[AZ-Observing] Re: SpectroPhotometry Meeting
- From: Jeff Hopkins <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Sac Forum <sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:14:04 -0700
Hi Stan,
Great idea. I'll get to you privately with some ideas.
I vote for late August as it would be a wonderful excuse to get out of Phoenix.
Jeff
At 15:45 -0700 06/23/2008, Stan Gorodenski wrote:
>I would like to host what I hope will be the first of other annual
>spectroscopy-photometry (spectrophotometry) meeting at Blue Hills
>Observatory this summer or fall. I am still considering the format and
>am open to suggestions from those who might be interested in attending.
>Tentatively, I would like to allow for the possibility of presentations,
>and if there are any I will give a short one myself on spectroscopy. I
>have a long 36' kitchen-living room area that should be adequate for
>this purpose. If there are any presentations a number of possibilities
>exist for getting them 'published.' For example I could post them on my
>web site, or start a Yahoo discussion group specific to
>spectrophotometry and this and future meetings and use the Files section
>for that (i.e., publishing talks) purpose . However, if there are no
>presentations, we can still talk shop.
>
>I think it would be nice to have some kind of potluck. However, because
>this is not a general star party there will probably not be a large
>attendance and so a potluck may not work. Because of the subject matter
>of this meeting an absolute moonless night is not necessary, although it
>would be nice, but a near full moon is certainly out of the question.
>
>If you are interested in attending, you can reply to me privately with
>any suggestions you might have on format and time of the year. If there
>is not much interest I will probably not go through with this. If you
>are not familiar with Blue Hills Observatory, it is at 5200' ele. and is
>in Dewey (now called Dewey-Humboldt) which is close to Prescott. See
>http://users.commspeed.net/stanlep/Image_1.jpg
>http://users.commspeed.net/stanlep/Image_4.jpg
>
>My spectrometer, LHIRES III, and camera, ST-8XME are
>http://users.commspeed.net/stanlep/Instruments.jpg
>Stan
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