit-N-Pole observing location is on), was a little muddy from the recent rain, but nothing the ole Dodge Caravan couldn't handle.
I am still hopeful for tomorrow night, so hope to see many of you there.
Keep looking up!
Mat
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jay Eads Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 7:25 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] For the Brave at Heart
I just work up from a nap and I know Mat is heading out tonight and I was going to but I'm not feeling so well tonight. Saturday night is forecasted to be clear and cold so I am going out to Pit n Pole if that forecast holds for observing from 6:00a.m. until 12:00a.m. or so. If your interested in going, dress warm in layers and let me know if you want to go out and try some late fall observing (no, not winter observing yet).
-- Jay Eads
I was in the backyard doing some binocular and its cold but the skies are clear. Bad winds up top as the Antoniadi Scale is a IV to a V with lots of bad twinkling going on as the jet stream is moving out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoniadi_scale On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
So far tonight here near SPOC the weather is cooperating nicely.
'Course I don't think I qualify as "brave at heart" given that the telescope is outside in the cold doing all the work and I'm sitting here in a (relatively) warm house monitoring each data image as it comes in.
patrick
On 25 Nov 2011, at 21:30, Hutchings, Mat (H USA) wrote:
Wednesday night was a bust at Pit-N-Pole, but at least I tried, and I got to spend some good time with my daughters. The second dirt road (the one that the actual Pit-N-Pole observing location is on), was a little muddy from the recent rain, but nothing the ole Dodge Caravan couldn't handle.
I am still hopeful for tomorrow night, so hope to see many of you there.
Keep looking up!
Mat
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jay Eads Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 7:25 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] For the Brave at Heart
I just work up from a nap and I know Mat is heading out tonight and I was going to but I'm not feeling so well tonight. Saturday night is forecasted to be clear and cold so I am going out to Pit n Pole if that forecast holds for observing from 6:00a.m. until 12:00a.m. or so. If your interested in going, dress warm in layers and let me know if you want to go out and try some late fall observing (no, not winter observing yet).
-- Jay Eads
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-- Jay Eads
It got all the way down into the 50's here in So Cal, almost had to put on a coat. Skies were clear and transparent, no wind but poor seeing. But Jupiter was good at 90x. I was using an old Skywatcher 130mm f6.9 reflector on an EQ mount that my brother's scout troop had. They had never used it so he thought it would be good if I checked it out and showed him how to use it. We couldn't find either the finder or the 25mm eyepiece, only had the 10mm, so it was a bit of a challenge to find things but not too hard to find the showpiece objects. Stopped by the Scope City HQ which is a few miles from here and checked out their new outlet store. Tons of stuff, including a couple huge brass refractors from the 1800's. Beautiful. On Nov 25, 2011, at 8:46 PM, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
I was in the backyard doing some binocular and its cold but the skies are clear. Bad winds up top as the Antoniadi Scale is a IV to a V with lots of bad twinkling going on as the jet stream is moving out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoniadi_scale
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
So far tonight here near SPOC the weather is cooperating nicely.
'Course I don't think I qualify as "brave at heart" given that the telescope is outside in the cold doing all the work and I'm sitting here in a (relatively) warm house monitoring each data image as it comes in.
patrick
On 25 Nov 2011, at 21:30, Hutchings, Mat (H USA) wrote:
Wednesday night was a bust at Pit-N-Pole, but at least I tried, and I got to spend some good time with my daughters. The second dirt road (the one that the actual Pit-N-Pole observing location is on), was a little muddy from the recent rain, but nothing the ole Dodge Caravan couldn't handle.
I am still hopeful for tomorrow night, so hope to see many of you there.
Keep looking up!
Mat
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jay Eads Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 7:25 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] For the Brave at Heart
I just work up from a nap and I know Mat is heading out tonight and I was going to but I'm not feeling so well tonight. Saturday night is forecasted to be clear and cold so I am going out to Pit n Pole if that forecast holds for observing from 6:00a.m. until 12:00a.m. or so. If your interested in going, dress warm in layers and let me know if you want to go out and try some late fall observing (no, not winter observing yet).
-- Jay Eads
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