Zebra24601
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Reged: 10/09/05
Posts: 6530
Loc: San Gabriel Valley, CA 91770
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Don't forget the free t-shirt! 
Welcome back to the land of heat and haze. . . .
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Zebra24601
Meade 8" SCT w/UHTC * Celestron 100ED * Celestron C11 * Barska 15x70 binoculars
Meade LXD55 mount * Orion Sirius goto mount * Bushnell Voyager 4.5" Compact Reflector
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Joker
newbie
Reged: 04/29/08
Posts: 3
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Yes I know roy and his telescopes are amazing. How was the weather in the evening. It looks like the low is around 52 now so i guess just a jacket should be ok.
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Ziggy943
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 08/11/06
Posts: 791
Loc: SLC, UT
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Yes I know roy and his telescopes are amazing. How was the weather in the evening. It looks like the low is around 52 now so i guess just a jacket should be ok.
I got a picture of Roy and so did Mojo (posted by Jane).
The weather was great for the two days I was there. The seeing was much better Friday than Thursday. I understand they were dodging clouds on Saturday.
The temperature swings are quite high from the 90's-100's on the high to the high 40's / low 50's at night. A person needs to be prepared for both hot and cold. As we all know, we don't generate much heat just standing around looking through a telescope. Observing is not an active sport. Body heat just tends to leave and leave you cold. There have been years when I've worn many more layers and a heavy coat. This year was a nice change from that.
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Siegfried
4" Mak
160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900
150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008)
9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812
14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory
Others, that have come and gone
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Ziggy943
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 08/11/06
Posts: 791
Loc: SLC, UT
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This is a picture that includes Yuri Petrunin (left), owner of TEC with three happy TEC owners at Bryce.
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Siegfried
4" Mak
160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900
150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008)
9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812
14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory
Others, that have come and gone
Edited by Ziggy943 (07/08/08 09:43 AM)
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Ziggy943
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 08/11/06
Posts: 791
Loc: SLC, UT
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And Roy from Las Vegas
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Siegfried
4" Mak
160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900
150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008)
9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812
14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory
Others, that have come and gone
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Ziggy943
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 08/11/06
Posts: 791
Loc: SLC, UT
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Guys sighting down my scope trying to pick up Saturn. On the left is Yuri's wife and then his son.
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Siegfried
4" Mak
160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900
150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008)
9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812
14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory
Others, that have come and gone
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Ziggy943
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 08/11/06
Posts: 791
Loc: SLC, UT
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CN'ner Bill Cowles at Bryce with his Light Bridge
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Siegfried
4" Mak
160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900
150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008)
9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812
14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory
Others, that have come and gone
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Ziggy943
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 08/11/06
Posts: 791
Loc: SLC, UT
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Waiting for it to get dark, our club president Bob Moore playing, I forget what the heck it is, some wooden tube instrument that sounds like a fog horn. It was awful. 
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Siegfried
4" Mak
160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900
150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008)
9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812
14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory
Others, that have come and gone
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Bill Cowles
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/16/06
Posts: 610
Loc: Utah
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Where is the owner of the TEC 180?
Bill
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Lunt LS60TS50DS/B1200/FT (on order)
TV Gensis/Solarmax 60 filter
PST DS/Herschel Wedge/C4-R
C6-R /Atlas Goto/Moonlite CF2
12" LightBridge/Round Table
MCHP/8" Orion OTA
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Bill Cowles
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/16/06
Posts: 610
Loc: Utah
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Like Ziggy said the sky Friday was great, here is an image from Friday afternoon, check that clear Blue Sky.
Bill
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Lunt LS60TS50DS/B1200/FT (on order)
TV Gensis/Solarmax 60 filter
PST DS/Herschel Wedge/C4-R
C6-R /Atlas Goto/Moonlite CF2
12" LightBridge/Round Table
MCHP/8" Orion OTA
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Bill Cowles
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/16/06
Posts: 610
Loc: Utah
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This a closer view of Ziggy's TEC 160, never seen so many TEC scopes in one place.
Bill
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Lunt LS60TS50DS/B1200/FT (on order)
TV Gensis/Solarmax 60 filter
PST DS/Herschel Wedge/C4-R
C6-R /Atlas Goto/Moonlite CF2
12" LightBridge/Round Table
MCHP/8" Orion OTA
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Ziggy943
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 08/11/06
Posts: 791
Loc: SLC, UT
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Where is the owner of the TEC 180?
