[AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Rd?
- From: "AJ Crayon" <acrayon@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 21:24:19 -0700
Steve, thanks for the update and your club membership. Turns out Dick
Harshaw, myself and Steve Coe are trying to plan another trip to
Fredericksen's Meadow. I'm in for Thursday and Friday nights but they may
stay a bit longer. Join us if you can, would love to have you there.
AJ Crayon
Phoenix, AZ
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From: "SteveM" <zrx.steve@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 10:41 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Rd?
AJ:
It was good seeing you on Friday. It was amazing that the wind which was
blowing so steadily during the day died out and left use with a great
observing
night.
Frederickson's meadow was beautiful as it always is. My 8 year old daughter
Jamie and I did a couple of Geocache's (successful!!) during the day on
Friday and my wife arrived later that evening. For the most part, memorial
day
campers weren't an issue at night with lights and fires. I was using
Mallincam,
a 12" F/4 Newtonian, and a G11. This was my first night using a new to me
Orion
Starshoot autoguider and it was easy to use and performed well.
After you left on Saturday, my wife Suzanne, 8 year old daughter Jamie, and
I
drove to Flagstaff and hiked the lava tubes from end to end. On the way
back, I
overheard two truckers talking at the gas station and they said that I-40
eastbound had been shutdown due to high winds.
When I got back to Frederickson's meadow, another observer named Terry had
arrived. He said a Ranger had stopped by and told him to expect high winds,
and
gusts to 65 on Sunday. Terry, Steve Coe and I went out at twilight, but the
winds were bad and Steve Coe invited us into his motorhome where we enjoyed
good
conversation typical when Steve is involved. After an hour or so, we went
out
to try the skies again, but winds were still bad, and Steve commented on the
bad
seeing due to the dust in the air. Terry had a nice, new side by side
Explore
Scientific refractor setup (ED 127??) on a new Atlas. He also had the 100
degree Explore Scientific eyepieces. Terry treated us to some nice views of
Saturn with his new setup, but that was my observing evening due to the
wind.
Steve Coe and I decided to turn in and try again later that evening, so I
set my
alarm and got up at 1:00 but it was still blowing too hard. I never even
turned
my scope on Saturday evening. I talked with Terry the next morning, and he
tried a couple of times during the evening but also gave up due to wind.
Terry
and I exchanged email addresses and we're going to try to meet up at some
future
dark sky sites.
Terry packed up and left about 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning and we followed
about an
hour later. I never got a chance to say goodbye to Steve. The night before,
he
was thinking of going to an RV park in Verde Valley today because of the
wind
forcast, but I don't know if he did or not. There's no Internet access from
Fredericksons Meadow so he said he hadn't been in email for a few days.
Steve,
as always, thanks for the tips and great conversation. It's alway a
pleasure.
Steve
P.S. AJ, I'm SAC, not EVAC. :-)
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From: AJ Crayon <acrayon@xxxxxxx>
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, May 28, 2011 5:21:14 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Rd?
I just got back from Fredericksen's Meadow. When I left at 9:30am this
morning, per my plan, the wind was gusting to an estimated 20 or 30mph and
it wasn't the FM type gusts. This wind was continuous not the cyclical kind
from the meadow caused by its heating from sun.
Steve Coe, myself and another gentleman, with a very nice Mellancam(?), from
EVAC were there. There was a little breeze Thursday night and we have a 7/7
session. Friday night was much better, no wind and I called it an 8/8.
This morning the wind was another story.
Steve said on Friday, he would be there until Wednesday after Memorial Day
and would decide then if the stay would be exteded. Unfortunately he
doesn't have internet connection and if his plans change we will not know
about it until he finds a location that will permit him to connect to the
internet.
AJ Crayon
Phoenix, AZ
----- Original Message -----
From: <DBogan3220@xxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 3:35 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Rd?
There is always' next week. The crowd at the Meadow are even having
stronger winds. The Discovery Telescope site is really gone to the dogs
Dwight
In a message dated 5/28/2011 3:34:12 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
dgruber@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I'm thinking it's too breezy to have a good observing session. (It's
plenty
windy right now at my house near Scottsdale and Shea.) If the usual DOTM
crowd was going up anyway, I might come for the party and take my chances.
But it sounds like most folks either are at the Meadow or plan to pass on
this one. Better luck next month, I hope.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DBogan3220@xxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 3:21 PM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Rd?
So what do you guy's think that Cherry Rd is going to do tonight.
Dwight
In a message dated 5/28/2011 2:34:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
Skylook123@xxxxxxx writes:
I was just talking with Marker Marshal, our Ranger contact at the Grand
Canyon, and she says they've already had winds hit 60 MPH today.
Jim O'Connor
South Rim Coordinator
Grand Canyon Star Party
gcsp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In a message dated 5/28/2011 1:23:09 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
rharshaw2@xxxxxxx writes:
OK. I guess the :-/ icon is a wry smile? Got it.
Actually, it turned out okay last night after the sun went down. The
winds
stopped (they were hitting 30 knots about 6:00 pm) and the sky was good,
though not great.
Today's forecast is for 40 knot gusts and even 30 knot gusts tonight.
Sunday's transparency forecast degrades badly too.
Richard Harshaw
Cave Creek, Arizona
Brilliant Sky Observatory
-----Original Message-----
From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steven Dodder
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 1:16 PM
To: Az Observing
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Rd?
No problem here. The last email was meant as a joke. I'm sure he'll
understand. I sent him a weather report last night, so no big deal.
Steve Dodder
Coordinator, Grand Canyon Star Party, North Rim
Chairman, SAC Novice Group
Director, Stone Haven Observatory
sdodder@xxxxxxxxxxx
Visit my web site at http://www.stonehavenobservatory.com
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 11:15:56 -0700
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Rd?
> From: rharshaw2@xxxxxxx
> To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Steve, I don't owe him anything. I said I would probably be there
Saturday
> night, weather permitting, and that with good weather I might stay
over
> Sunday. Weather always has the final say on observing.
> Richard Harshaw, from my htc Evo
> On May 27, 2011 9:12 PM, "Steve D." <fester00@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Gee, I don't know. Maybe because you said you'd be there....or
> something...and that you emailed him... or something... :-/
> > So, should I email him or do you want to?
> >
> >
> > Steve Dodder
> > Chairman, SAC Novice Group
> > Coordinator, Grand Canyon Star Party, North Rim
> > Director, Stone Haven Observatory
> >
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