(August 16, 2011 at 1:05 am)Cinjin Wrote:(August 16, 2011 at 12:47 am)orogenicman Wrote: The weekend of August 10-12, 2012 could work, as it is close to the New moon (august 17), but it all depends on the club's schedule, which no doubt, has not been worked out that far in advance, but a group can always be worked in. Do you have an issue with doing it sooner? Say next Month, or in October? September 2 is before the first quarter (and will be cooler than an August observation, but warmer than in the Winter), so the moon will be out early and set by at least 11:30. That would give us the best of both worlds, because we can view the moon, Jupiter and Saturn early, and then settle in for some deep sky observation later (along with Mars, Neptune and Uranus, and maybe even Pluto, which will be up but very hard to see visually). Anyway, just some thoughts. It could be done next August, if that is what everyone wants to do.
I could probably make either of the first two weekends in September work. Keep in mind that Sept. 2 falls on the Labor Day Weekend, but still for me - doable.
That's what I was thinking. People are going to be on the road anyway, so why not grill out at the observatory and do some observing and mingling? We do have plans for a member party but I think is on member night, which looks like they are going to have it on August 27, so the entire first weekend in September may be open. Don't quote me on that. I'll have to find out when that is going to be. If enough people are interested, I will check with the board and see if it is available, and what they would charge (probably no more than $10 - $20 per person), which really is a deal, especially if we camp out.
Also keep in mind, that it doesn't have to be a one time deal. I am a member; and we host many groups during the year, so if some can't make it at one time, we can always schedule to do it again another time.
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"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
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