Breaking out the trusty GPS, I get a bearing of 281 Deg. true from my = house in Arrowhead Ranch. Subtract 12 Degree to adjust for Magnetic = Variation if you're using a compass. I'd say that 2 degrees off ain't really gonna make much difference :), = Just like to use my GPS. Rick -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Randy Peterson Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 9:27 AM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Thursday Photo Op Vandenberg is about latitude 34.7 degrees, so from Phoenix the direction = would be somewhere about 283 degrees Azimuth, maybe a bit less. From=20 Tucson, about 290 degrees Azimuth or a bit less. This is according to=20 Mapsource, which is not a great circle calculation, but hopefully in the = ballpark. Randy Peterson ----- Original Message -----=20 From: <ketelsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 9:00 AM Subject: [AZ-Observing] Thursday Photo Op > Hi All- > The enclosed came across my e-mail yesterday. For those of you who = have > never seen a roclet launch during dusk, it can be quite impressive as = the > rocket/plume gets up into direct sunlight. Check it out! > > -Dean > > > > > LAUNCH ALERT > > Brian Webb > Ventura County, California > E-mail: kd6nrp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Web Site: http://www.spacearchive.info > > 2005 September 20 (Tuesday) 04:36 PDT > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > VANDENBERG DUSK LAUNCH > > The first Vandenberg AFB dusk launch in nearly three years is slated > for Thursday, September 22. The Minotaur booster is scheduled to lift- > off from south Vandenberg at 19:24 PDT, the start of a 16-minute > launch window. > > Several minutes later, the rocket will place the Defense Advanced > Research Project Agency's Streak satellite into a polar orbit. > > As seen from Santa Barbara, lift-off occurs 29 minutes after sunset. > The Minotaur is expected to climb into sunlight during the second > stage burn at about T+90 seconds. The exhaust plume will be > illuminated by the sun and may create a nice display visible across a > large part of the Southwest and western Mexico. > > The launch may be visible until nearly T+13 minutes. For information > on launch viewing and photography, refer to: > > www.spacearchive.info/vafbview.htm > www.spacearchive.info/vafbphoto.htm > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and = please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. >=20 -- 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.