Have fun Jay. I'm on Bryan Greer's sh!t list. Wish I wasn't. On Oct 18, 2012 6:08 PM, "Jay Eads" <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
There is a crescent moon that is gone by around 10:40pm tomorrow on Friday so I am taking my new scope out with its Zambuto and Prostar Secondary out to give it a shakedown at a dark site. Jeff, Mat and I ran through the scope last night and the views were tremendous. None of us had seen M103 with as much color, contrast as detail. I'm also out tonight but by myself and Dr. Richard Pogge from THE Ohio State Buckeyes . . .
I'm already set up tonight on my recently acquired land which the wife and I purchased for a family retreat and for observing. Tomorrow I'm heading out again though to a public area though I am concerned about a lot of people being out. . I would like to actually go to the Forest Land in Vernon but there could be more people there due to UEA weekend. I will look at what those who go out there call the Owl Site or Site 1 on Forest Land OO6 ( see this link: http://goo.gl/maps/CUn0P and get there about 2:00pm tommorrow, and if that is taken, I'll be heading to a another site I like a tad better that is at the end of Forest Road 006 which can be seen at this link http://goo.gl/maps/rv7is (see the pictures in the link). If that site is taken then I'll go to this one on FR 586 which on the Forest Land is my personal favorite: http://goo.gl/maps/oVueF It is easy to get to either.
Site 1: Go down FR 006 all the way to a gate and look to the wide open field on your right and set up where you want there.
Site 2 Come down the main dirt road (Benmore Rd) going south to the Vernon Reservoir sign where you turn left to go to Vernon Reservoir or right to go towards FR 006. Go right (Harker Rd) and instead of turning left on FR 006 keep going straight to FR 586, and go left. Follow the road up, you'll eventually pass a RV or camping area next to some Junipers on the right, keep going and then you'll come to a wide, very wide open field to the right and a road that leads in there. The main roads converge here and continue into the canyon. See the url for directions above.
If you'd like to spend a night at a dark site with a little elevation feel free to come on out. It will be a great time. Just dress warm, it is getting cool out here, mid to upper thirties for lows. Oh, if you come from SLC or the Tooele area, take State Route/Hwy 36 down to Vernon and look for the sign on 36 as they leave Vernon and turn left on a curve for the Vernon Reservoir. Go left there and follow the directions or go to my Google Map areas above and follow the directions. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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