Re: Tuesday afternoon . . .

At 08:49 AM Monday 6/4/2012, [email protected] wrote:

In a message dated 6/4/2012 6:31:36 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:

I plan to drag my 10" out on the

driveway or somewhere nearby where I'll have the best view, slap on

the solar filter, and at least watch the ingress phases before it

gets too low . . .

Um...

Drag out 10" and "ingress" is not a good sentence if
somebody who likes to overhear conversations just happens to walk
by.

Thank gawd you didn't mention a rectifier.

Vilyehm

Ahem . . .

(1) I figured that most of the folks reading this list would know
what I was talking about, either already or by reading the links I posted
yesterday if they were at all interested.

(2) We don't have sidewalks and this little neighborhood is sort of
a blind sac off the busier road, so most of the people who just happen to
walk by within earshot will probably be folks I know.

(3) A half-hour or so ago when I saw my next-door neighbor I
invited him and his wife to come over if they see me out tomorrow
afternoon, and I didn't use such technical terms, but ordinary
language.

(4) The clouds are scattered and thin enough right now (pretty much
exactly 24 hours to go) that we could see something if it were happening
now. Hope tomorrow will be the same: there are some more
storms predicted overnight, but I hope it will clear up by tomorrow
afternoon.

(5) I checked out the telescope, eyepiece case, and filter while I
was out there, and all seem ready to go. There's some dust on the
mirror, of course, but any of you who have worked with telescopes will
realize that it takes a whole lot of dust to do as much damage to the
image as the damage cleaning can do.

(6) If the weather is acceptable, I might even drag out a portable
black/white/green/whatever it is board and make a sign inviting them in
case any neighbors do walk or drive by.

;)

. . . ronn! :)