>From: "Robert MacKay" <rob@No-Spam>
>Reply-To: sf-bay-tac@No-Spam
>To: <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
>Subject: montebello and next weekend
>Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1999 21:17:31 -0700
>
>I didn't make it to Fremont Peak on Saturday but I did head up to
>Montebello
>Friday night. I saw the ranger when he came to close the gate and he didn't
>have any problem with me being there. He seems to trust TAC pretty good. I
>was the only one there but the coyotes kept me company. Just glad that I
>didn't have any beef jerky in the car.
>
>Being that it was my first time with the scope out of my yard I ran into a
>minor problem... All this sky and I haven't got the faintest clue what to
>look at!! In my yard I have a nice semi dark but limited view that
>stretches from Mizar to Vega. I get up there and that same view is stuck
>in
>the light dome.. I turn around and I see a stretch of southern sky that
>looked fantastic but I didn't really know my way around it.
>
>So I did the next best thing. Put the SkySensor in "Sky Tour" mode and let
>er rip.. I got a nice tour of a bunch of different objects which I have
>never seen before. Most of the time I didn't really know what I was looking
>at but it sure was a good time.
>
>The sky up there is pretty dark.. A lot darker than I thought it would be.
>There is also a whole lot of sky to look at. Next time I go up I am going
>to be sure that someone else is up there with me to show me around the sky.
>
>As for next weekend. I plan to go to Henry Coe.. I haven't been there
>before so I wouldn't mind if someone contacted me to answer a few
>questions.... Like is the setup area far from the campsites? All that sort
>of thing....
>
>I'll hopefully make it up to Montebello this Wednesday, although I'll
>probably just bring the binos and have a few regulars educate me a bit..
>
>Cheers!
>
>Robert
>
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