Re: conditions at Adin?

The night that just ended has been a pretty good night. I didn't want to go to sleep!! (and so I'm going now...)

Let's see how the last one turns out.

RBA

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From: Jay Critchfield
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Sent: Jul 4, 2008 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [TAC] conditions at Adin?

Just got back from Wednesday and Thursday nights. Wednesday night was best by far of the two. Smoke on the horizons but good overhead. Scorpius was flirting with the smoke most of the night. Spent some good time in Sagitarius hunting those little globs all over. Managed to hit a few planitaries too. Milkyway was good and bright most of the night. We turned in when the sun shut us down. Thursday night was almost a lost cause. Winds from the morthwest pushed the smoke south east causing Scorpius and Sagitarius to mire in the murk all night. No Chance. The zenith and the north, north west were the most promising with a few windows of oppertunity but that was mostly washed away buy the bands of high clouds that came through all night. The sky never really popped. We shut down at 2:00 am under totally murky skies. Met a few good folks and had a good time anyway. I hope the next two days are better for those that are still there. Looks like the real party is
 just getting started. The site is fantastic, loads of room. The rancher stopped by and chatted for a bit. Nice guy and seemed happy we were there. The only negative I have is the pointy grass that kept sticking my ankles and the amount of visible lights from the surrounding community at the horizon.
 
Jay

----- Original Message ----
From: Jeff Gortatowsky <indanapt@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Friday, July 4, 2008 12:49:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TAC] conditions at Adin?

Just too changable to predict. Last night I thought the smoke made it a lost cause... went to sleep to nap and POOF! Good skies... or so I am told.
Paul Alsing had heard someone had a SQL reading of 22 during the few hours. I got up a 2am and it was a lost cause again. Fact is you can not predict it. Winds are changable and smoke comes and goes. When comes you chat and party. When it goes it's spectacular you observe.
Like Rich says, it's changable. Great time... come.
Board has done an AMAZING job. Town(s) is/are wonderful.
Very friendly and helpful.
Hangin' with the usual suspects ( cept no DDK :( ) .
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Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky
Fullerton, California

"Madam, there is no such thing as a tough child -- if you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender. " - W.C. Fields
"What wretched scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch?" - W.C. Fields

----- Original Message ----
From: Richard Ozer <rozer@pacbell.net>
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Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2008 8:25:59 PM
Subject: RE: [TAC] conditions at Adin?

Blue sky overhead. Smoke on the horizons. Cannot tell at this point what the results will be.

-----Original Message-----
From: William Cone <cone@pixar.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 6:43 PM
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Subject: [TAC] conditions at Adin?

The current satellite photo (Thursday evening) seems to show a lot of
smoke blowing into the NE corner of the state. What's it look like from
the viewing field?

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