[sac-board] Re: 2008 Meeting Dates

I should have indicated this in my earlier message but didn't.  I agree that 
Steve's attempt to avoid conflicts with EVAC is an excellent idea and 
support that effort.  Looks like Tom has backed it up with some good 
information about lunar sequencing.

Clear skies,
aj

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Polakis" <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
To: <sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 1:34 PM
Subject: [sac-board] Re: 2008 Meeting Dates


While I will no longer be a Board member in 2008, I endorse Steve's attempts 
to avoid conflicts with EVAC meetings.  I know that there are very few of us 
who attend both meetings, but it is nice to have EVAC meetings open as an 
option.

I went to the USNO Data Services site to find out how much dark time we 
would be missing wth Steve's proposed changes.  Listed below are moon rise 
or set times for the 8 meetings that would not conflict with EVAC dates.  In 
parenthesis is my estimate of how many dark hours would be missed on these 
meeting nights.  In every case but one, the dark hours are after midnight, 
since Steve rescheduled to First Quarter, and the maximum number of dark 
hours is 3 1/2.

So at least from an astrnomical standpoint, there's no reason to have a 
problem with Steve's schedule changes.

Tom
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22-Feb   Full,  Rises at 8:10 PM (0 hours)
11-Apr   1Q, Sets at 1:35 AM (3 1/2 hours)
23-Mar   Full, Rises at 10:10 PM (2 hours)
13-Jul    1Q, Sets at 2:14 AM (2 hours)
11-Jul    1Q, Sets at 12:47 AM (3 hours)
12-Sep   Full, Sets at 3:21 AM (1 1/2 hours)
10-Oct    1Q, Sets at 2:06 AM (3 hours)
14-Nov   Full, 6:41 PM (0 hours)

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