Steve, are there any sites out near you that we should look at? Dick H -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steven Dodder Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 11:07 AM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: The Last Sentinel-Schwaar Star Gaze the = weekend Thank you Andrew for reminding me about the Buckeye Hills parties and Pierre's presence there. I didn't know him well, but those times we = talked or hob-knobbed were memorable. I guess the places they occurred were = less important than the chats themselves. I just associate him more with Sentinel than any other place, for some reason. I suppose I should heed Rick's advice and trust the deep sky committee peoples. They are quite = a capable bunch in many ways. Aside from my associating Pierre with Sentinel, it's a major production = for Rosie and I to attend weekend star parties west or north of town. Maybe = I'm the lazy one here, (though I doubt it), but beginning a 2 day session at = 4am Friday never seems to work very well, (details are too gory to go into here, trust me), and driving 100 miles one way for a one night stay = isn't smart either. We'll try to make it to any new sites selected in the future. Who = knows? Maybe one of them will pan out, even for us. =20 Steve and Rosie Dodder=20 sdodder@xxxxxxxxxxx Visit my web site at http://www.stargazing.net/Astroman > Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:08:02 -0700 > From: a.goodwin1@xxxxxxx > To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: The Last Sentinel-Schwaar Star Gaze the weekend >=20 > I was in a group of people who had to wait for a train to move to=20 > gain access to this site. It was well after sunset when it finally = moved. >=20 > As I recall I met Pierre at the old Buckeye hills site in 1985. He=20 > always was happy to adjust your collimation and he did so after I = bought=20 > my 13.1 " Colter light bucket. He was also happy to share a view = through=20 > his telescope. As I remember Pierre would drive to any dark site and I = > followed him to some of the best ones. So I think that Pierre would be = > happy with the Antenna site or wherever we decide to hold a star party = > to honor his memory. It is the "folks and scopes" that make it = special. >=20 > Andrew >=20 >=20 >=20 > _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts!=A0 Play Star Shuffle:=A0 the word = scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=3Dstarshuffle_wlmailtextlink_= oct -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and = please=20 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.