Actually that is a good call. Seeing is forecasted to be poor up at Wolf Creek and Rush Valley (the jet stream is right over us tonight with the front coming in): http://squall.sfsu.edu/gif/jetstream_init_00.gif Here is the Canadian Map for Weather: http://www.cleardarksky.com/f.php?Mn=cameras&p=3S1512SLAS2UT I think you'll be fine going out later as the winds will die down (do the animation on the Canadian Forecast Chart) by then and you may have some good seeing. Tomorrow night will also be very good with the front having cleaned out the air so I am heading out for a few hours tomorrow evening (doing my grading and prepping tonight, so I am staying home). I'm tired and need a good night rest and I don't want this cold to get a hold on me. I look forward to your report Michael and I always enjoy reading them so please post it! NWS Forecast. TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. WINDY...COOLER. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH. On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Michael Vanopstall <opstall@math.utah.edu>wrote:
Jay --
Thanks. I had seen this site before, and couldn't get google to find it again, even including the "bennett" part. I'll think about it, but inertia will probably land me at Lakeside....
On Sun, 5 Sep 2010, Jay Eads wrote:
Michael,
I do recommend that you look at this site for the map and pictures so you can get up to the ridge easily.
http://homepage.mac.com/dlbennett/PhotoAlbum4.html
Here are the directions in case you want them:
http://www.uvaa.org/sitedirections/WolfCreek.html
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
Nice report, Michael.
--- On Sun, 9/5/10, Michael Vanopstall <opstall@math.utah.edu> wrote:
From: Michael Vanopstall <opstall@math.utah.edu>
Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Sunday night/Monday morning To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, September 5, 2010, 2:46 PM Hello --
I hope everyone's object bag is a little more full after the weekend. I had a decent go Thurs/Fri at Lakeside. For Caldwell objects doable from this latitude, I've only got NGC 2261 in Monoceros among those that should not be difficult, and then some that I maybe have no hope for: the Cave in Cepheus and the Bubble in Cassiopeia, and IC 1613 in Cetus -- these I have definitely pointed the scope right at many times, and I believe I have seen the Bubble and IC 1613, but am not ready to check them off yet. Also cleared out the rest of the Herschels in Auriga.
I've got 8 more Herschels in Orion, one more in Gemini (where the moon was on Friday early morning), and two more on Camelopardalis. Since the moon won't be a problem tonight before the sun will, I'd like to go out. I'm posting to find out who's going to be out there that I might bother. I want to manage a little sleep, so I'll probably go out sometime around 1-2 am and start with the difficult objects mentioned about, which will already be up, and then start through Orion and Monoceros as the darkness allows.
I guess that Lakeside and Knolls are options, although they put the city in between me and my targets. I think Knolls is less popular, so if folks are set up from evening at Lakeside, I'll probably not bother them. Wolf Creek would probably be ideal, as the humidity there will be lower, and it won't really be that much colder than is forecast for the west desert. But I've never been there, don't really know how to get to the observing area (can anyone give fairly exact GPS coordinates for this?), and I think maybe someone will be left there that doesn't want to be disturbed.
Anyhow -- let me know if you're going to be set up already at 1:00 am at any of these places, and I'll not disturb.
Thanks.
---- Rev. Michael A. van Opstall Department of Mathematics, University of Utah Office: JWB 313 opstall@math.utah.edu
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