[AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Rd II Saturday night
- From: "Jack Jones" <Telescoper@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:05:07 -0700
Paul,
Brent Archinal corrected this in a previous post last week:
>Tom Polakis has noted there was a digit wrong (in ten's of minutes place
>in latitude) in the coordinates I posted earlier for the Cherry Road II
>site. The corrected information is, for the northeastern corner of the
>field (GPS, WGS84 coordinates):
>N 34d 30.864' W 112d 05.140'
>with an approximate elevation of 4360 ft.
>- Brent
Jack Jones
Public Events Coordinator
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix AZ
Telescoper@xxxxxxx
www.saguaroastro.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Dickson" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 12:50 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Rd II Saturday night
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 08:59:28 -0700, AJ Crayon wrote:
> Directions for getting to the site:
>
> Drive north on I-17 about 70 miles from central Phoenix to the Cherry
> Road exit. This is state highway 169. Turn left over the freeway to
> the west and go about 5 miles, just beyond mile marker number 10. At
> the sign which says "Cherry 6" turn south onto a dirt road. Note: this
> is the opposite direction of the arrow that is on the sign. The
> observing site is about 6/10 of a mile south on the dirt road on the
> left, a rather large field. It is one of the few places where the dirt
> birm on the edge of the road will allow you to drive off the road. GPS
> coordinates are N 34d 00.864' W 112d 05.140' and approximate elevation
> of 4360 ft.
These coords are about a mile or two north of I-17's Table Mesa exit.
They should be (about) 34.514 N, 112.0864 W.
Google Map's directions from the old to the new site. :-)
http://tinyurl.com/nkofv
-Paul
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