RE: The Travel Thread - U.S. Version
August 16, 2011 at 10:51 pm
(This post was last modified: August 16, 2011 at 10:55 pm by orogenicman.)
That's 2012, right? I can try but I cannot guarrantee that we can get the 15th since it falls the day before a new Moon, and any Saturday near the new Moon is usually members night. The 14th or any time that week before Saturday is probably doable. Even the 7th and 8th of that month is likely doable. That said, the schedule is not settled that far in advanced. So if enough people want to do it on that week end (the 14th and 15th), they may make an exception. Member's night is really cool, since people bring out their own scopes, many of which are better than what the club has, and some are positively unique. And if you guys and gals are well behaved, they might not mind meeting all of you, particularly if there are enough of you and you are paying customers, if you know what I mean. 
The point is that the club is always willing and indeed exists to serve the public, but they do covet their member only time. So we'll have to see. I do need more than two people to commit before I will bring it up with the board, though.
All that said, any date that doesn't conflict with the club's schedule and gives us a descent chance to see some deep sky objects without the glare of the moon is the way to go.
Again, here are the Moon phases reference.
http://www.calendar-365.com/moon/moon-phases.html
As long as we pick dates that are before the first Moon or after Third quarter, and the weather holds out, and they don't conflict with club activities, we should be good. Sorry if this all sounds so difficult.
The point is that the club is always willing and indeed exists to serve the public, but they do covet their member only time. So we'll have to see. I do need more than two people to commit before I will bring it up with the board, though.
All that said, any date that doesn't conflict with the club's schedule and gives us a descent chance to see some deep sky objects without the glare of the moon is the way to go.
Again, here are the Moon phases reference.
http://www.calendar-365.com/moon/moon-phases.html
As long as we pick dates that are before the first Moon or after Third quarter, and the weather holds out, and they don't conflict with club activities, we should be good. Sorry if this all sounds so difficult.
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-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"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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