[AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Rd II Saturday night

Paul,

Brent Archinal corrected this in a previous post last week:

>Tom Polakis has noted there was a digit wrong (in ten's of minutes place 
>in latitude) in the coordinates I posted earlier for the Cherry Road II 
>site.  The corrected information is, for the northeastern corner of the 
>field (GPS, WGS84 coordinates):
>N 34d 30.864' W 112d 05.140' 

>with an approximate elevation of 4360 ft. 

>- Brent

Jack Jones
Public Events Coordinator
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix AZ
Telescoper@xxxxxxx
www.saguaroastro.org


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Dickson" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 12:50 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Rd II Saturday night


On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 08:59:28 -0700, AJ Crayon wrote:

> Directions for getting to the site:
> 
> Drive north on I-17 about 70 miles from central Phoenix to the Cherry 
> Road exit.  This is state highway 169.  Turn left over the freeway to 
> the west and go about 5 miles, just beyond mile marker number 10.  At 
> the sign which says "Cherry 6" turn south onto a dirt road.  Note:  this 
> is the opposite direction of the arrow that is on the sign.  The 
> observing site is about 6/10 of a mile south on the dirt road on the 
> left, a rather large field.  It is one of the few places where the dirt 
> birm on the edge of the road will allow you to drive off the road.  GPS 
> coordinates are N 34d 00.864' W 112d 05.140' and approximate elevation 
> of 4360 ft.

These coords are about a mile or two north of I-17's Table Mesa exit.
They should be (about) 34.514 N, 112.0864 W.

Google Map's directions from the old to the new site. :-)

    http://tinyurl.com/nkofv


-Paul

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