[AZ-Observing] Re: Short Night
- From: Skylook123@xxxxxxx
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:05:45 EST
Friday, 02/12/10 5:55 AM conditions in Tucson:
Temp - 39F
Wind Chill - 33F
Humidity - 89%
Dew Point - 36F
Outdoor equipment dang near dripping with dew!
Jim O'Connor
South Rim Coordinator
20th Annual Grand Canyon Star Party
gcsp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In a message dated 2/12/10 6:37:02 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx writes:
20 miles south-west of Dan, ASDOG was up and running until a thin veil of
high clouds further reduced the already poor transparency even further. I
checked a couple of times for dew but none was present. Took some time at
the eyepiece to observe and sketch Mars, try to find Deimos, etc. At about
21:15 I closed the roof and pulled the CGE Mount apart in preparation of
replacing a bad bearing in on the Dec worm gear shaft. This unselfish act
of
dismantling my scope right at the dark of the Moon should surely invite
Metiora to conger up clear skies for those who will be out this week-end.
Hopefully see doesn't see the case concealing the C-8 sitting on the shelf
near by :-)
Thank you,
Jimmy Ray
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Heim
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:34 PM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Short Night
Yeah, we had fog this morning in New River. Rare for this area. Even
though the Sun was shining today, you could feel the chill of the wind from
evaporative cooling. I wanted to check out Mars tonight, but figured
there'd be a dew problem. It stopped raining 36 hours ago, but my weather
station reports a relative humidity of 80%. So I didn't bother setting up
my scope. NWS predicts we'll be drying out in the next week. Hopefully,
clear skies soon.
Dan Heim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Gorodenski" <stanlep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "AZ-Observing" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:24 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Short Night
> I had to close things up early tonight. To my surprise fog rolled in
> around 9:15, and it is still foggy and everything is very wet from it. I
> wonder if heavy dew could be a problem in the desert areas this weekend.
> Stan
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