[Chaos-l] Observing this weekend

[Stewart-Taylor, Jon]

Hi all. Based on what the sky clock currently (9:40 am 1/29) says,
tonight looks to be clear but not that transparent.  However, up to the
sky clock cut-off of 5:00 PM Friday looks like it will be both very dark
and very transparent.  On the other hand, the Wunderground hourly (well,
really every 3 hours, but they call it hourly) forecast for
Friday/Saturday night predicts a bell curve of cloud cover peaking at
40% around 11 PM.  Saturday/Sunday is predicted to have less than 10%
cloud cover all night long.

I can't go at all tonight.  I've got some unusual constraints on
observing this weekend: i can only spare about 3-4 hours, and with a
broken collar bone i can't lift my own scope.  Will somebody be at a
site where one can come and go unrestricted, with a scope they're
willing to share?  I have a preference for a site w/in 30-40 minutes
away, so i can get in at least an hour and a half of observing.
However, someplace like Kerr Lake or the CHAOS Dark Site is also
tempting despite the longer drive (and therefore shorter observing).

Thanks.

J.
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Jon Stewart-Taylor:  jcst at tripod.net
Chapel Hill Astronomy: http://www.rtpnet.org/chaos