[Chaos-l] Observing This Weekend

[Mark Lerch]

Kerr Lake weather (using Boydton, VA):

Friday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. West winds around 5 mph. 
 
Saturday Night
Mostly clear. Lows around 30. West winds around 5 mph in the
evening...becoming light and variable. 

I was at Kerr Lake last weekend.  Had an awesome view of the comet (and
tail!) in my 12.5 Portaball.  The domes are lower than the soggy site.
The magnitude is definitely better; had about 5.3 - 5.4.  Best I've ever
seen at the soggy site was under 5.  These are measurements taken from
the north sky, however.  And the drive is further.

If I can get my equipment together in time (I'd like to get the DSI
down) I'd be up for Kerr Saturday

Mark Lerch
  

-----Original Message-----
From: chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org] On
Behalf Of Stewart-Taylor, Jon
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 3:15 PM
To: Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society
Subject: RE: [Chaos-l] Observing This Weekend

Hi all.  Robert said:

> our dark sky site is very soggy [So] we can't observe at that site 
> this weekend.

Pity.

> There *is* an observing session sponsored by the Morehead Planetarium

These are usually a lot of fun, and a chance to do some community
outreach.

> and some people in the club have suggested that we just use that 
> opportunity as the club observing session this month

Depending on who has interest in what kind of observing.

> the downside is that we have to leave around 10 PM when they close the

> park

Aye, there's the rub.  That is pretty early to have to quit.  Although
it's appropriate for younger kids.

> If people are really interested in observing Friday
> (tomorrow) night, please respond on the listserv and we will try to 
> see if we can get something organized.

I'm willing to try to coordinate.  Let's try a survey:

  o Who wants to observe?
  o Friday or Saturday?
  o How dark to you want it?
  o How late do you want to stay?
  o How far are you willing to drive?

Some possible locations are Farrington Point (fairly close, decently
dark) and Kerr Lake (pretty far, quite dark).  Anybody have any other
suggestions?

Thanks.

Jon

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