[AZ-Observing] Re: Thunderbird Star Party
- From: "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 16:16:00 -0700
And you kept this to yourself? I should have you beaten vigorously about the
head & neck, If I could reach it :)
Rick Tejera (K7TEJ)
Sagauro Astronomy Club
www.saguaroastro.org
Thunderbird Amatuer Radio Club
www.w7tbc.org
30 Meter Digital Group # 5794
Feld Hell Club #3994
OMISS #8629
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Christ
Sent: Monday, 20 May, 2013 09:29
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Thunderbird Star Party
Agreed Jeff, it was a wonderful evening and the attendees were most
appreciative - and inquisitive.
I showed some Sun spots, the Moon, and Saturn during daylight to the early
arrivals (the seeing was uncharacteristically solid at this point). A
family had purchased a small scope for one of the children and I was able to
correct its assembly and they were then able to view the Moon. Aside from
the "usual suspects" being shown at nightfall, I targeted a couple globulars
and a galaxy as well. Later on, I locked onto comet PANSTARRS and several
SAC folk and a couple of attendees were able to pick out the really faint
fuzzball.
Toward the end of the evening a gentleman spent some time with me discussing
various astronomy topics and clearly knew what he was talking about. He
then said "when I discovered Hale-Bopp" and I immediately questioned him as
to what he meant by the word "discover." He then introduced himself: Dr.
Thomas (Tom) Bopp. In an instant the conversation became much more
interesting.
Bob Christ
On May 19, 2013, at 9:44 AM, phxjeffx@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Last night was the big Thunderbird Park Star Party in North Phoenix. What
a grand night. Everything was just about perfect. A big thank you and hats
off to Jack Jones for arranging this! The weather was perfect and the skies
great. About a dozen and half telescopes were set up and as darkness fell
the crowds arrived. It was hard to tell how many people were there, but it
was surely in hte hundreds.
>
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