Brett, Hope the weather cooperates with you -- you should really enjoy the sky down in Moab. I've CC'd the list here in case anyone is planning to be down that way to join you (...anyone...?) As to the Gegenschein, yes, I saw it quite spectacularly last spring in fact less than an hour's drive from my home out in the West Desert. Interesting photo of Venus. What equiptment were you using? Regards, Rich --- Brett Mensh <brett@mensh.com> wrote:
Hi Rich, I'm an eastcoaster coming out to Utah to enjoy the extreme darkness around the late April new moon-- I'm actually going down to Moab-- do you know of any star parties down there, or anybody who does observing down there? Have you ever seen the Gegenschein out there? Check out this picture I took of Venus last week. Brett
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Brett D. Mensh, MD PhD
Research Scientist Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology mensh@mit.edu (617) 452-4976
Instructor Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Harvard Medical School Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital bmensh@hms.harvard.edu
Member, Board of Directors Global Music Healing www.globalmusichealing.org
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