[AZ-Observing] Re: Notes from a night at NOFS
- From: Jeff Hopkins <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 10:36:08 -0700
I'm glad to hear you got some good weather up north. It was again a
great night in Phoenix last night. I got some very good photometric
data. Most of this week has been good to excellent.
Phoenix seems to create a clear bubble many nights. There are clouds
all around and around sunset the sky clears over Phoenix. It may be
the heat from Phoenix affecting the clouds. I've watched clouds drift
toward Phoenix only to evaporate as the got closer. While the Phoenix
skies are pretty bright, the upside seems to be the Phoenix area
tends to clear the skies.
Jeff
At 10:12 -0700 2/4/05, BillFerris@xxxxxxx wrote in part:
>Observing buddy Max Oelschlaeger has been itching to get his new
>C-14 out under a dark sky for weeks. So, despite gusty conditions,
>he suggested we take advantage of a mostly clear forecast and
>observe from the lower parking lot at the USNO-Flagstaff Station. As
>it turned out, the winds remained calm with only an occasional 15 or
>20 mph gust breaking the stillness of the night...not bad for a
>winter night in
>
>All in all, we had a fine evening. And it was about time as neither
>of us had done any dark sky observing since before Christmas.
>
>Regards,
>
>Bill in Flagstaff
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