Re: (SNES) RWE - Nature

["Steve Brandt" <stevebrandt@mediaone.net>]

Hi Dave,

You make some interesting comparisons of sky conditions at Miles Standish
vis-a-vis FDO.  I live in Raynham, MA (fairly close to Miles Standish) but,
interestingly enough, I've been down there only once to observe.  Most of my
observing is done down at FDO.  Why do I make the 1 1/2 hour drive to FDO
when Miles Standish is less than 1/2 hour away.  Sure, FDO has some of the
darkest southern skies in Southern New England.  But more importantly to me,
it's the people at Frosty Drew that make the long trip worth while.  People
like Les, Doug, Joe, Art, Barry, and others have taught me more in a few
weekends than I have otherwise learned over the course of a few years.  And
the funny thing about it is that it's so much fun, I don't even realize that
I'm being educated.  Now where were these guys when I was going to college
and graduate school?....

Clear skies,
Steve Brandt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Aucoin" <deepskydave@hotmail.com>
To: <snegazers@brainiac.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 6:16 PM
Subject: (SNES) RWE - Nature


> Oops - my bad!
>
> Well, sorry to have posted that email about our past, I just wanted to
prove
> a point about our past moderator and what happened to Barry. Kind of
ironic
> that he would post that there after we left, but that is now water under
the
> bridge.
>
> Wow, its nice to see everyone posting here without fear of repercution
from
> our new moderator. I am glad to be in fresh digs.
>
> Time to pahty!
>
> So, was my email about eclipses too much?
>
> I hope to get out observing tonight, but the weather down in Myles
Standish
> looks unpromising. But I will be going to Myles tomorrow night. Sorry guys
> but I think Myles has better all around skies than FDO, but FDO has great
> southern skies, albeit for the northern, northeastern and northwestern
skies
> you seem to have the most light problems with (unless you can prove me
> otherwise).
>
> I am not making a statement about who has the best skies and I dont want
to
> get brow beaten by you guys.
>
> But Lets hope the heavens open up tonight in all their glory!
>
> Dave "Deepsky" Aucoin
>
>
>
> >From: Albireo54@aol.com
> >Reply-To: snegazers@brainiac.com
> >To: snegazers@brainiac.com
> >Subject: (SNES) R.W. Emerson - Nature
> >Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 17:51:43 EDT
> >
> >Hi gang,
> >
> >By the way, the quote about the stars from Ralph Waldo Emerson is from
the
> >first chapter of his work Nature (1838) - a masterpiece of its type, and
> >one
> >of the cornerstones of the modern pantheistic movement (spiritual
reverence
> >for nature and the universe).
> >
> >For those who might be interested, the complete work, in eight brief
> >chapters, is widely available, including on the internet at EcoTopia at:
> >
> >http://www.ecotopia.org/about/nature/nature1.html
> >
> >I highly recommend it as fine reading for all astronomers and lovers of
the
> >natural world.
> >
> >(Hope this isn't straying off topic, Joe. I am certainly not one to push
> >ANY
> >religious beliefs or doctrine!)
> >
> >Doug Stewart
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