[Chaos-l] Well we did get some observing in/ Jordan

[Young, Randy (Public Safety)]

Lucky to have had some views to the south, however.  Crowds seemed more than pleased just to see Saturn and Mars.  
   Nice lightning shows off to the west throughout the evening too.

Randy B. Young

-----Original Message-----
From: chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org] On Behalf Of Tony Rice
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 10:47 PM
To: Hanzak, Jayme
Cc: CHAOS
Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Well we did get some observing in/ Jordan

Morehead estimated it at 100 people, not our best turnout but also not our worst.  The threat of thuderstorms probably kept people at bay.
No sign of aurora, even if the CME was strong enough (and it wasn't), the clouds on the northern horizon would have blocked any pretty colors.

I had a long talk with the ranger as well, she had some astronomy questions we were able to answer as well.

-Tony

On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 7:30 PM, MIKE AND BOBI GALLAGHER <mikeandbobi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, Jordan Lake was pretty good.
>
> Lots of pretty lightning flashes from the Northwest, but the Southern 
> sky and Saturn were out most of the evening. Real fine turnout. The 
> ranger expressed appreciation for the happy feedback received from 
> folks coming to the Morehead observing.
>
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Jayme Hanzak <jhanzak at unctv.org> wrote:
>>
>> Believe it or not, it didn't rain at the park. It went around us.
>>
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>>
>> Mike gave another talk and we did get some observing in. We saw M13, 
>> M57 and Alberio.
>>
>> That was about it. Spica showed up but not Saturn. We waited with a 
>> dozen girl scout until 11:45pm
>>
>> but it just wouldn't show. They enjoyed looking through the telescope 
>> all the same.
>>
>>
>>
>> How was Jordan Lake? It looked like it was the place to be.
>>
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>>
>> One final note, when I got home this morning at 1:30am, the sky was 
>> ablaze with the Milky Way.
>>
>> I could hardly believe my eyes and my eyes were telling me it was 
>> time to sleep. I looked for a while
>>
>> because I could see the dust lanes. It was great. Really, I'm not 
>> pulling your leg.
>>
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>>
>> Jayme
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