[Chaos-l] need a telescope

[Walter Deodiaus]

Hi Jon,
I expect another personal contact, my friend Mark from
UNC to be there with a telescope.  The area is far
away from street lights, but I expect the lights from
Raleigh can be an issue.
This event was initiated by the WCPE radio station and
guess it will be advertised on their station.  I am
just passing this information along because I think it
might be of interest to some of your members, if only
to advertise your club.  I am guessing that the crowd
will be two dozen naive amateurs.  I use to be an
astrophysics major myself during my Freshman year at
college, until my father told me to find something
which will get me a job someday.
I don't expect it to go on very late, perhaps only for
2 or so hours.  It really depends on the crowd's
interest and the meteriod view.  I did not like the
choice of hours because I have to get my 5 yo daughter
off to bed early, but someone else [at WCPE] choose
the times.
Thanks,
Walter
--- "Stewart-Taylor, Jon" <jstewart at misg.com> wrote:

> Hi Walter.  I was wondering if you could give us
> some more info on the
> Friday event. I went to the web pages you reference
> below, and read the
> calendar entry:
> 
>    Title:  Stargazing at WCPE 10pm 
>    Date / Time:  12/15/2006 
>    Location:  WCPE Rolesville 
>    Description:  Enjoy a Friday family evening of
> stargazing and meteor
> showers
>    at WCPE Rolesville. Wear warm clothes for this
> outdoor event. Bring
> along
>    telescopes, chairs, sleeping bags, and food to
> sustain you. 
>    We shall need an idea of how many folks to
> expect. 
> 
>    Please RSVP with numbers to Rogerlawrence at
> rglsolutions.com
> 
> There were no other observing sessions on the
> calendar for 2006.  Can we
> assume this will be a relatively astro-novice crowd?
>  Do we know if
> anyone else will have a 'scope there? Any
> guestimates (to the nearest 20
> or so people) as to the size of the crowd?  Is this
> really an all-night
> session?
> 
> I also looked at the map, both on the web page and
> at googlemap.  It
> appears to be in a relatively undeveloped section
> about 10-15 miles
> northeast of Raleigh.  Any idea what the sky
> conditions are like there?
> How about local lighting, such as street-lights etc?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> J.




 
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