You must be looking at a different forecast than me. CSC is not good from SLC to Knolls. Mixed clouds and poor transparency. Accuweather shows a 2 out of 10. Steve
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:11:07 -0600 From: jayleads@gmail.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Lakeside
Yes, besides the area we set up last night there are a couple of excellent areas to the west up on the mountains there if humidity is an issue. I've been out there several times, more than 4, and have never had anything but the coyotes and the antelope bother me. On the weekend you get people driving on the dirt roads but again, never have been bothered.
It was a great night viewing and tonight is looking even better. I need to do some work on the scope today (fine tuning) and then I would like to test out the intelliscope feature. The forecast isn't good for today but tomorrow I AM heading to Rush Valley on Wednesday night (closer and humidity is still forecasted to be low 50% for that site) so again, anyone is welcome to join me. I promise Daniel to be there and not deviate.
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Steve FISHER <sfisher01@msn.com> wrote:
Thanks to Daniel's directions I have been to several sites around the Lakeside spot. I have had excellent nights in the past where wind was present but quit after dark. The last two trips out I took Bill Cowles with me one time and went alone the second. Wind was a persistent problem all night long.
I got my carry conceal permit because of a bunch of guys shooting from the back of a truck one night when I was out there. I guess if it happens again I'll shine my flashlight at them before "drawing down". ;) It has proven to be a great spot for me. Seventy miles almost all freeway and nothing uphill or downhill.
Steve
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:00:25 -0700 From: outwest112@yahoo.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Lakeside
Michael:
I've observed at the site since 2001 and it can get rather intersting out there. To the NNE is a live fire range for the attack helicopters. I've only seen them in daylight from the ridgeline but there are a lot of scrap tank bodies for them to practice "locking on" to a target. Also to the north is an Army depot the accounts for the steady flow of highway traffic. I've met an EOD team that was out with M16's chasing jackrabbits in the dirt with their headlights. I always bring a bright flashlight and if I see headlights on the dirt roads to the north I shine it at them so they know that I'm not a jackrabbit. They always turn off when I do.
One night I was annoyed by lights to the north thinking it was the Army trying to ruin my dark adaptation, only to figure out it was the start of a rather impressive auroral display. It was as bright as a Walmart but it was throbbing.
DT
--- On Tue, 7/13/10, Michael Vanopstall <opstall@math.utah.edu> wrote:
From: Michael Vanopstall <opstall@math.utah.edu> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Lakeside To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 8:14 AM
Wanted to amplify Jay's Lakeside report. Conditions were great. I caught 33 Herschels (all galaxies, 32 in UMa, 1 in Draco) and 1 non-Herschel galaxy.
Visible to naked eye were: M6, M7, M8, M13, M20, M31, M33, M34, double cluster, NGC 6633, and IC 4756 (why is this not in the NGC?), at least.
Visible light domes were: Dugway, Wendover, Salt Lake, Provo, and a puzzling one to the NNE -- it sat right under the space between the big and little dippers. But these hindered very little, except for the big one to the E.
Right before packing up, Jay pulled down the Helix. Nice sight, but better seeing conditions and a little bit more altitude would improve, I think. I'll go after it with the 6" later this week from the east of town, so as not to compete with the light from the city.
---- Rev. Michael A. van Opstall Department of Mathematics, University of Utah Office: JWB 313 opstall@math.utah.edu
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