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Observing report from Wolf Creek (Friday Night/Sat. Morning)
by Richard Tenney 07 Aug '05

07 Aug '05

Several of us believed the National Weather Service's forecast for "mostly clear" on Friday night, but it turned out to be "mostly cloudy" instead. About to call it a night at 12:30 with no apparent hope of clearing, Quinn informed me that Provo Canyon was closed. Ugh. Wondering what to do, I noticed the sky starting to clear (finally). It opened up for about 2 hours, from 1am to 3am, and I managed to get the last 6 of my summer Herschel-400 objects, all open clusters in the small constellation of Vulpecula. Two of the 6 clusters I observed were especially lovely. NGC 6802 is a small rectangular patch of faint stars that fade to "nebulosity" that I found very lovely in the 16-inch. And NGC 6940 is a spectacular (and I'm guessing often overlooked) open cluster that filled the eyepiece (115x) with over 100 stars, and would probably be wonderful in any aperture scope. All the clusters are in very rich milky way star fields. Good company and some new friends made it worthwhile in spite of the clouds. I just need to remember to bring a pillow and blanket in the future... Rich __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [UVAA] Wolf Creek Friday Night
by Olhomorto＠aol.com 04 Aug '05

04 Aug '05

Hi Rich, I'm planning to go up there Friday and Saturday nights. Mike Bailey

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RE: [UVAA] Wolf Creek Friday Night
by Griffin Louis A Civ 526 FSSG/GMFF 04 Aug '05

04 Aug '05

Rich - I'm planning on coming down to AF Canyon tonite and also plan on being at Wolf Creek Friday. After last week's skunking I'm hoping for some good weather, we got clouded out Friday night and rained out Sat. - there was a two hr. break at 2am on Sat night but I only used my binoculars as the scope was under a tarp and the scope cover and the electronics were a bit wet. I hope I can find you guys tonight, the directions are a bit skimpy :)I'll probably end up calling you if there is signal up there. See you tonight..... Lou -----Original Message----- From: uvaa-bounces+louis.griffin=hill.af.mil(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:uvaa-bounces+louis.griffin=hill.af.mil@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Richard Tenney Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 1:10 PM To: Utah-Astronomy; UVAA Subject: [UVAA] Wolf Creek Friday Night I'm probably going to leave the scope in the car after tonight's star party (for the girl's camp in AF canyon) and head up to Wolf Creek Friday. Anyone else planning to be up there? Rich ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ UVAA mailing list UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa

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Wolf Creek Friday Night
by Richard Tenney 04 Aug '05

04 Aug '05

I'm probably going to leave the scope in the car after tonight's star party (for the girl's camp in AF canyon) and head up to Wolf Creek Friday. Anyone else planning to be up there? Rich ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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RE: [UVAA] Star Party 4 Aug (Thurs) in AF Canyon (Girl's Camp)
by Wendy Madsen 04 Aug '05

04 Aug '05

I hope to be stopping by with my entourage in tow. We don't have a good scope, or a laser pointer, but we do have eyes, and ooohs, and aaahs. Wendy Madsen Biological Quality ICU Medical SLC (801)262-2688 ext. 5039 -----Original Message----- From: uvaa-bounces+wendy.madsen=icumed.com(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:uvaa-bounces+wendy.madsen=icumed.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Richard Tenney Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 8:03 AM To: Utah Valley Astronomy Association Subject: Re: [UVAA] Star Party 4 Aug (Thurs) in AF Canyon (Girl's Camp) Mark, I'm thinking I'll shoot for 8pm setup in the parking lot at the trail head. Sorry I don't have exact directions -- you turn in (right) at the Timpanookie (don't even know if I spelled that right) campground and proceed a hundred yards or so up to a large parking area that starts the trailhead to Mt. Timpanogos, if I remember correctly. It seems like it's a 10 or 15 minute drive up the canyon from the entrance, but I may be wrong about that too. Anyway, also be prepared to pay the entrance fee, though you may be able to convince the park ranger that you are only coming up to help with a star party at a girl's camp and they may waive the fee. I'll have my mobile with me if you get lost (assuming it works up there) 380~3331 Rich --- Mark Burns <markburns1(a)gmail.com> wrote: > All: > slight chance i can make this -- could you also send along directions, > approximate time scopes will be set up, etc.? Haven't been out in > Utah yet but been on the list for a year or so, hope to make it at > some point soon. --Mark Burns __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ UVAA mailing list UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa

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Fwd: Star Party for Fathers and Sons
by Richard Tenney 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

Anyone in North SLC or Ogden that could take this one? Morgan/Porterville is a bit far for me! Please respond to Mr. Russell directly, but CC me so I know this has been addressed. Thanks, Rich --- Bill Russell <bruss(a)wfol.net> wrote: > From: "Bill Russell" <bruss(a)wfol.net> > To: <retenney(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Star Party for Fathers and Sons > Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 16:13:20 -0600 > > Hi Rich, > I came across your website and was hoping you could > help me. > > I'm in charge of a father and son activity scheduled > for the evening of August 26th involving > approximately 400 men and boys (it's an > over-nighter). The outing is located approximately > 5 miles from Morgan, Utah near Porterville. We > would like to provide the boys with an opportunity > to learn more about the stars and astronomy. Are > you aware of someone or an organization that I could > contact that would be willing to provide a > presentation or demonstrate some large telescopes? > Any information you could provide would be helpful. > Thank you and please let me know at your earliest > convenience. > Regards, > Bill > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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