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janehoustonjones
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Re: Bryce Canyon Astroronomy Festival 2008
06/27/08 04:39 AM
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Just in from the first night of the Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival. We left LA after work Weds, drove to Vegas and stayed at the Stratosphere. Fun up at the top. Drove to Bryce Caanyon this morning, arrived at 4 p.m.
At 6 p.m. there was a volunteer in park briefing, that lasted a half hour. All new volunteers then attended a one hour National Park interpreter session, but we did that last year.
We all received really cool tee shirts. We set up telescopes after dinner, and while the attendees were attending various talks that ran with staggered start times until 10:30 p.m. This meant the arrived not all at once. It was still packed up where I was - in the land of the big dobs.
Park guests started lining up at about 9 pm. and the gates opened at 9:45 p.m. It was barely dark enough to find a few objects. The guests arrived on foot and with no lights of any kind at 9:45, walking over from the visitor center. No cars arrived and none left until 1:00 a.m.
I have pictures but the album isn't finished. In a nutshell 700 guests, 38 telesscopes, clear skies, no wind. Temps 60 at 8:30 p.m. and 43 at 1:00 a.m. when we packed up and left. More tomorrow. Jane
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Jane Houston Jones
Cassini Program Outreach Office
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