[AZ-Observing] Re: I admit it, the clouds are my fault
- From: "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 18:46:57 -0700
Either that or Meteora knows it's a full moon and is waiting for darker
nights to unleash her wrath upon us.
I propose a preemptive beating of Steve tomorrow for angering her. Perhaps
our sacrifice will please her and she will reward us with clear skies next
Saturday.
Rick Tejera
President
Editor SACnews
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix, Arizona
saguaroastro@xxxxxxx
www.saguaroastro.org
-----Original Message-----
From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Lind
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 6:05 PM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: I admit it, the clouds are my fault
Steve, you must have disassembled the whole thing because the forecast calls
for several clear days with "abundant sunshine on Monday!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Coe" <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 5:46 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] I admit it, the clouds are my fault
> Ok, I have a "new" telescope and it is now all ready to go.
>
>
> I bought a Nexstar 8 GPS in the fork mount with the money I got from
> selling
> the 9.25 inch SCT on the Advanced German Equatorial mount. I am very
> happy
> with my purchase and last night I spent two hours getting it drift aligned
> to the North Celestial Pole. A boring, but necessary, accomplishment. So,
> now it is all set, balanced, aligned, collimated and ready to go. I even
> cleaned my eyepieces and got one new one at Starizona.
>
>
>
> Of course, that means that it will stop this drought soon because it will
> start raining flaming frogs onto my observatory in Moon Valley.
>
>
>
> I did get in a little imaging with the ToUCam earlier in the week and I
> will
> show a couple of minutes of what I have gotten so far at the SAC meeting
> tomorrow. This is assuming that any of us can get to the meeting place
> while driving through the typhoon that will hit Phoenix in the next few
> hours.
>
>
>
> Regardless of all this, it is nice having a telescope that has the exact
> same hand paddle and command structure in both the "portable" Nexstar 11
> and
> the 8 incher in the backyard roll off roof observatory. That way, I don't
> have to remember two different sets of control commands to two different
> telescopes. KISS.
>
>
>
> Hope to see you tomorrow night;
>
> Steve Coe
>
>
> --
> 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.
Other related posts:
