[Chaos-l] Mini Star Party This Weekend

[Jayme Hanzak]

Thanks Mike for the reminder. I'll get that ball rolling. 

Jayme 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BOBI GALLAGHER" <vega13705 at verizon.net> 
To: "Mark South" <md_south at mac.com>, "Mark Lerch" <mark.lerch at quest.com> 
Cc: "Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society" <chaos-l at rtpnet.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:54:18 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Mini Star Party This Weekend 

Speaking of impromptu observing, I noticed that our Jordan Lake permit goes 
thru early January 2009. 

Am I reading it right? I have only been there briefly on a few occassions, 
but it has provided me some wonderful miky way moments under a much better 
sky than Durham near I40. And only less than half an hour away. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark South" <md_south at mac.com> 
To: "Mark Lerch" <mark.lerch at quest.com> 
Cc: "Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society" <chaos-l at rtpnet.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:10 AM 
Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Mini Star Party This Weekend 


>I agree. thanks Robert for your efforts to get this together 
> Do you think Chaos folks could get access to stay the night impromtu? The 
> more options we have the better! 
> South 
> 
> Sent from my cell 
> 
> On Dec 17, 2008, at 8:31 AM, Mark Lerch <mark.lerch at quest.com> wrote: 
> 
>> I'm very excited about this Robert, thanks for pursuing it. I've 
>> observed there in the past and the skies were quite good. To me it is 
>> well worth driving an extra hour if I'm observing 5 or more hours. 
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Robert Nielsen 
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:09 PM 
>> To: Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society 
>> Subject: [Chaos-l] Mini Star Party This Weekend 
>> 
>> Everyone, 
>> 
>> Well, if you have been checking like I have, you probably realize that 
>> the weather is not going to cooperate this weekend for our mini star 
>> party at Medoc Mountain State Park. I'm still hoping for a miracle, but 
>> the weather predictions have steadily been for almost 100% cloud cover 
>> and rain showers Thursday through Sunday. We'll see ... 
>> 
>> But in preparation, I drove to the park today ... and it is a very, very 
>> nice place. It took about 1 hour 40 minutes to get there, but I got 
>> stuck behind a couple of slow cars and trucks. They have 34 campsites, 
>> 10 of them with electricity. There is a *heated* bathhouse with 
>> showers. There is a large field where Allen says he usually sets up 
>> for observing. There is a fireplace at the end of the field where you 
>> can build a fire and keep warm. There are also group campsites with a 
>> separate field, that might be a great place to have a club star party in 
>> the spring! In all, I was very impressed ... and I didn't even get to 
>> see how dark it was at night! 
>> 
>> So I am really looking forward to going there sometime soon and doing 
>> some observing ... it just probably won't be this weekend. Perhaps we 
>> can go in January. I'll let you know. 
>> 
>> Robert 
>> 
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