I have to admit -- as much as I hate to -- that Chuck may be onto a good solution. Maybe I'll just shut about a bus from now on. -- Joe
________________________________ From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 5:51 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] 2017 Eclipse Preview
I haven't completely ruled-out going on Joe's bus, but it's not the highest option on my list. After hearing Lowell at the SLAS meeting, I'm considering booking a room at the ALCON hotel, arriving a bit early and maybe staying a day or two afterwards to avoid the crowds on the roads. Having my own car will make me MUCH more mobile than the bus, with a quicker reaction time, in case of localized clouds. I also want to wait and see if there are two seats available on any private aircraft that may be headed up that way for just a day trip.
I plan on keeping my equipment load to a minimum. Probably take the Teletrack alt-az GoTo and a small-aperture tandem setup, both white light and H-a on the same mount. I want to shoot a continuous HD video, then I can grab individual frames for stacking stills later on, and don't have to be constantly messing with a still camera. It can just sit there and run while I watch with my eyes. Total equipment weight under 30 lbs. I may roll-up a white sheet and stuff it in my equipment bag, to lay on the ground to try and see shadow bands.
And a list of local bars if the whole western US is clouded-out.
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Brent Watson <brentjwatson@yahoo.com>wrote:
I don't want to fan any flames, but a bus is the least comfortable, claustrophbic means of transportation known to man.
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