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["Jon Christensen" <jonc97@xxxxxxx>]

That's such a neat area.  It's got to be a great place to have a star party.




Jon Christensen



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From: "Jeff Hopkins" <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:45 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Chinle Star Parties


>I just returned from Chinle where I helped host two star parties, one
> Tuesday night and one last night. Each were a success. While a long
> drive, I felt it was worth it.
>
> In addition to the star parties I gave 4 talks on astronomy. One
> turned interesting when we got into the various types of black holes,
> quantum and string theory. Lots of fun.
>
> The high elevation and clear skies were great. I think next time they
> need to schedule these with less of a moon, however. We looked at
> M57, M13 and M31 as well as some double stars, planets and open
> clusters. This was the first time most of the people had looked
> through a telescope. It was very satisfying. Hopefully something will
> be arranged again next year during the dark of the moon.
>
> Canyon de Chelly is right there and a most interesting place to
> visit. The second star party was help at the visitor's center.

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