[AZ-Observing] Re: Where to go?

Since this weekend appears it will be a bad one for observing, I _must_  =
:-)  point out that last Saturday was great at my place near Prescott, wh=
ich, as you may know is only 15 miles west of the Cherry Rd site. The sky=
 seemed to have cleared up when it got dark although there undoubtedly we=
re some of the thin clouds that were seen in the afternoon. One person wh=
o left at 10:30 commented the sky had cleared up by that time, but as I p=
osted in SAC-Form: "The sky was fantastic from about midnight, I would gu=
ess, until I went to bed at 3:30. The double double in Lyra was nicely sp=
lit, the transparency greatly increased, the skies got very noticeably be=
tter, and around 2:30 when I decided to take a peak at Jupiter I as astou=
nded. It was nice and crisp and full of detail. It was a great night, lat=
er on [i.e., from at least midnight (maybe even 10:30) to 3:30 at which t=
ime everyone, I believe, quit for the night], in my opinion."

Last Saturday was the night!=20
Stan



Andrew Goodwin wrote:

>   Right now it looks like the Antenna site is better (weather wise)=20
>than Cherry road. If we arrive just after sunset we could avoid getting =

>a sunburn. The national weather service predicts it will reach 66=20
>degrees by 11:00 PM. The cloud cover is predicted to be 18% at that=20
>time. Cherry Rd will be cooler buy predicted to have a 33% cloud cover.
>
>   Of course this all could change (remember AAMM?)   So Joe AJ........ =

>Shall we brave the heat for a wile?
>
>Clear Skies
>
>Andrew.
>
>PS   You need to check my new plates on my truck.
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