Drunk pilots

Funny.... I thought it was always CAVU in Big Sky country... :-) I love
it out there..

Jon




CAVU here in Montana too. I just might stay sober and go flying today.
:)

--Walt

Does anyone know of a good place to eat in Dothan, AL near the a/p?
Any BBQ maybe?

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:04:49 -0800, in
.com, sam.trask wrote:
Does anyone know of a good place to eat in Dothan, AL near the a/p? Any
BBQ maybe?

Sorry, but it's not possible to have *real* BBQ in Alabama...

Y'know, that used to be true, but three weeks ago I bought a brand new
12" dobsonian telescope and it's been cloudy around here ever since.
Darn thing's been sitting here in my office while I wait for the
weather to clear up.

Tonight may be the night. :)

--Walt

Jon Kraus wrote:
Funny.... I thought it was always CAVU in Big Sky country... :-) I love
it out there..

Jon




CAVU here in Montana too. I just might stay sober and go flying today.
:)

--Walt

"Walt" wrote in message
ps.com...
Y'know, that used to be true, but three weeks ago I bought a brand new
12" dobsonian telescope and it's been cloudy around here ever since.
Darn thing's been sitting here in my office while I wait for the
weather to clear up.

Tonight may be the night. :)

--Walt

CAVU here in Montana too. I just might stay sober and go flying today.
:)

--Walt



Where in Montana are you? I grew up in Great Falls, and went to college in
Bozeman. I live in Seattle now.

I have a 10" Mead LX200GPS "Cloud Magnet." Sitting here in Seattle waiting
for clouds to go away as it is "M42 Season" and M31 is straight over head.
:-) Hoping to get a better picture of the Horsehead this year.

Wade Hasbrouck wrote:
"Walt" wrote in message
ps.com...
Y'know, that used to be true, but three weeks ago I bought a brand new
12" dobsonian telescope and it's been cloudy around here ever since.
Darn thing's been sitting here in my office while I wait for the
weather to clear up.

Tonight may be the night. :)

--Walt

CAVU here in Montana too. I just might stay sober and go flying today.
:)

--Walt



Where in Montana are you? I grew up in Great Falls, and went to college in
Bozeman. I live in Seattle now.

I have a 10" Mead LX200GPS "Cloud Magnet." Sitting here in Seattle waiting
for clouds to go away as it is "M42 Season" and M31 is straight over head.
:-) Hoping to get a better picture of the Horsehead this year.

We live a few miles south of Bozeman. Dark skies, great viewing.

That is, until I bought this darn telescope. :)

--Walt

"Wade Hasbrouck" wrote in message
...


I have a 10" Mead LX200GPS "Cloud Magnet." Sitting here in Seattle
waiting for clouds to go away as it is "M42 Season" and M31 is straight
over head. :-) Hoping to get a better picture of the Horsehead this year.

With a 10" telescope? I do most of my nebula photos with a 300mm lens on my
Canon -- although I do have it strapped to my C-8 Celestron and use that
with the equatorial drive to chase a guide star.

I have been contemplating buying another 'scope so when your cloud magnet
gets too dusty over in the corner G, send it down here to the Mojave
Desert. Our nominal cloud cover around here is "clear and a million" for at
least 300 days a year.

I've made six trips to Whidby(?sp) Island and I can unequivocally report
that the sun never shines in that part of Washington.

"N2310D" wrote in message
news:Q1Yeh.716$IO5.347@trnddc01...

"Wade Hasbrouck" wrote in message
...


I have a 10" Mead LX200GPS "Cloud Magnet." Sitting here in Seattle
waiting for clouds to go away as it is "M42 Season" and M31 is straight
over head. :-) Hoping to get a better picture of the Horsehead this
year.

With a 10" telescope? I do most of my nebula photos with a 300mm lens on
my Canon -- although I do have it strapped to my C-8 Celestron and use
that with the equatorial drive to chase a guide star.

I have been contemplating buying another 'scope so when your cloud magnet
gets too dusty over in the corner G, send it down here to the Mojave
Desert. Our nominal cloud cover around here is "clear and a million" for
at least 300 days a year.

I've made six trips to Whidby(?sp) Island and I can unequivocally report
that the sun never shines in that part of Washington.


The astronomical society that I belong to (Eastside Astronomical Society -
www.eastsideastro.org) took over the Deception Pass Star Party this year,
and we had pretty good weather in August for it. Deception Pass is at the
north end of Whidbey, but the only problem with Deception Pass is that it is
really really really "wet" and Dew Heaters are a requirement if you want to
observe for more than 5 minutes. :-) Summers are typically pretty good
weather, but we won't admit it. :-) Eastern Washington is much better, and
much much drier.

