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

[Chuck Cook]

  I know on some cars, if you engage the parking brake one click or so 
(not enough to engage the brake) the always-on headlights will turn off. 
It may be worth seeing if yours is like that.

Chuck

On 8/13/2010 8:28 PM, don moffitt wrote:
> One 'observation' (couldn't resist)--on some cars, like both of ours, 
> it's impossible to turn off the headlights while the car is on. The 
> people that really torqued me last night were the ones who apparently 
> sat in their cars with the motor running... Preventing people from 
> driving into the key areas will help, but please have some 
> understanding for those of us with 'daytime running lights'.
>
> Don Moffitt
> Durham
>
> On 8/13/2010 5:52 PM, Terry Crook wrote:
>> 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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>>> Mickey Jo Sorrell
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>>> Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
>>> CB #3480
>>> University of North Carolina
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>>
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