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["Thom/TFW" <mthomj@xxxxxxxxx>]

I can wait....I was just looking at the Moon calendar and thought I would
let people start thinking about what they want.to do.

Wasn't it 2 years ago we had it real early and people wondered if they could
make it. We are almost hitting Riverside if go May 31st.

Good thing this is a public star party, people like to see the Moon anyway.

Thom

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Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:30 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: GCSP 2008


> Hi Thom-
>
> No, I normally wouldn't think about 2008 until at this year's event, but
> man, that is about the worst moon in the 17 years I've been picking dates!
>  I've sworn never to have anything more than a quarter moon in the sky
> (getting too bright), so that puts it either 31May-June7, or June 21-28.
> We would have dark sky for the first range with a 4-day moon on the 7th.
> On the 21-28 range, moonrise is 10pm (!) the first night, and still rises
> at 1am on the 28th.  We can't go later, cause that would run into the 4th
> weekend, and we are already tempting monsoon clouds with the later range
> anyway.  To me it would be a no-brainer to go with the earlier dates, but
> I see your point regarding kids still in school.  I would be glad to go
> with a vote of the regulars to see what the preferences would be.  Do you
> want to wait till the Pasta Feed, or do you want an answer NOW?
>
> -Dean
>
>
> > Yes I'm thinking about 2008, it's what 20+ years of maintenance planning
> > does to you.
> > Has anyone looked at the Moon phase calendar for June 2008? Full Moon is
> > Wednesday June 18th.
> >
> > Looks like the 2008 GCSP will have a lot of Moon  Only 2 possible start
> > dates are June 7th or June 21st. I would rather have the June 21st so
kids
> > are out of school and able to be there. (bigger crowds)
> >
> > Looking ahead to 2009 that's going to be great Full Moon is the 7th New
> > Moon on the 22nd. (no problems there)
> >
> > "Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means" Francis
> > Hutchenson a Scot philosopher
> >
> > Thom Walczak
> > www.siriuslookers.org
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