I have done quite a bit of Piggyback astrophotography, and have that down
pretty well... I have always been working on my prime focus stuff. I have a
wedge for my LX200. I recently got the 80mm Orion Apochromatic, to mount on
the LX200 to use a guide scope, and have been manually guiding, but may move
to autoguiding. I shoot slide film, while my flight instructor is a digital
guy and uses a Canon 10D. He harasses me about "How did your pictures turn
out last night???? Oh!!! that is right you use film... :-)" but then I
tell him, "At least I don't need a portable nuclear power reactor to power
my equipment. :-)" I will probably also start doing some prime focus stuff
with the Orion scope and guiding with the 10".

My flight instructor and I go to Table Mountain every year (www.tmspa.com).
It has some pretty good dark skies, but the "Ellensburg Nebula" and
"Wenatchee Nebula" seem to get a little bigger every year.

If you are curious, if have some photos at
www.doodlespace.com/astro/gallery.htm , but I haven't posted anything from
this year yet as I have been too busy between work and getting my PPL. :-)
My instructor has some pictures at his site,
www.eastsideastro.org/observatory

If you haven't seem it
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html has a
different picture every day.

I have a nearly 100% ACCURATE METHOD OF FORECASTING THE
CLOUD COVER, that works like this. when they have a meteor
shower or storm, an eclipse, or any other event it will be
overcast in central Kansas.



"Wade Hasbrouck" wrote in
message
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|
| "N2310D" wrote in message
| news:Q1Yeh.716$IO5.347@trnddc01...
|
| "Wade Hasbrouck" wrote
in message
|
...
|
|
| I have a 10" Mead LX200GPS "Cloud Magnet." Sitting
here in Seattle
| waiting for clouds to go away as it is "M42 Season" and
M31 is straight
| over head. :-) Hoping to get a better picture of the
Horsehead this
| year.
|
| With a 10" telescope? I do most of my nebula photos with
a 300mm lens on
| my Canon -- although I do have it strapped to my C-8
Celestron and use
| that with the equatorial drive to chase a guide star.
|
| I have been contemplating buying another 'scope so when
your cloud magnet
| gets too dusty over in the corner G, send it down
here to the Mojave
| Desert. Our nominal cloud cover around here is "clear
and a million" for
| at least 300 days a year.
|
| I've made six trips to Whidby(?sp) Island and I can
unequivocally report
| that the sun never shines in that part of Washington.
|
|
| The astronomical society that I belong to (Eastside
Astronomical Society -
| www.eastsideastro.org) took over the Deception Pass Star
Party this year,
| and we had pretty good weather in August for it.
Deception Pass is at the
| north end of Whidbey, but the only problem with Deception
Pass is that it is
| really really really "wet" and Dew Heaters are a
requirement if you want to
| observe for more than 5 minutes. :-) Summers are
typically pretty good
| weather, but we won't admit it. :-) Eastern Washington
is much better, and
| much much drier.
|
| I have done quite a bit of Piggyback astrophotography, and
have that down
| pretty well... I have always been working on my prime
focus stuff. I have a
| wedge for my LX200. I recently got the 80mm Orion
Apochromatic, to mount on
| the LX200 to use a guide scope, and have been manually
guiding, but may move
| to autoguiding. I shoot slide film, while my flight
instructor is a digital
| guy and uses a Canon 10D. He harasses me about "How did
your pictures turn
| out last night???? Oh!!! that is right you use film...
:-)" but then I
| tell him, "At least I don't need a portable nuclear power
reactor to power
| my equipment. :-)" I will probably also start doing some
prime focus stuff
| with the Orion scope and guiding with the 10".
|
| My flight instructor and I go to Table Mountain every year
(www.tmspa.com).
| It has some pretty good dark skies, but the "Ellensburg
Nebula" and
| "Wenatchee Nebula" seem to get a little bigger every year.
|
| If you are curious, if have some photos at
| www.doodlespace.com/astro/gallery.htm , but I haven't
posted anything from
| this year yet as I have been too busy between work and
getting my PPL. :-)
| My instructor has some pictures at his site,
| www.eastsideastro.org/observatory
|

"Jim Macklin" wrote in
:

If you haven't seem it
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html has a
different picture every day.

I have a nearly 100% ACCURATE METHOD OF FORECASTING THE
CLOUD COVER, that works like this. when they have a meteor
shower or storm, an eclipse, or any other event it will be
overcast in central Kansas.

Ahhh, come on :-)

You got the tools to get above the cloud deck.

Can't say what a telescope will do for aerodynamics, or tracking a
particular astronomical object in the sky, but at least you will have a
veiw.

Allen