[AZ-Observing] Re: Anyone heading out this weekend?
- From: jack.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 16:05:09 -0700
So you need to go test your telescope...three hours would be plenty!
The only function I know of this wknd is Sat night (20th) an all-night Girl
Scout Star Party up towards Cave Creek at Dynamite & 64th St. is going on
(Desert Sun Elementary), contact Adam Sunshine (adamsunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
for details.
Jack
> > The moon's not too bad this weekend, there's a universe of galaxies high
> > above, and the summer Milky Way is visible after midnight. Anyone have
> > plans to head out Friday or Saturday night?
>
>
> Actually the moon is pretty bad, setting at 1:45 tomorrow morning. That
> gives us less than three hours of dark time tonight and less Saturday.
> While the moon may be only 7 days old, it's currently about as far north
> on the ecliptic as it can go.
>
> Alas, the sky looks good, and I have a freshly coated, freshly refigured
> 20-inch mirror out of the shipping container and ready to install.
>
> Tom
>
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