[Lvas] Desert observing tips / Anybody up for observing this week?

[Fred Rayworth]

Jonathan,

 

I guess everyone else has already told you about observing here, but I will be going out to Redstone Saturday night, if the weather clears. Would love to see you there. I am a hard-core visual observer and use star charts, a finder, and a green laser pointer.

 

Fred


 
> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:17:25 -0400
> From: jonathan.kade at gmail.com
> To: lvas at lvlug.org
> Subject: [Lvas] Desert observing tips / Anybody up for observing this week?
> 
> Hello,
> 
> My wife and I are visiting from Detroit (she's in town for a
> conference). We brought along our 66mm achromat, a Voyager mount,
> some eyepieces, her 15x70s, and our box of astrocards. We're heavily
> involved with the Warren Astronomical Society
> (http://www.warrenastro.org) there and thought we'd get in touch with
> club members here. We've exclusively visual/non-goto observers
> ourselves, but we're not religious about it.
> 
> We did a little bit of observing last night at the Lake Mead
> recreation area just past the dam (just checking out Mercury before it
> set), but the light dome from Vegas was pretty impressive.
> 
> We were a little bit apprehensive about desert critters. How big a
> problem are the mountain lions and javelinas? Any other things one
> might encounter in the desert we should be aware of?
> 
> If anybody is interested in going out sometime this week (we're
> leaving Sunday morning), we'd love to go. Otherwise, any tips and
> tricks are appreciated!
> 
> Clear skies,
> 
> Jonathan
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