[AZ-Observing] Re: Observers at Marathon site
- From: Jack Jones <telescoper@xxxxxxx>
- To: "az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:49:05 -0700
Porta potties may show up today. I hope someone shows them the proper
location, at the intersection of the two runways.
Thx!
Jack
On Tuesday, March 25, 2014, <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Howdy all;
>
> We have five folks already at the Messier Marathon site at the Salome
> airstrip. The directions are on the SAC website www.saguaroastro.org
>
> Last night I got all set up and did some casual observing with the C 8
> on the CGEM mount. Once I got balanced and on the pole everything
> worked just fine. I chased some bright deep sky objects and did a few
> double stars. I will need to collimate once it gets dark tonight. The
> seeing was mediocre last night. I plan to put the ED 80 refractor on
> the mount for some imaging later in the week.
>
> Lori said that she and Jennifer had over 60 requests for the meal on
> Saturday. I am happy that so many folks have decided to attend. I have
> always said that if you create something for Arizona astronomers to do,
> they will show up. It is always gratifying.
>
> I do have a list I made up of double stars that contain a red carbon
> star and that is what I plan to do tonight. It is easy to make up, I
> just searched the SAC double star database for the word "carbon".
>
> I hope to see you out here when you get a chance;
> Steve Coe
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