[Chaos-l] Fwd: Observing Tonight...

[Tony Garcia]

that is very handy!!  I did not realize those maps were there.

That could be very handy for finding a spot to drive to for the transit of
venus if the weather out here is iffy.



On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Jon Stewart-Taylor <joncst at earthlink.net>wrote:

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> On May 18, 2012, at 6:41 PM, Tony Garcia wrote:
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> [The CMC maps] are great links [...]  how did you get those?
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> They're almost literally "underneath" the CSC charts.  Go to one of the
> CSC pages, like:
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>    http://cleardarksky.com/c/JordLkNCkey.html
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> Then click on one of the blocks (of the type you want to map)  for the
> hour you want the map of.
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> So, if you click on the "cloud cover" row, you get this:
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>    http://cleardarksky.com/f.php?Mn=lenses&p=4C1812JordLkNC
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> If you click on the "transparency" row, you get this:
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>    http://cleardarksky.com/f.php?Mn=equatorial%20mount&p=4T1712JordLkNC
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> If you're a planetary observer, you may prefer "seeing":
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>    http://cleardarksky.com/f.php?Mn=astrophotography&p=4S1812JordLkNC
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> You can click the previous/next arrows at the top of the page, or (if
> you're patient) the "animate this image", which can be quite interesting.
>  And, of course, you can choose the type of map at the bottom of the page
> if you want to switch.
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> As Atilla Danko (the CSC creator) says, if the charts are useful to you,
> send a message to the CMC to let them know.
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> J.
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