Bill
I didn't get one picture of Don this year. He only set up the 180 on Thursday night and the seeing was not very good so I didn't make it up there. We actually got pretty busy with the public. I was going up to Don's when I heard him exclaim, "Jupiter isn't worth looking at." So I never made it up there. Looking at Jupiter through the 160 was bad enough.
Friday was a different story but he didn't set up the 180.
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Siegfried
4" Mak
160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900
150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008)
9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812
14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory
Others, that have come and gone
Edited by Ziggy943 (07/09/08 02:08 PM)
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janehoustonjones
sage
Reged: 10/21/07
Posts: 215
Loc: 34 N 118 W, 637.0 feet
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We made the right decision bringing dobs. But the TEC forest was fun to see. On Thursday night there were 39 telescopes, evenly distributed between dobs, refractors and SCTs. Friday, 43 telescopes, with 18 dobs. That is a lot of volunteers doing national park outreach! Bryce is a fabulous national park. Well worth a detour. And at least this year and last year, it was the same weekend as Grand Canyon Star Parties on North and South rims, so astro-tourists could see both parks and park dark skies in the same vacation. I know I told quite a few people about the GCSP after the Thursday event, as they were heading to the Grand Canyon (or had been there already).
Jane
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Jane Houston Jones
Cassini Program Outreach Office
JPL's What's Up Podcast
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Ziggy943
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 08/11/06
Posts: 791
Loc: SLC, UT
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My brother did just that. He was at the South Rim and then toured Lowell Observatory and Meteor Crater before coming up to Bryce. He had a really full week.
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Siegfried
4" Mak
160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900
150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008)
9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812
14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory
Others, that have come and gone
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Ziggy943
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 08/11/06
Posts: 791
Loc: SLC, UT
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I am just having all sorts of fun playing with these digital images. This is just an experiment on resizing a picture.
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Siegfried
4" Mak
160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900
150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008)
9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812
14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory
Others, that have come and gone
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Bill Cowles
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/16/06
Posts: 610
Loc: Utah
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Me too, here is another TEC waiting for night fall, check that clear blue sky.
Bill
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Lunt LS60TS50DS/B1200/FT (on order)
TV Gensis/Solarmax 60 filter
PST DS/Herschel Wedge/C4-R
C6-R /Atlas Goto/Moonlite CF2
12" LightBridge/Round Table
MCHP/8" Orion OTA
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Bill Cowles
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/16/06
Posts: 610
Loc: Utah
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This is my 12" LightBridge.
Bill
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Lunt LS60TS50DS/B1200/FT (on order)
TV Gensis/Solarmax 60 filter
PST DS/Herschel Wedge/C4-R
C6-R /Atlas Goto/Moonlite CF2
12" LightBridge/Round Table
MCHP/8" Orion OTA
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Bill Cowles
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/16/06
Posts: 610
Loc: Utah
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If you want a good spot, better get there early.
Bill
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Lunt LS60TS50DS/B1200/FT (on order)
TV Gensis/Solarmax 60 filter
PST DS/Herschel Wedge/C4-R
C6-R /Atlas Goto/Moonlite CF2
12" LightBridge/Round Table
MCHP/8" Orion OTA
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Ziggy943
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 08/11/06
Posts: 791
Loc: SLC, UT
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I have to see if this works too. (after edit) Ah yes, much better. Stitched from 6 frames.
btw, that's Bruno's TEC 160 above.
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Siegfried
4" Mak
160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900
150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008)
9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812
14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory
Others, that have come and gone
Edited by Ziggy943 (07/20/08 01:04 PM)
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Bill Cowles
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/16/06
Posts: 610
Loc: Utah
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I know, I can tell by the great looking mount. What does the question mark mean by the beginning of the post? I can see it's hot but the question mark?
Bill
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Lunt LS60TS50DS/B1200/FT (on order)
TV Gensis/Solarmax 60 filter
PST DS/Herschel Wedge/C4-R
C6-R /Atlas Goto/Moonlite CF2
12" LightBridge/Round Table
MCHP/8" Orion OTA
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