To get there, the easiest route is to get on 280 and go toward the ocean
on Page Mill Rd.
If you get to Skyline Road, you went too far by a mile or so. It is a
left turn into the parking area where we observe. There is a sign on the
right, then you crest a small hill and the turnoff is right there. Look
on the TAC website for complete directions. Be careful about the left
turn, visibility is limited from both ways and some folks think it is a
sports car track.
I should be there a little early (compared to darkness), maybe by 7:30 or
so.
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Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
On Wed, 28 Jun 1999, Nancy Freitas wrote:
> 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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