[AZ-Observing] Re: Any Advice?
- From: AJ Crayon <acrayon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 18:25:14 -0700
Stan et al, Wil brings up an interesting and worthy comment about taking a nap
between observing and problems the cooling night air can do to a battery
powered clock.
What I do to limit the napping is to not dress very warmly and not take the
nature break when the nap begins. After about an hour, or so, both the cooled
down night air and the lacking nature break are interfering with the pleasant
rest. It gets to the point were you HAVE TO GIVE UP on the nap and get up to
take care of yourself;o)) Works great for me, I don't know if others have
tried it.
Hope this helps,
aj
Wil Milan wrote:
> Stan,
>
>
> One problem to be aware of with naps: If it's cold outside and you're usi=
> ng
> a battery-powered timer to wake you up, the cold may weaken the battery
> to the point that the alarm won't go off and you'll sleep through till mo=
> rning,
> which is not what you want. (Been there, done that :-). In my case it too=
> k
> me a few times to figure it out because the timer looked OK -- the LCD st=
> ill
> showed the correct time -- but there wasn't enough spare juice in the bat=
> tery
> to work the beeper.) Either use a timer powered by the battery in your ca=
> r,
> or keep the timer inside your jacket so that it will stay warm enough to
> ring when the time is up.
>
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