[AZ-Observing] Re: Clear Sky Chart Experience
- From: "David M. Douglass" <dmdouglass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 16:15:07 -0700
Wow... apparently I can't type !!
Regarding "Vekol"... it should have said "now unsed"....
And... a better listing of the sites:
Antenna Site (AASP / AAMM -- Co-sponsored to show both EVAC/SAC)
Gilbert Rotary Centennial Observatory (aka GRCO)
Griffin Ranch (N of Globe)
Picketpost Mountain Trailhead
(Must be the colder than usual weather......).
David M. Douglass
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David M. Douglass
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 3:53 PM
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Cc: Haynes, Claude
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Clear Sky Chart Experience
With regard to "updates".... here is a "quote" from the CSC pages info
section, regarding "Sponsorship".
..
Why be a sponsor?
Aside from knowing that you're helping north-american astronomers observe
more often and the sheer joy of altruism, it gives me an oppourtunity to
thank you in some small ways.
It seems appropriate to me to give more computing resources to sponsored
charts -- after all, sponsors are helping to pay precisely for that.
It currently takes about two hours for me to update all chart pages after a
CMC forecast update. So some charts get updated sooner than others. The
'update rank' or order by which I generate charts is listed in the
'techno-geek' fine print at the bottom of the legend pages. I nominally
choose to update the most used charts first.
To thank sponsors for their patronage, I will be updating sponsored charts
first and then all other charts.
I may release to sponsored-charts first, cpu-time-intensive features that I
can't afford to generate for all charts. (Then later to all charts as I
upgrade computers.) One example the climate/history pages. They take entire
days of computer time to calculate. So I only do them for sponsored charts
now.
...
EVAC, in the past, has sponsored several sites. Amount them are/were:
Antenna Site (AASP / AAMM -- Co-sponsored to show both EVAC/SAC) Gilbert
Rotary Centennial Observatory (aka GRCO) Griffin Ranch (N of Globe)
Picketpost Mountain Trailhead
Previously, Tom Polakis had sponsored the (now used EVAC site) Vekol Rd.
Anyway.... we had just noticed recently that apparently, we dropped the
sponsorship of these sites.
That was not intended. We have contacted Atilla Danko to let him know that
"the check is in the mail"....
Hopefully, we will have these sites back on the "sponsored" list in a few
days.
David M. Douglass
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david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (main)
Cell (602) 908-9092
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of J. D MADDY
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 3:39 PM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Clear Sky Chart Experience
I have found the CSC updates twice daily. Usually once before noon and again
around 9 PM. In the desert, the weather can change much quicker than that.
Always look at the time stamp to make sure you're looking at the latest
update. I use it all the time and except for the monsoons, it works well.
JD Maddy
Clarkdale, AZ
> Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 15:04:36 -0700
> From: cal_donley@xxxxxxx
> To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Clear Sky Chart Experience
>
> On 11/15/14 14:32, Stan Gorodenski wrote:
>
> > What are your experiences with the Clear Sky Chart? It shows
> > completely clear, or almost clear, skies from 8am this morning
> > throughout the night. However, it is very cloudy now and has been
> > for some time and I do not think it will move out that quickly. The
chart is way off today.
>
> The charts are only updated periodically, though more often if
> sponsored. Most likely, the weather isn't strictly following the
> forecasts. For the most part, I've found CSC to be quite useful, but
> as with any predictor of a systems as complex as the weather, not
> always perfect. I figure before I complain too loudly about inaccuracy
> at my preferred observing site, I ought to drop a few bucks in the
> hat. Since I haven't done that, I simply appreciate a service
> available to me at no charge and accept the occasional misses.
>
> -- Mike --
> --
> cal_donley@xxxxxxx
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