Robert. . .
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From: Nancy Freitas <capella29@No-Spam>
To: <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 1999 12:01 PM
Subject: montebello and next weekend
> Montebello ... I want to go ... i have not been there yet , and it does
not
> sound like far from Hayward... tell me what the rules are for going up
> !Nancy
>
>
> >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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