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Re: Ever been scared when observing?
      05/20/08 09:21 AM

It has been a long time ... but when I was a teenager back in the 70s, my Dad and younger brother and I went on a camping trip to some sites in Colorado. One of the places we hit was the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River. I had my binoculars with me and the skies were some of the more spectacular I'd seen (I grew up in Cincinnati, OH). I spent a couple of happy hours bagging more Messier objects than I ever had before, when ... something ... whitish and four-legged appeared and moved slowly around the campsite. I have no idea what it might have been, but it was pretty large! I dove into the camper pretty quickly, prematurely ending what was for me the best night of observing I'd had up to that point.

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* Ever been scared when observing? Bees 05/09/08 11:03 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Tom Polakis   05/16/08 01:48 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? PXR-5   05/16/08 03:50 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? DanJ   05/16/08 09:13 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? KI4YUN   05/17/08 12:12 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Achernar   05/10/08 10:03 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? RussL   05/10/08 10:19 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Cygnus_x1   05/11/08 12:37 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? stevecoe   05/11/08 12:48 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? star drop   05/11/08 12:09 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Achernar   05/11/08 02:29 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? star drop   05/11/08 06:43 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Matthew Ota   05/11/08 07:47 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? DoctorNoodle   05/11/08 10:05 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? OldDeadOne   05/12/08 10:03 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? geoffcin   11/14/08 06:34 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Ptarmigan   11/01/08 01:37 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? celestron8   05/30/08 03:54 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Tom TrusockAdministrator   05/30/08 01:47 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? dgs©   05/30/08 02:48 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Mike Clemens   05/30/08 04:56 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? spoolboyy   05/20/08 11:44 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? physik   05/21/08 08:05 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? zjc26138   05/21/08 04:13 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? RussL   05/22/08 08:26 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Achernar   05/23/08 05:43 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? zjc26138   05/23/08 04:14 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? epee   05/23/08 05:11 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Joe Bergeron   05/26/08 07:38 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? paul   05/27/08 09:34 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? StarStuff1   05/21/08 06:00 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? dav1d89   05/21/08 08:58 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? kfredModerator   05/22/08 02:51 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Jonzky   05/22/08 07:09 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? chexmix   05/20/08 09:21 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Tony Flanders   05/20/08 09:43 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? tatarjj   05/12/08 03:42 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? JShrum   05/14/08 02:39 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? dgs©   05/14/08 04:41 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Mattias   05/14/08 05:23 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? ngphotog   05/27/08 07:45 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Joe Bergeron   05/27/08 08:34 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Lucky13   05/28/08 06:51 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? star drop   05/29/08 01:01 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Sirius76   05/29/08 08:02 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Lusty   11/01/08 06:56 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? kroum   11/02/08 06:04 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Tele   11/02/08 08:16 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Achernar   05/18/08 12:23 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? MMICKELSAdministrator   05/14/08 05:39 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? desertstarsAdministrator   05/14/08 07:14 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? varmint   05/14/08 07:12 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? MMICKELSAdministrator   05/14/08 08:23 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? KI4YUN   05/14/08 11:46 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? zee   05/17/08 01:23 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Jeff Lee   05/17/08 09:38 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? jimmoscheck   05/18/08 12:35 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? mttafire   05/18/08 07:02 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? KI4YUN   05/19/08 12:05 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Cygnus_x1   05/20/08 10:03 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? MessierScott   05/12/08 10:53 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? LivingNDixie   05/11/08 04:02 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? ThunderRock   05/11/08 03:08 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Happy-Idiot   11/08/08 08:36 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Tony Flanders   11/09/08 06:51 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Happy-Idiot   11/09/08 10:20 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Achernar   11/12/08 08:35 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? pstarr   11/13/08 01:06 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Globularnut   11/14/08 01:00 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? pstarr   11/14/08 03:24 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Rick Woods   11/13/08 02:32 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Tony Flanders   11/13/08 06:33 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? panhard   11/14/08 05:23 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? panhard   11/13/08 11:16 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? star drop   11/13/08 11:42 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? panhard   11/14/08 07:29 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? AlexN   11/14/08 12:03 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? NerfMonkey   11/13/08 06:48 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? star drop   11/13/08 09:29 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? pstarr   11/13/08 02:57 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? panhard   11/13/08 06:06 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? RandyR   11/13/08 12:26 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? RussL   11/13/08 11:59 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? star drop   11/08/08 11:16 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? RandyR   11/08/08 09:10 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? RussL   05/09/08 11:44 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Hrundi   05/09/08 11:56 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? CESDewar   05/10/08 12:02 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Al Canarelli   05/10/08 11:23 AM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Will   05/10/08 12:28 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? Cygnus_x1   05/10/08 01:54 PM
. * Re: Ever been scared when observing? David Castillo   05/10/08 04:03 PM

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