[AZ-Observing] Re: Photos of Observing Trip to Mount Bigelow 61" Telescope

Hey Brian,
Yup, there would be little slogging if there were snow.  It would be fun to 
take the skateboard down.  The covered walkway reminded me a lot of the Snow 
Solar Telescope on Mt. Wilson.
There is also no slogging in Michigan right now.  I guess we'll have to make a 
drive up to Flagstaff to see some snow.
Jenn

---- Brian Skiff <bas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
>      So the covered walkway is so you don't have to slog through
> the snow to get to/from the telescope, yes?  
>      The parallel of the 'Looking back at Tucson' shot with 
> Mount Wilson is remarkable.  Clean desert air!
>      Folks might be interested to know that the Catalina Schmidt
> is presently the most productive telescope in the world as far as
> near-Earth asteroid discoveries (and comets, too).  Amongst us
> long-time telescope-operators Rik Hill is well-known as the the
> guy who did almost all the observing with the Burrell Schmidt
> at Kitt Peak, completing several major spectral surveys (the last
> ones, actually) during the 1980s with that instrument.
> 
> \Brian
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