[AZ-Observing] Re: Occultation attempted at Badger Springs Road
- From: "Richard Harshaw" <rharshaw2@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:15:47 -0700
Close-in site for N Phx? Hmmm, sounds like it might be worth checking out
some night, Jack.
Richard Harshaw
Cave Creek, AZ
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Occultation attempted at Badger Springs Road
On Google Maps I see the large area off of Exit 256 on Badger Springs Rd.
There is a car parker there at the "T" of a S-bound road. Is that about
where
you were or further in? That would be a close-in site for me in N Phx. So
what
was the asteroid?
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=34.236845,-112.109143&spn=0.003623,0.0069
74&t=h&z=18
Jack
Gene A Lucas wrote:
> Randy Peterson and I drove up to Badger Springs Rd. on I-17, to try for
> an asteroid occultation last night (Sunday, Jan. 18). The centerline of
> the predicted track passed over that area. But there were drifting
> clouds, and (of course) during the predicted time of the event.... a
> thick batch of clouds covered up the target star, which was west and
> slightly south of Regulus. So... no event to report. Our combined
> video gear worked ok. It was definitely cold! Temperature measured
> about 39 degrees...
>
> There are fairly decent areas for parking and observing well off the
> frontage road to the east aolng the well-graded dirt road leading from
> the Badger Springs interchange. This is now part of the Agua Fria
> National Monument, and signage designates that, and some restrictions.
> Many years ago (hmmmm...about 33 years ago, asamatteroffact) I observed
> from a spot up the dirt road, from the ridge to the east with Louis Boyd.
>
> Seeing at Badger Springs was moderately steady last night, and
> transparency very good (in between the clouds). Of course, Aurora
> Phoenicia is very prominent along the southern horizon. Overall, very
> similar to what we used to see at Dugas Road years ago.
>
> FYI, the Sunset Point Rest Area on I-17 is still undergoing major
> reconstruction, and the frontage road off-ramps there are still
> barricaded. For some reason, the high pole floodlights there are still
> turned on... but those are not visible from Badger Springs (which is
> about 5 miles north).
>
> Gene Lucas
> (17250)
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