[AZ-Observing] Re: Forecast for next Tuesday night?
- From: "AJ Crayon" <acrayon@xxxxxxx>
- To: "David Hofland" <hofland@xxxxxxx>, "SAC Forum" <sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "AZ Observing" <AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:00:18 -0700
Can anyone help David with his observing plans for next week? I'm still
working on building up stamina for observing sessions.
David, have you signed up to the sac forum and az observing lists?
BTW, Jacksonville State University is in Alabama. David is a member of SAC
and, last year, was awarded a telescope plaque for completing the Messier
Catalog.
Clear skies,
aj
----- Original Message -----
From: David Hofland
To: AJ Crayon
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:21 AM
Subject: Forecast for next Tuesday night?
AJ,
Just a crazy idea here. I reserved three nights at Star Hill Inn with
the 22-inch dob for Monday through Wednesday nights next week. Been looking
forwrd to it for months, but obviously any astronomy vacation planned several
weeks in advance depends on luck for the weather. I'm watching the forecast
and luck seems to be in short supply for northeast New Mexico for early next
week. I've scheduled the week off, and managed to convince my wife to leave
her business in the hands of an underling for the week so that she can
accompany me, a rare event. So I'm committed to taking the week off, and I'm
struggling with the question of, if not Sapello NM, then where? So one option,
other than just staying home, is to reroute to Phoenix and perhaps meet up with
someone from the SAC at one of the observing sites in Arizona for Tuesday
and/or Wednesday night. If the weather is good, would any club members be
thinking of going out one, or both, of those nights? Right now the forecast
for Phoenix for Monday night through Wednesday looks a whole lot better than
the forecast for Sapello NM. What do you think? I was confident of New Mexico
and since I had reserved a 22-inch dob I took the opportunity to send my 16"
dob's mirrors to Spectrum for re-coating, a 30 day turn-around job. But I
still have my 10". The wife is probably going to try to convince me to stay
home, ugh, but I was just wondering if we might just make it an adventure and
divert from I-40 to I-10 and head for Phoenix? Its only 2-hours longer drive.
The much better desert skies (assuming the weather is good) will make my 10"
feel like a 14 compared to my 5.2 mag at best home skies anyway, so . . . .
But there is no way the wife is going to buy the idea unless we have someone to
meet up with for observing. The idea of heading out to a remote desert place
1800 miles from home, alone, isn't going to fly with her. So what do you
think?
David Hofland
Director, Student Services
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Jacksonville State University
256.782.5276
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