[sac-board] Re: TBird Spring Star Party May 10

Jack has covered the situation.... From the dirt and dust on those 
flashers, they haven't been used in a decade!!  (We used to put them out 
when we did star parties out at Buckeye Hills, years and years back...)
I can survey the condition of those flashers for possible use for the 
Messier Marathon....  The replacement lantern cells might be a bit 
expensive...

We have never needed anything like that before, at TBird.... I don't 
know what the Parks Dept. is thinking... You can read a newspaper by the 
light from Aurorae Phoenicis up there.  People are smart enough to bring 
flashlights to walk in the dark, I think.... We are just "guests" at the 
Park, let Glendale take care of the traffic and security issues !

By May, the TBird entranceway construction should be completed, 
hopefully -- again, NOT our "problem"!!

This will be our 30th annual spring star party with Glendale, all but 
perhaps one or two held at Thunderbird Park....

Gene
(17250)

Jack Jones wrote:

>AJ,
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>You may have missed the last Board mtg when these were allocated to Gene along 
>with other club so-called 'junk' to dispose of as he saw fit. The lites do 
>have nostalgia value I guess, but perhaps the Club should invest in some 
>light-weight and smaller and less battery-expensive red lights (10,000+-hour 
>life and not orange like these) that are available these days. I haven't seen 
>or had to deal with a 6V lantern battery in a long time.
>
>Jack
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "AJ Crayon" <acrayon@xxxxxxx>
>To: <sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 9:53 AM
>Subject: [sac-board] Re: TBird Spring Star Party May 10
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>Gene, are these yellow that sit on a squarish base and, presumably, blink
>red?  If so shouldn't they be part of the properties?  They work well during
>the Messier Marathons marking the entrance or exit between twilight.  I'd
>like these to be setup for this year's event.
>
>Clear skies,
>aj
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "gene lucas" <geneluca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 11:39 PM
>Subject: [sac-board] Re: TBird Spring Star Party May 10
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>I have the olde SAC blinkers up here in the garage, if somebody wants to
>spring for some fresh batteries....
>(6V lantern cells, I think...) Not enough of  'em for a full mile,
>however...
>Gene
>(17250)
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>Jack Jones wrote:
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>>Maybe, if it doesn't affect their budget. I don't know how they plan to
>>execute that, it's like a mile. I'm calling her again tomorrow.
>>Jack
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx>
>>To: <sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 8:35 PM
>>Subject: [sac-board] Re: TBird Spring Star Party May 10
>>Any way of getting them to use red lights?
>>Clear Skies
>>Rick Tejera
>>Editor SACnews
>>Saguaro Astronomy Club
>>Phoenix, Arizona
>>www.saguaroastro.org
>>saguaroastro@xxxxxxx
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