[AZ-Observing] Re: Breezy Antennas
- From: Dan Heim <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:01:44 -0700
Good luck with that wind. NWS has most of AZ "breezy" for several days
yet, in fact, all the way to Tuesday. Not like I expect it to end there.
Had a "gifted" second grader up here to New River to interview me about
dwarf planets for a school project. It was daytime, so I had my
Takahashi set up on Cardinal Stadium in Glendale, which I can just see
through a valley in the mountains. I'm at 2200 feet, so the scope was
actually pointed slightly below horizontal. You could see it, but the
kid asked why everything was so blurry. Gave him a little extra lesson
on "seeing" and how it can be affected by dust in the air. On a good
day, I can make out fixtures and other details on the dome. But with all
the dust in the air, the dome itself was barely visible.
Good luck out there all. Hope you can get some decent observing in.
Dan Heim
On 4/29/2011 12:49 PM, stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Howdy all;
>
> Well, it is certainly windy at the Antennas site. I would guess 10mph
> gusting to 20. We did get a little observing done last night, but the
> wind started up again around 10:30 and we sat around for a while hoping it
> would die off and it never went away. I watched a DVD and went to bed
> just before 2 AM. Got up around 10, then Matt and I had breakfast at the
> KOFA cafe. Other than that we are just sitting around telling stories and
> enjoying ourselves. Hoping that the breeze will go away at least for a
> while tonight. We shall see.
>
> Clear skies to us all;
> Steve Coe
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