Joined: Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:26 am Posts: 610 Location: Marion, KY
Kidinme wrote:
I've got a dozen or more small orange cones, a hand held Garmin GPS and a descent stop watch.
I was thinking, I have a Celestron 120mm GoTo Telescope that may be pretty cool if there's no light pollution nearby. I hear Paddy's is in the middle of nowhere. What's the Elevation? The higher the better but the viewing should be pretty at night none the less. Do you think it would be a waist of time to bring it?
We'll be out in the middle of no-where. It should be nice and dark for you unless the lights from the dam are too bright up the river.
Keith
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Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:29 pm Posts: 1993 Location: SE. PA/MD Line
My only real concern is all the dust! These scopes don't take too well to dirt. It is kind of a pain to set up and I'm only good for about an hour tops, before I've run out of stuff to see. You would think with a billion stars, it would be easy to find stuff but you'd be surprised at how hard it is to line up something a billion light years away that is constantly moving! Venus is dominant in our skys now and is pretty cool to see and Saturn is awesome but is too low in the sky by the time it gets dark so difficult to see. The Moon is always good for a couple "oohs and Ahhh's" almost any night. If I have room, I'll bring it along. If the conditions suck, I'll just leave it packed up. Can we ride after dark up there?
Joined: Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:41 am Posts: 9835 Location: Westerly, RI
tuskenjedi wrote:
Kidinme wrote:
I've got a dozen or more small orange cones, a hand held Garmin GPS and a descent stop watch.
I was thinking, I have a Celestron 120mm GoTo Telescope that may be pretty cool if there's no light pollution nearby. I hear Paddy's is in the middle of nowhere. What's the Elevation? The higher the better but the viewing should be pretty at night none the less. Do you think it would be a waist of time to bring it?
We'll be out in the middle of no-where. It should be nice and dark for you unless the lights from the dam are too bright up the river.
Keith
From what I remember it was quite dark. Should be good!
It was so cool seeing buggies with headlights go by at 10pm
-S
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Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:29 pm Posts: 1993 Location: SE. PA/MD Line
I don't go anywhere without my camera! Especially when I'm out riding! I'm bringing my laptop as well so I can download the pics and vids to it and take more!! I'm going to make a 30 minute documentary on these buggies and the people who ride them!
Joined: Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:56 am Posts: 1108 Location: Milton, Indiana
I don't remember the exact time I arrived last year, but it was real close noon, the gates had just opened and I sat in line on the road for some time while the folks in front of me filled out paperwork.
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