[sac-forum] Fw: [AZ-Observing] Re: Site coordinates

Found the email in my SAC folder. That was Joe Macke, who continued Wil 
Milan's work from Peter's initial inquiry. More info than you'll ever need!

Jack

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Macke" <joe01@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 6:14 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Site coordinates


A year and a half or so ago, someone on the list (Wil Milan?) collected the
coordinates of many of the local observing sites.  Below is my accumulation
of the associated traffic.  It looks better with a fixed pitch font.

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Here is a list of the sites I've recorded. I've already sent it to Wil.
AZ Observing Site Coordinates

Site            Latitude        Longitude   Dec.Lat     Dec. Long
Arizona City    32:37:36    111:43:48   32.46000    111.73000
Cherry Road     34:31:08    112:05:08   34.51883    112.08543
Eagle Eye       33:43:47    113:17:49   33.72972    113.29694
Flat Iron       33:39:58    112:49:11   33.66575    112.81969
NASP            35:02:44    112:41:47   35.04549    112.69646
Sentinel        32:49:36    113:12:24   32.82678    113.20378
White Tanks     33:38:23    112:42:24   33.63981    112.70665

Arizona City Observing site:
NAD27 CONUS,  N 32 27.540  W 111 43.825
NAD83,        N 32 27.546  W 111 43.868
WGS84,        N 32 27.546  W 111 43.868

I dug out the coordinates of the Sun Glow ranch I took last October.  They
are for the small artificial fountain in the middle of the 'U' shaped
configuration of rooms.  I had my GPS receiver with me and took the
coordinates just for something to do during the day.  They are:
N 31  51' 02.0"; W 109  25' 19.0"

Palominas Observatory (925)
110d 08m 28s W
31d 24m 02s N

Vekol Deep Sky Site
Coordinates are NAD27 CONUS
N  32deg  47min  54.2sec
W 112deg 15min  13.8sec

Arizona City Observing Site     N 32 27.688     W 111 43.829
Buckeye Hills                   N 33 16.865     W 112 38.467
Canal Observing Site            N 33 35.241     W 113 15.000
Camp 613                        N 34 28.8       W 111 22.2
Dugas Observing Site            N 34 22.8       W 111 58.8
Eagle Eye Observing Site        N 33 45.200     W 113 16.667
Flatiron Observing Site         N 33 39.934     W 112 49.214
Sentinel Observing Site         N 32 49.603     W 113 12.401
Vekol Road Observing Site       N 32 48         W 112 15
White Tanks Observing Site      N 33 38.492     W 112 42.417

     Although Lowell's Anderson Mesa site is on Tom's AZ site page, here are
the specs specifically for the 31-inch telescope, which is about 150 meters
from the publically-accessible turnout, frequently used by local amateurs:

long = 111d32'09".0
lat  = +35d05'54".6
elev = 2208 meters

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>Greetings,
>I am looking for the coordinates for a couple of observing sites. Any GPS
users wanna share?
>Looking for Flatiron and Cherry Road.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Peter

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