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

[David Blanchette]

At 06:32 PM 4/22/2009, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Thanks to everyone so far!  I do have sort of a silly idea, but maybe
>it's doable.  Omega Centauri only seems to get about 6 degrees off the
>horizon - is it possible to catch it?  Obviously it won't be at its
>best, but even a glimpse would be really valuable.

You will not be able to see it from the Redstone picnic area.  The 
surrounding hills block it completely.  You might be able to get it 
from the trailhead at mile marker 21.  The parking lot is up at the 
top of a hill.  I don't really remember what the view to the south was like.

-- David