[AZ-Observing] Re: Chaco Canyon Photos
- From: "Jack Jones" <Telescoper@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 11:18:51 -0700
Marge has an article in the Oct SAC newletter about her stay there which has
just been sent out I think.
Jack Jones
Public Events Coordinator
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix AZ
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From: "Stan Gorodenski" <stan_gorodenski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 8:36 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Chaco Canyon Photos
> Tom, thanks for the photographs. Margie Williams said she was up there
> recently. Now I know what it is.
> Stan
>
> Tom Polakis wrote:
>
> >Last weekend, Jenn and I met up at Chaco Canyon with our friends Chuck and
Judy Dethloff, who have been the directors of the Oregon Star Party until this
year. It was worth making the 7-hour drive, which culminates in 20 miles of
dirt road to the entrance to the park. Pictures are posted here:
> >
> >http://www.pbase.com/polakis/chaco2005
> >
> >There is actually some astronomy in the photos. Several years ago, Chaco
began an astronomy program thanks to the individual effort of John Sefick, who
told us that he moved from Chicago to Albuquerque in search of a dark-sky
retirement. He singlehandedly funded a 25-inch Obsession in a dome and a C14
on an A-P 1200 mount. The astronomy program is hosted by rangers or
volunteers, who get to use the equipment after giving the visitors a tour.
Thanks to the Chaco program, a similar observing program is happening at Bryce
Canyon National Park.
> >
> >Another astronomy attraction is the pictograph of the 1054 "Crab Nebula"
supernova on an inacessible rock ceiling. Getting to this famous rendition
requires a 7-mile round-trip hike that's mostly flat.
> >
> >The main attraction is well-preserved ruins from 10th- and 11th-century
civilization, some of them impressively large. Pueblo Bonito is said to have
been the largest structure in North America until the first skyscrapers in the
1800's.
> >
> >Tom
> >
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