[roc-chat] Re: Launch site.
- From: David Erbas-White <derbas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 19:08:00 -0700
On 5/9/2012 3:19 PM, Chris J Kobel wrote:
I don't know what the setup schedule is going to be like this year for
ROCstock, but 'typically' we've done the striping on the Tuesday prior
to the event.
HOWEVER, this year that happens to be occurring at exactly the same time
as the Venus transit (which won't happen again for 104 years, so I'll
likely miss the next one). I will very likely be busy viewing, and
attempting to photograph, the transit, so I don't know how much help I
can be. On the other hand, it may turn out that viewing from Lucerne
Dry Lake ends up being my optimum viewing area, so IF I can get my solar
telescope and camera set up, I'll probably be able to help out to some
extent (and obviously would be able to help on Wednesday). On the
gripping hand, for those who would like to help out, if Tuesday DOES end
up being the 'striping/starting' day, then perhaps that would provide
additional incentive for others to come out and view the Venus transit
through solar-protected telescopes, as well...
I'm not sure how many scopes I will be having/using -- I currently have
a mid-to-high end solar scope, and a low-to-lower-mid end solar scope
that I might be selling prior to the upcoming eclipse, as well as an
additional 'normal' mid-end scope that I have a solar filter for (this
would be termed a 'white light' scope/filter combination, which is
perfectly fine for viewing the transit, but not so useful if you're
looking for solar flares...
If any folks (regardless of stripeousity of the desert) want to or plan
to view the transit, feel free to contact me.
Side note -- I'll be doing a 'gumball' run on May 20th to St. George, UT
to view the annular eclipse - which will serve as a good practice run
for viewing/photographing the transit...
David Erbas-White
If it's too soon for the BOD to respond, I understand. As a usual
part of the Walquist-Erbas-White ROCstock surveying crew, I'm just
looking ahead and trying to visualize how we are going to stripe up
the lakebed come June.
In the meantime, just getting a little healthy exercise for my 1st
amendment rights (not easy to do these days!)
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