[AZ-Observing] Re: Observing Report from Griffin Ranch May 30, 2011

  • From: Howard Anderson <handy13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:21:36 -0700

Hi Paul,

Excellent writing!  Very poetic.  Very well done.

You mentioned wanting to go to higher elevations.  I would recommend
Forest Road 409 above Big Lake.  I've been there occasionally.  It
is at the 9200 foot level.  Best view of Jupiter I ever got was there.
Absolutely crystal clear...  Need to avoid the monsoon of course...

This shot was taken while we were there during a monsoon storm:
http://www.astroshow.com/astropho/lighten.jpg
That one scared me and I took the camera back into the motorhome
and quit for the night.  :-)   Plain old 50mm lens (Canon AE-1) and
film so you can tell that the bolt hit the ground within 1/8 of a mile... 

This is a 1997 film shot from that location:
http://www.astroshow.com/astropho/ngc6781.htm


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Thanks,

Howard, in Tempe AZ

Http://www.astroshow.com
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L Knauth wrote:

>Observing Report from Griffin Ranch May 30, 2011
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