Comments on: Dragons and stars

By: John Paradox

John Paradox — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:43:05 +0000

@Richard:

Took at look at S. AZ, and was somewhat gratified to see that Sahuarita (see: Green Valley, south of Tucson) isn’t too bad (considering proximity to Tucson). I used to go to the Town Council meetings there (part of my former job) and was always glad to hear the Council supported Dark Skies, ripping one shopping center for overlighting their parking lot. (Since GV is a ‘retirement community’, most stores close fairly early compared to Cities.)

J/P=?

By: here

here — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:29:46 +0000

Thanks for the great link Richard. That is about what I figured about Agnes Scott. There looks like some decent viewing an hour or so east of the city at least.

By: LookUP | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

LookUP | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:26:20 +0000

[...] was just thinking yesterday that it might be fun to see if we could look for some asteroids at the Dragon*Con Star Party (there are a few tickets left, too!), since the get-together is in honor of asteroid hunter Jeff [...]

By: Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum

Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:05:10 +0000

Here’s a great link for finding the light pollution level at your favorite observing site:

http://www.jshine.net/astronomy/dark_sky/

Agnes Scott’s observatory is in the white zone.
:^(

By: here

here — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:08:04 +0000

Hey, I didn’t know there was an observatory at Agnes Scott. I’m surprised given that it doesn’t seem ideally located wrt light pollution. How is the viewing around that area?

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:17:19 +0000

LOL, thanks Richard.

Now what did I do with my green laser pointer…

By: Matthew Ota

Matthew Ota — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:41:02 +0000

One of the biggest joys in amateur astronomy is to share your telescope with the public doing astronomy outreach. It is a very rewarding experience.

For the amateur, it also compels you to learn as much astronomy as you can so you can answer questions correctly.

Have fun in D.C.!

By: Paul Duffield

Paul Duffield — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:57:58 +0000

Oh, I so badly want to go. Can you do this sort of thing frequently so I get the chance to attend at some point?

By: MadScientist

MadScientist — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:25:19 +0000

Any more tales of heavenly wonders and my head will explode; I just got caught between two cosmologists this morning. I don’t know how it happened, after all they’re obviously not from planet earth, but to find two in the same corridor?

By: Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum

Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:42:39 +0000

I’ll be there! So to will be “The Noisy Astronomer” who puts the rad in radio astronomy!
:^)

By: Glen

Glen — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:26:39 +0000

I’ll be there. Look forward to meeting you Phil.

By: Egaeus

Egaeus — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:02:38 +0000

If I was able, I would in a heartbeat, but I can’t justify spending the money for gas and tickets, as I’m quite unemployed at the moment.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:52:48 +0000

I would in a tiny heartbeat. I’ll send my friends there if I can.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:57:46 +0000

*Excited*

By: Les

Les — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:21:49 +0000

Will you be attending MileHi con in October?