[sac-forum] Cherry Road
- From: "Steve Coe" <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 03:00:54 -0700
Howdy all;
A nice turnout for the "The Heck with the Monsoons" star party at
Cherry Road. We had 19 vehicles and a fun gang of eager observers.
AJ and I had driven up and arrived about 6:15 to find that eight or
nine anxious observers were already there. It looked like all that we
would be able to do was talk about observing, the clouds were pretty
thick at sunset. However, some holes appeared and Tom Polakis and I
enjoyed a some views in my 6 inch f/6 Maksutov-Newtonian. We stuck
with bright and famous objects, but the Ring and M-13 were providing
pretty good views for a cloudy night.
The clouds moved in for a while and we gathered in a circle and
discussed a variety of topics from the averted baseball strike to
electronic setting circles. After 30 minutes or so of "exchanging
views", the clouds started to clear and I aligned the scope so that I
could find some Stock open clusters in Cassiopeia. I made some
drawings and wrote observations of three of these rather obscure
clusters when the clouds rolled in and we tore down the scopes and
made our way home.
So, at least for the two years that we have had this star party so
far, we have not been completely skunked. We have always had at least
an hour or two of viewing. With that in mind I will look at the
calendar and choose a date for the third annual Monsoons star party.
Hope to see ya there.
Steve Coe
stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx
Author: Deep Sky Observing--The Astronomical Tourist
Saguaro Astronomy Club web site:
www.saguaroastro.org
Other related posts:
