Fwd: [Utah-astronomy] Great Basin National Park star party

10 May 2006


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From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net>
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Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 20:59:55 -0600
CC: Roberta_Moore@nps.gov
Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Great Basin National Park
star party
Hi all. The following message is especially for
those SLAS members who
indicated their interest in attending the Memorial
Day weekend star party at
Great Basin National Park, but everyone is invited,
so I'm sending this also
to the Utah Astronomy group.
Great Basin National Park is hosting an astronomy
event modeled on the
highly successful annual astronomy festival held at
Bryce Canyon National
Park. It is hoped that this event will become an
annual affair with similar
support and attendance. Great Basin NP has asked the
Salt Lake Astronomical
Society to assist by providing experienced lecturers
for indoor activities
and telescopes and operators for evening star
parties. In return, the Park
will provide free access to the Park and camping
space for SLAS members and
their families, also free of charge. For more
information about the Park,
daytime activities, park map, etc., here is the link
to the Park's website:
http://www.nps.gov/grba/index.htm.
The following URL should take you to Mapquest
directions to Great Basin NP
from downtown SLC: http://tinyurl.com/jvmb7 . (I
believe the drive time is
closer to 4 hours from downtown, but I haven't made
the trip in quite a long
time so I'm not sure.) When you arrive, ask for
Roberta Moore. You'll be
asked to sign some paperwork to make you an official
volunteer, and she will
give you directions to the campground.
The Park has reserved Loop B, site B2 in the Lower
Lehman Creek campground
for us. The site will accommodate up to 7 vehicles,
28 persons, so if anyone
who has not already let me know would like to come,
please contact me and
I'll try to arrange for additional space, if needed.
The weekend schedule is as follows:
Friday, May 26: Arrive, set up camp; ranger talk and
astronomy lecture at
7:30PM; star party at dusk.
Saturday, May 27: Solar observing (if possible, but
we'll need telescopes -
I am not so equipped); ranger talk and astronomy
lecture at 7:30PM; star
party at dusk.
Sunday, May 28: Informal star party at dusk (the
Park isn't necessarily
planning on anything on Sunday, but we're welcome to
stay and set up scopes
if we wish).
I will be giving the lecture on Friday, but if any
of you is so inclined,
you would be welcome to speak Saturday. Or, if you
wish, we could swap. (I'm
just not sure I can be very entertaining two
evenings in a row. In fact, I'm
not sure I can be very entertaining at all, but I'll
give it a shot.)
If I've left out any key information, please feel
free to contact me. Oh, it
might also be nice if you would confirm whether or
not you will be able to
come.
Thanks, all - see you there!
Kim
Kim A. Hyatt Architect
P.O. Box 124
12610 East 19750 North
Mt. Pleasant, Utah 84647
Tel: 435.462.9207
Fax: 435.462.5013
Mobile: 801.631.5228
kimharch@cut.net
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