[Chaos-l] More Observing Chances

[Michael Hrivnak]

Scratch that.  I just checked, and Almost Heaven has moved their dates AGAIN!  
This is the third set of dates they've advertised this year.  Now they're 
saying September 18-22.  So, if for no other reason than spite, I'm putting a 
trip to Pettigrew on my calendar right now for the weekend of August 22!

Michael

On Friday 10 April 2009 21:38:31 Michael Hrivnak wrote:
> I almost can't believe it myself, but my next free weekend isn't until
> August. At that point, the next new moon will be the weekend of the Almost
> Heaven Star Party, which I am planning to attend.
>
> I would be happy to plan something for Saturday, August 15.  The moon will
> rise at 12:41am, and I'd be interested in staying another night or two as
> the moon rises about an hour later each night.
>
> Michael
>
> On Friday 10 April 2009 21:05:51 Robert Nielsen wrote:
> > I know there has been a lot of discussion about various events that
> > CHAOS may be involved in, such as "International Astronomy Day" and the
> > upcoming outreach at the Boy Scout Camp in Moore County ...
> >
> > But the ranger from Pettigrew State Park e-mailed me, and asked we would
> > be interested in rescheduling a public observing session there in May.
> > I guess Michael and I didn't make enough of an impact!   Actually, the
> > ranger (Doug LeQuire) knew that there were supposed to be a number of
> > other amateur astronomers scheduled to attend, and the rain messed up
> > our plans.   So he would like for us to try again.
> >
> > We don't have to do it in May, but Doug suggested the weekend of 5/22
> > through 5/24 (Friday through Sunday) ... which is about the time of the
> > new moon in May (on the 24th).  He also suggested the following weekend
> > as the makeup date.   Unfortunately, I will not be in town *either* of
> > those weekends!   Does anyone else want to head this up and attend
> > either of those weekends?   I could go on the weekend of 5/15 through
> > 5/17 (again, Friday through Sunday) and I tend to like the weekends
> > before the new moon (where the moon rises after midnight) rather than
> > the ones after the new moon (where you need to wait until the moon sets
> > around midnight.   But if we schedule for then, there is no rain makeup
> > the next weekend ... unless someone else steps up.
> >
> > Or we could delay a trip to Pettigrew until later in the year.   I was
> > trying to schedule Pettigrew in the Spring, and MASP in the fall ... but
> > there's nothing that says that is the only possibility.
> >
> > What does everyone think?  Anyone who was going before want to try again
> > in May?
> >
> > Robert
> >
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