[LVAS] Redstone Saturday 20 March 2010?

[roger ivester]

All,

 

I will for sure be interested in reading the Review Journal. Someone please let me know when it comes out. My son Brad and granddaughter Zoe are coming to visit late next week. If it available before then, he can bring me a copy.

 

I am planning on going out into my backyard at about 11:00 tonight. Again, I want to start working on some of the future OC objects. I will need to have the June through August objects complete by May. 

 

The haze and humidity can get pretty bad through the summer months. I can observe in July and August, but the naked eye visibility is near 4.0 on most clear nights...much detail is lost.  

 

After careful evaluation I finally purchased my granddaughter a beginner scope. It could not be mounted on a tripod and had to be small enough for her to use herself, if need be. 

 

I purchased the Orion FunScope, which is the same scope as the Celestron FirstScope, which I am so pleased with. It came with a finder and two better quality EP's, all at the same price.    

 

A very nice EZ Finder II which is a $38 dollars if purchased separately. I have not seen the scope as it was shipped directly to her, also free shipping, and they threw in some free Starry Night Software.   

 

All of this for a total cost of $49.95...pretty good deal I thought.

 

I also purchased her a very nice 12.5 Plossl from Burgess Optical during my presentation at Greensboro a couple of weeks ago for $10.00...brand new. I used it the other night and was amazed. It has very nice 50° AF, and presented a nice resolve of the trapezium. I really could not tell any difference when compared to my trusty 18 year old University Optics 12 mm Konig. 

 

I also have her a small aluminum EP box...purchased about 15 years ago for some reason. This must have been the reason. 

 

Maybe one day she can be helping out at Red Rock.

 

Good luck tonight...Roger

 

    


 


From: scopegeek at gmail.com
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:14:53 -0700
To: lvas at lvlug.org
Subject: Re: [LVAS] Redstone Saturday 20 March 2010?

Fred,


Remember that I moved the Red Rock Public Star Parties to the weekends closest to the 1st quarter moons so that we wouldn't interfere with your observing during the 3rd Quarter moons.  Tomorrow night, I'm hoping we have a large number of our members participating in the Astronomy In The Park Public Star Party at Red Rock, especially since the Review Journal will be there doing a story on us.  I was hoping that some of our old time visual observers like yourself would be there.  Anyway, wherever you are, I wish you clear skies.


Rob







On Mar 19, 2010, at 8:33 PM, Fred Rayworth wrote:

All,
 
Tomorrow night is looking favorable. Anyone interested in getting some deep sky at Redstone? There will be a sliver of moon, but it shouldn't blot out the whole sky.
 
Fred
 



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