[sac-forum] Re: weather

  • From: "Wes Edens" <edensw@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 08:42:38 -0700

I'm sorry--this is all my fault.  Bought a new scope, and to make matters
worse, I made an observing list.

On Nov 8, 2007 8:23 AM, Andrew Goodwin <a.goodwin1@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>   Well all this talk of the name and place has made the weather gods
> angry. Looks like we will have a cloudy night both Friday and Saturday.
> Could Pierre be behind this?
>
>   Rick let me know when you get your Garmin so I can send you maps and
> waypoints. The new firmware interfaces with Google earth and geocaching
> very well and you can load caches from geocaching com with one click.
> Very cool.
>
> Andrew
>
>
> Rick Tejera wrote:
> > OK, Doing a bit of Searching near Saddle mountain, It looks as though we
> may
> > be able to continue straight on Eliot where it turns north. About .15
> miles
> > in it turns SW and then about 100 feet further on is what looks to be a
> flat
> > spot that may hold promise. I looked at aerial Photo's on the Maricopa
> > County Assessors site (Courtesy of Andrew). The cords are approximately
> N33
> > 20.789; W113 00.275, Elev. 1000'.
> >
> > The only possible drawback (Aside from if the road is passable by a
> > passenger car), is a wash that would need to be crossed to get there.
> >
> > Here is the web site I used. Zoom in on the area I'm talking about and
> from
> > the menu options on the left, select aerial Photo and 2006 Flights.
> >
> > http://www.maricopa.gov/Assessor/GIS/map.html
> >
> > A Starting point at least.
> >
> > Clear Skies
> > Rick Tejera
> > President, Editor SACnews
> > Saguaro Astronomy Club
> > Phoenix, Arizona
> > www.saguaroastro.org
> > saguaroastro@xxxxxxx
> >
>
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