Mark et al:
I live down valley from the observatory which is on Sugar loaf ridge at
a 2000 foot elevation. I was up there two Saturdays ago for the docents
dinner and public night. I am going (eventually) to be a docent up there
- but have to wait for the official training in October. They were
laying out a 40 inch dob that is in the process of being built ( just
started the mirror - but have the secondary support completed. They have
an 8 inch refractor, a 30 inch dob and a 13 inch schmidt-cass. - used
for CCD work. The group is a formal club - not a TAC like operation (no
one to match Rashad's story telling ability or Stacy's wry humor) but
they were pretty laid back and they provide great public viewing and
Astronomy education for the local valley population and campers who come
from all over the world to camp in the Valley (If I remember correctly -
there were some beautiful Brazilian girls up for viewing night last year.)
The seeing up here is not very good - even up at 2000 feet - and the
darkness does not match Lake Sonoma. To the south you get the light dome
from Sonoma and to the north from Santa Rosa.
Mark Wagner wrote:
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> Right. But there is no response from George Loyer.
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> Anyone else "in the know" up there?
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> At 8/30/2004, you wrote:
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>> http://www.rfo.org/
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>> Steve G
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>> On Aug 30, 2004, at 6:18 PM, Mark Wagner wrote:
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>>> Anyone know who to contact for information about observing there?
>>> There used to be some contact information on the Valley of the Moon
>>> Observatory Association web-page, but there's not much help there
>>> anymore...
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>>> Thanks...
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>>> Mark
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Received on Mon Aug 30 22:09:33 2004