I can wait....I was just looking at the Moon calendar and thought I would let people start thinking about what they want.to do. Wasn't it 2 years ago we had it real early and people wondered if they could make it. We are almost hitting Riverside if go May 31st. Good thing this is a public star party, people like to see the Moon anyway. Thom ----- Original Message ----- From: <ketelsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:30 AM Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: GCSP 2008 > Hi Thom- > > No, I normally wouldn't think about 2008 until at this year's event, but > man, that is about the worst moon in the 17 years I've been picking dates! > I've sworn never to have anything more than a quarter moon in the sky > (getting too bright), so that puts it either 31May-June7, or June 21-28. > We would have dark sky for the first range with a 4-day moon on the 7th. > On the 21-28 range, moonrise is 10pm (!) the first night, and still rises > at 1am on the 28th. We can't go later, cause that would run into the 4th > weekend, and we are already tempting monsoon clouds with the later range > anyway. To me it would be a no-brainer to go with the earlier dates, but > I see your point regarding kids still in school. I would be glad to go > with a vote of the regulars to see what the preferences would be. Do you > want to wait till the Pasta Feed, or do you want an answer NOW? > > -Dean > > > > Yes I'm thinking about 2008, it's what 20+ years of maintenance planning > > does to you. > > Has anyone looked at the Moon phase calendar for June 2008? Full Moon is > > Wednesday June 18th. > > > > Looks like the 2008 GCSP will have a lot of Moon Only 2 possible start > > dates are June 7th or June 21st. I would rather have the June 21st so kids > > are out of school and able to be there. (bigger crowds) > > > > Looking ahead to 2009 that's going to be great Full Moon is the 7th New > > Moon on the 22nd. (no problems there) > > > > "Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means" Francis > > Hutchenson a Scot philosopher > > > > Thom Walczak > > www.siriuslookers.org > > -- > > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > > > > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.