[Chaos-l] observing session at Jordan tonight/night vision impairment

[Terry Crook]

YEP! We need to keep cars well away from the 
western side of the Park where we set up 'scopes 
& your deliver your remarks to the assembled throngs.
There are parking slots very near there but they 
should sealed off for the evening (by the rangers or with their cooperation).
Several LARGE temporary signs should be erected 
along the entry road & at the beginning of the 
parking area regarding NO HEADLIGHTS in open area near beach!
I expect CHAOS might be able to make some signs; we'll confer.

Next step would be to suppress the light pollution from Durham, etc.! :-D

Taurus Terry in Chapel Hill
35° 55' 47"N, 79° 01' 00"W



At 03:42 PM 8/13/2010, Mickey Jo Sorrell wrote:
>Nearly every post by RAC or CHAOS, about the 
>session last night, mentions the headlights. 
>It's time to do something about this.
>I'm open to suggestions. I was thinking about 
>using orange cones to prevent cars from entering 
>the outer loop where we set up scopes. We could 
>also put up a sign (I'd have to bring it with me 
>every time) along the road that says something 
>like "parking lights only, please."
>
>Any other ideas?
>(The Perseids bring out more folks - and more 
>first-timers - so the situation is understandably worse for this event.)
>
>Mickey
>
>Terry Crook wrote:
>>  I was at Ebenezer SP with many public but 
>> only Jamie with a Dobsonian showing the Ring Nebula to eager citizens.
>>Too many jerks with headlights on!  No sign of 
>>Mickey & Moorhead crew & only one other 'scope(small refractor).
>>Hot  'n humid with some hazy clouds, aircraft & 
>>too much light pollution from 
>>Durham./NE....same direction as Perseids, when they show up later!
>>Stayed an hour & left at 10:30.
>>
>>I presume you were at Farrington Boat Ramp. Do 
>>we still need a pass to use it or do we have blanket permission now?
>>I should have stopped there instead(it's closer & darker/fewer cars). :-(
>>
>>Taurus Terry in Chapel Hill
>>35° 55' 47"N, 79° 01' 00"W
>>
>>On 8/12/2010 11:26 PM, Tony Rice wrote:
>>>Anyone else get to have an extended conversation with a gentlemen
>>>about the UFO he saw from his backyard recently?  Or was I the only
>>>lucky one?
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