Kim: The cities of Gresham and Sandy are on the west slope of Mt Hood on the way down to Portland. Gresham has a host of nice, comfortable motels. I am sure Sandy does too, but I am not as familiar with them. The "supreme" overnighter spot would be the lodge on the mountain itself. It is called Timberline lodge - a world-famous place. If you wish, I can get the phone number of the lodge for you. Many climbing parties begin and end at that the lodge and there is much climbing information available at the lodge. Just keep in mind, that many people have lost or nearly lost their lives on the Hood climbs. June weather on the mountain is very unpredictable as I recall. But you will need to check with the lodge climbing professionals for a better estimate. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Kim Hyatt [mailto:khyatt@smithlayton.com] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 11:23 AM To: 'Utah Astronomy' Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Triple shadow transit Hope you may have a chance to join us in Utah sometime. Winters are too cold for many of us, but spring, summer and fall usually give us many clear nights. We have many favorite observing sites within an hour or two of SLC that can provide visual limiting magnitude of +7 or greater (+7.2 is my personal best), steady seeing and long pleasant hours at the eyepiece. We even have green mountains! No rainforests, but lots of gorgeous alpine country up to heights exceeding 13,000 feet. I may be climbing Mt. Hood in early June, but I see that's near full moon. Any recommendations for travel and/or accommodations near Mt. Hood? -----Original Message----- From: Corr, Tom [mailto:TCorr@co.linn.or.us] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 12:11 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Triple shadow transit My work address is Albany, which is the only town of any size (almost 50,000) between Eugene and (20 miles south of) Salem. My residence is in Lebanon, about 15 miles southeast of Albany. We are blessed with a very beautiful and green world. The source of that beauty is, of course, rain --sometimes as much as 68 to 70 inches a year. The absolutely beautiful, clear skies of winter comes with cold air (not near as cold as you deal with, but we have "wet" cold that seems to penetrate to the bones) and dew. When we do have clear skies in the summer, we often have to dodge the areas hampered by harvest dust. My wife and I have a 10" Meade SCT and just finished building from scratch a 12.5" Dobsonian. We also have an 80mm Celestron refractor. Despite the challenging weather, we spend a lot of time at the eyepieces. We both have taken several college courses on observational astronomy, cosmology, and general astronomy. We are members of the Portland-based Rose City Astronomy Club, but because of the distance do not participate in its meetings. We do, however, attend the annual star party in August. Tom and Tina -----Original Message----- From: Kim Hyatt [mailto:khyatt@smithlayton.com] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 11:04 AM To: 'Utah Astronomy' Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Triple shadow transit Many clubs publish their own, but don't have the detail of the RASC Observer's Handbook. I've bought one very year since I began seriously observing over 15 years ago. I recommend it for both beginners and old hands. I used to live in Eugene (oh so many years ago) but I don't remember where Albany is. Do you have good observing opportunities from where you live? -----Original Message----- From: Corr, Tom [mailto:TCorr@co.linn.or.us] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 11:54 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Triple shadow transit Thanks, I thought it might have been a local (club) publication. -----Original Message----- From: Kim Hyatt [mailto:khyatt@smithlayton.com] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 10:51 AM To: 'Utah Astronomy' Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Triple shadow transit Observer's Handbook is just that, an astronomical observing handbook published by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (I think I got the name right). It's a great tool. I believe Sky Publishing may have it available. -----Original Message----- From: Corr, Tom [mailto:TCorr@co.linn.or.us] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 11:41 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Triple shadow transit Kim: what is an "Observer's Handbook"? 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Corr, Linn County Counsel Work: PO Box 100, Albany OR 97321 Home: 722 Randall Drive, Lebanon OR 97355-4072 Phone: 541-967-3840 Fax: 541-928-5424 tcorr@co.linn.or.us <mailto:tcorr@co.linn.or.us> -----Original Message----- From: Kim Hyatt [mailto:khyatt@smithlayton.com] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:32 AM To: Utah Astronomy (E-mail) Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Triple shadow transit If I've understood my Observer's Handbook, Sunday's triple shadow transit on Jupiter should occur around 1:00 AM MST. Is anyone else planning an observing trip for this event? I'm thinking of SPOC, possibly Skull Valley. Kim A. 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