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OR: GSSP 2010
GSSP 2010 turned out to be a terrific star party, and I would like to start this report by personally thanking our hosts, the Albaugh family, as well as all the volunteers who made this event such a great success! … Continue reading
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OR: D.A.R.C. Observatory, 6/12/2010
A few of us went to the D.A.R.C. observatory last night, including Robert Jardine (aka “Joe Bob”), Al Smith and his wife Annie, Al Howard, Eric Zbinden, Daniel Stefanescu, and of course Dr Lee Hoglan and Dr Bob Caton. Before … Continue reading
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OR: Lake San Antonio, 5/11/2010, and Herschel 400
I went to Lake San Antonio on Tuesday, May 11, in order to wrap up the Herschel 400 list, which I have been working on for almost a year and a half. I was missing 15 targets, all of them … Continue reading
OR: April 6 and 8, 2010: Dinosaur Point and Lake San Antonio
On Tuesday, April 6, I joined Marko, Rogelio, Hans Schulze and Paul Duncan at Dinosaur Point for a night of observing. Conditions were decent with fairly calm winds, average transparency and seeing, temps in the mid to low 40s and … Continue reading
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OR: Deep Sky Ranch (Willow Springs), 3/13/10
General Mark Wagner, Richard Navarrete, Steve Gottlieb, Peter Natscher, Rogelio Bernal Andreo and I met with our host, Kevin Ritschel, at his ranch in Willow Springs on Saturday, March 13, 2010. Conditions By sunset, the wind had subsided. The transparency … Continue reading
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OR: Dinosaur Point, 3/10/10
Greg LaFlamme, George Feliz, Scott Baker, Rogelio Bernal Andreo, Al Howard and myself met up at Dinosaur Point last night. The transparency was just about average as predicted by the Clear Sky Clock. The seeing was quite soft early on, … Continue reading
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O’Reilly Book “High Performance JavaScript” Now Available For Preorder
Last year, I was honored to be asked by Yahoo! engineer Nicholas Zakas whether I would be interested in contributing a chapter to an upcoming book about JavaScript performance. Well, after many months of hard labor by an impressive line … Continue reading
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OR: Henry Coe State Park, 1/13/2010
I decided to take advantage of a break in the weather and headed to Henry Coe state park. There, I found Jeff Weiss and Paul Duncan. Rogelio joined us a short while later, followed by Mark Johnston and his family. … Continue reading
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OR: D.A.R.C. Observatory, 11/21/2009
After much consideration, I decided to head to the DARC observatory on Saturday night. It was a little bit of a gamble since the clear sky clock had forecast below average to average transparency, which usually means that wispy clouds … Continue reading
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