ISP CGO Sunday May 29 2916

[heinerv]

The sky conditions look good. So Joan & I are probably heading to CGO tonight. Come on down if you have time.

[rzylka]

I will see you there!!!

[merle]

2916!!!

WOW, that's planing ahead.

[setnes]

Be sure to use J2900.0 charts!

[rzylka]

2916, guess I will be a little early.

[heinerv]

Well, things are not looking as good as the forecast earlier today, especially sky clock. The enhanced IR loop from weather.unisys shows quite a lot of clouds. Also, there are some big storms in Kansas & Nebraska with blow off headed our way. I guess we are going to wait until 8:00 pm to make our decision. Or we might wait until 2916 when we will control weather and there will be no light pollution.

[heinerv]

Around about 7pm last night, we checked radar and IR images. Unfortunately, we came to the wrong conclusion. We felt a bird in the binoculars was worth more than a slightly possible galaxy in an eyepiece. So, we went birding instead. One thing about bird watching, it can be done with cloudy skies. Plus we were only 2 miles away from it compared to 65 for Cherry Grove. In looking at the IR replay this morning, it appears the sky would have been ok. I won't say which night we are now targeting for fear of dooming it.

It's an interesting thought, how much will astronomy change in 900 years.