The question of where to hold a star party, IMO, depends a lot on who it's for: is it for the public or mostly for us amateurs? If the latter, then a more out-of-the-way site makes sense. With Mars' good apparition, some place further west might be preferrable for the next one, maybe? But hey, I'm just happy to hear when anyone's heading out and might enjoy some company. I think it'd be fun to get in the mode of doing a public party somewhere that would be reasonably central (although that doesn't sound like a bad spot) on the weekend nearest first quarter--when viewing targets are a bit limited by natural light. But that's just a thought I've had for a while (something like what the SLAS does). BTW, although I can't go this year, I definitely recommend the Rocky Mountain Star Stare as a great "serious" star party (rmss.org). It's not a bad day's drive to Gardner, CO from around here and the viewing has been really great most years I've been. Fewer clouds, more free evenings! John On 5/23/2016 4:58 PM, Lynn Cooley wrote:
Hi Richard
I have a suggestion for the next star party. The Dry Canyon trialhead parking lot. It is an excellent view and at night the trees on the hill on the west side of the parking lot blocks out most of the light. It is straight up from state st. in Lindon on the side of the mountain. Plenty of room to set up telescopes and we could have a lot of fun.
Good viewing Lynn Cooley _______________________________________________ UVAA mailing list UVAA@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa