[Chaos-l] Last night

[Allen Davis]

That's great to hear.

 

I went again tonight, and two couples came over .one from Massachusetts, and
the other from New Jersey.  There was also a lady from Philly who had just
come from Ocracoke.  And one other person with a small girl.  Saturn
actually steadied up long enough for all to get a good view.  As usual, it
was a show stopper.

 

We also looked at some of the choice objects.  I hadn't planned to stay
late, and actually started taking stuff down around 1130pm.  But as you
related Tony, these folks were also very happy to have seen this.  They just
went on and on about how fortunate they were to see it.

 

Thanks to Beth and Jason for coming too and sharing a short observing night.

 

Now I am tired!  

 

allen

 

From: Tony Garcia [mailto:randomcoffee at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 10:26 PM
To: Allen Davis
Cc: North Carolina Observers That Chase Photons In Medoc Mountain State
Park; chaos-l at rtpnet.org
Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Last night

 


I was in the campground in the morning and people I ran into asked me more
questions and thanked us all again.  They said they were inspired and pulled
up star maps on their phone/computer when they had gone back to camp that
night and spent their evening in camp talking about the sky.  

It seemed like most people in the campground came out at one point or
another.



On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Allen Davis <starstorm151 at embarqmail.com>
wrote:

Very good turnout.  Michael F., Jason, Mark C., Alexey, Tony Garcia and his
girlfriend Carolyn, Phil Suitt, John Miller, Randy V., Mark South, and me.
Beth and her nephew came a bit later.

 

It was great having so many folks show....and so many with telescopes.  And
it was a very clear night especially for July!  We have had more than an
average number of great clear summer nights this year.

 

I spent quite a bit of time looking at some old favorites, and we did have
visitors from the campground.  I know that everyone really helped out
showing the sites to these folks so that is much appreciated.  I always feel
like a great service is done when we introduce someone to the heavens
through a telescope.  A lot of people would never have that opportunity if
it weren't for us being willing to do this.  I know that Robert Nielsen has
commented before about this being another part of nature like the mountains
or the trials or the water.  It's just that for a lot of people is
inaccessible, or so they believe.  It's nice to nix that notion.

 

After midnight it was very dark overhead, and one of the highlights for me,
at the suggestion of John Miller, was the Bubble Nebula in Cas.  It was very
difficult..but we confirmed it against Kepple's description in his great
book "Night Sky Observer's Guide".  Not bright...almost undetectable, but
there.

 

As usual, the Veil was a treat.  

 

We saw the "Little Gem" through Tony's scopes, and also enjoyed looking at a
number of objects through both Alexey's and Michael Fullbright's
instruments. 

 

How great to compare views and look at different objects through varied
telescopes.

 

Thanks everyone for coming!  allen

 

 

 

E. Allen Davis

starstorm151 at embarqmail.com

 

"M'Illumino              "I am enlightened

D'Immenso"              by the immensity."

 

   -Ungaretti               -Ungaretti

 


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