[Chaos-l] Fwd: Little River observing

[Jayme Hanzak]

----- "Jayme Hanzak" <jhanzak at unctv.org> wrote: 
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> 

Well if we did October 16th, that would be "Fall Astronomy Day". The 8th is the Draconid meteor shower, but that is also the week of the Mid-Atlantic Star Party. CHAOS attendance would be sketchy at best. So I throw my hat in for the 16th of October. 



Jayme Hanzak 
> CHAOS President 
> CHAOS 
> P.O. Box 3001 
> Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0842 
> http://www.rtpnet.org/chaos/ 
> 



----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike DiFabio" <mdifabio at co.orange.nc.us> 
> To: "Mickey Jo Sorrell" <sorrell at email.unc.edu>, "Jon Stewart-Taylor" <joncst at earthlink.net> 
> Cc: "Robert Nielsen" <robertnielsen at nc.rr.com>, "Jayme Hanzak" <jhanzak at unctv.org>, "Tony Rice" <rtphokie at gmail.com>, "Michael Lemon" <mdlemon at lemons-bend.com> 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 1:43:42 PM 
> Subject: RE: [Chaos-l] Little River observing 
> 
> 
> Hey gang, 
> First of all, I can't express enough how thankful Michelle and I are that you guys come out here and volunteer time and do most of the coordination, we most certainly appreciate it.  Our county program guide deadline is the 6th of July and I would love to include any dates that you guys are willing to come out and do a observation session.  October or November or both this year would be great and maybe one in the early spring before daylight savings kick in.  If you want to set a rain date that would be great too.  Whatever you guys can do will certainly be appreciated.  Now I am not sure what nights will be the best to make the effort to come out and observe, but in the past we kept it to a Friday or Saturday night.  I believe if we get a few more successful sessions in, we could really build a good following here.  We are super flexible here and willing to help out in any way. 
> If this looks 'do-able' let's set a date(s), at least for the fall, so I can get it in our program guide.  Thanks again to everyone for trying to make this happen out here.  Please let me know when you get a chance or y'all can call us out here if there are any questions about anything at 732-5505. Thanks again and thanks Mickey for everything, unfortunately I know all about budget cuts. 
>   
> Mike 
> 
> 
From: Mickey Jo Sorrell [mailto:sorrell at email.unc.edu] 
> Sent: Wed 6/30/10 1:06 PM 
> To: Jon Stewart-Taylor 
> Cc: Robert Nielsen; Mike DiFabio; Jayme Hanzak; Tony Rice; Michael Lemon 
> Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Little River observing 
> 
> 


Thank you all for your support. 
> I'm glad we've include Ranger Mike in on the conversation as well. 
> Please chime in with questions and/or answers. 
> How many sessions? - Let's plan for fall at this point. Another in the 
> spring would be fantastic. I think we were in October the last couple of 
> years - on Friday nights, and kinda early. That's an early-to-bed crowd 
> out that way. Ranger Mike can tell us what he would prefer. 
> We've always scheduled a "cloud date" for Little River observing. Some 
> years both get clouded out and this year we did both. That's up to you 
> all to work out. 
> I'll make sure it gets on the Morehead Observing page and announced at 
> programs here -  and Ranger Mike will get it on the park calendars. 
> I think it's likely that Richard will be there since he lives close by - 
> and I'll come if the powers that be will supply a vehicle. I'm car-free 
> these days. 
> Mickey 
> Jon Stewart-Taylor wrote: 
> > Hi all.  In response to Mickey's message: 
> > 
> >>> Budget issues are preventing me from scheduling observing sessions at 
> >>> Little River Park for this fall and spring. 
> > 
> > Robert said: 
> > 
> >> I would be happy to be the point-of-contact for this . 
> > 
> > And we'd be happy to have you be the point-of-contact for this. 
> > 
> >> (like Tony, Jon, and Jayme) who will be helping.  
> > 
> > No pressure.  But, yes, finances permitting, i do expect to help. 
> > 
> > Some dumb questions:  
> > 
> >    How many sessions? 
> >    Which months? 
> >    Will Morehead still be advertising the session(s) on their web pages? 
> > 
> > That should give us some idea of the scope of the project we're about 
> > to undertake: how many sessions, when, how many people to expect, etc. 
> > 
> > Thanks. 
> > 
> > J. 
> > -- 
> > Jon Stewart-Taylor:  joncst at earthlink.net < mailto:joncst at earthlink.net > 
> > Chapel Hill Astronomy: http://www.rtpnet.org/chaos 
> > 
> -- 
> Mickey Jo Sorrell 
> Planetarium Educator 
> Morehead Planetarium and Science Center 
> CB #3480 
> University of North Carolina 
> Chapel Hill, NC  27599 
> 919-962-3300 
> 
> 
> -- 
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Jayme Hanzak 
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