Hi All, Just a reminder that the Early Registration Period for the Golden State Party July 2-6 under the very dark skies near Adin, California, ends on April...
So... How was it last Sunday at Cronan Ranch??? Drove by BC on the way home from a snow trip that Sunday.. Still lot's of snow on the ground.. Should be clear...
... lot's ... weather ... Tony, There were 4 of us there; Mars, Bill, Shneor and I. The skies were as expected for CR. NELM was about 6.0. The skies...
Look's like you'all had a good night. Hoping for something this weekend but weather look's iffy again. Looking forward to summmer to say the least :-).. TonyF ...
Next wed 4/9 7:30. At UCD. <http://www-pubcomm.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=8582> It was a good PBS special last year. RT [Non-text portions of this...
I will be in Santa Rosa on Saturday. I would like to observe at Lake Sonoma, but (1) need directions (forget the directions), and (2) will anyone be...
Hi Mars, To get to Lake Sonoma, take Highway 101 to Healdsburg. Take the Dry Creek exit and turn left on Dry Creek. Stay on this road - maybe 20 minutes to ...
... Marsha, Don't forget to call Rangers in advance. See below. Renato Lake Sonoma Ranger Office Phone To All, The Rangers office phone# is 707-431-4511. You...
I'd join you Marsha, but I'm in Australia on spring break (starting a few days early!) at the astro-inn that Shneor visited a couple of months back. There...
For those who may be interested, Timothy Ferris will host a screening of his film "Seeing in The Dark", about the contribution of amateur astromoners to...
I was hoping you'd be at Lake Sonoma rather than Australia because now I'm turning all shades of green. I hope you have one heck of a time and that the weather...
I'm printing this out so I'll have it "in case," but the conditions so far won't be conducive, as they would say, for observing. Thanks for the heads up. mars...
Thanks, Shneor! Great directions! I've printed these out as well so I won't have bother in the future. Randy's comment about posting on TAC rather than TAC-SAC...
I've started a flickr photo group for TAC. Here is the url. ? _http://www.flickr.com/groups/tac/_ (http://www.flickr.com/groups/tac/) ? As far as I understand,...
IHOP looks reasonable on CSC tonight (except that they forecast humidity at up to 95% and below-freezing temps). Weather undergrund, which, unlike CSC, does...
Correction - 80& chance that shaded areas WON'T have snow. Shneor ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** Shneor...
I have decided to head up to IHOP. ETA 6:30. Clears, Shneor ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** Shneor Sherman...
Shneor, It has gotten lots cloudier here in Placerville (not too far from Cronan). I was planning on setting up here tonight but right now I would say its...
Thx, Teri. (see my OR following) Clears, Shneor ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** Shneor Sherman ********...
For decades, I have bemoaned the normally poor Spring observing weather in Northern California. I have driven many miles during this season of galaxy profusion...
Cross-posting for Mark... ... Don't mix? Probably not at the same time... but... I was in El Dorado County this past weekend, participating in wine tasting...
Sounds to good to pass up. Took a leisurely Drive through the Fairplay area a few months ago and I can say that Napa/Sonoma has nothing on this area at all. ...
I was thinking the exact same thing this past weekend! I was up in the Plymouth area on a Sunday drive, going by several of the beautiful wineries up there as...
Can't make it, I have a hiking group outing Friday. Clears, Shneor ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** Shneor...
Sounds like fun. I wonder if any of the wineries might be interested in hosting a star party, right out in their parking lot or picnic area? Would eliminate...
Yeah, a lot safer, too. Shneor ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** Shneor Sherman ******** Davis Community...
In case anyone is interested, I've notified Rangers to leave the gate at Lone Rock open for tonight (Thurs). Renato ... at Lake ... (2) will ... (e.g. ... CA...
