[sac-forum] Re: A fun party
- From: Wayne Westlake <webbew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:51:08 -0700
Is anyone going to be observing from the Cherry Road site on Sunday the
12th? I see from the calendar there's a star party on the 11th but was
wondering if anyone else was going to be there for the peak on the 12th.
Thanks!
Wayne Westlake
On Sun, 2007-08-05 at 08:23 -0700, Rick Tejera wrote:
> Steve,
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> Thanks for having us, if you have to spend a night under clouds, what
> better way than with good people talking astronomy.
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> Here’s hoping Meteora is kind to us
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> Clear Skies
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> Rick Tejera
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> President, Editor SACnews
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> Saguaro Astronomy Club
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> Phoenix, Arizona
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> www.saguaroastro.org
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> [mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Coe
> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 23:10
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> Subject: [sac-forum] A fun party
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> Howdy all;
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> Well, we had some rain during the pizza party, but it did not dampen
> the party goers!
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> Chris showed up with some great prints from his astrophotos, lots of
> terrific images of comets, clusters, nebulae and the Magellanic
> Clouds.
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> There was a short downpour right after I had finished the tour of my
> roll off roof observatory. Fortunately, the roof stayed closed at all
> times.
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> The pizza arrived and we dived in, the only time there was a lull in
> the chatting. I counted 20 people in attendance and I one or two
> arrived just after the food. We ate all put one piece of pizza and I
> was left with some sodas and water.
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> Andrew showed up with a DVD he made from images he has taken over the
> years at SAC star parties. Some very interesting shots of us at a
> variety of observing sites.
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> We talked about telescopes, astrophotos, places to go observe, objects
> to observe once you are there and lots more.
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> It was certainly a fun evening, thanks to all who made time to show up
> and join in.
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> Hope to see you for next weekend for the “Heck with the Monsoons” star
> party;
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> Steve Coe
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